A Florentine offering to Henry VIII
Sacred music from the Florence of Leonardo, recorded in a church on a Florentine hill close to Michelangelo's fortifications, not far from the famous cathedral and its baptistery where this music was performed in the sixteenth century. A rich choral sound, great music and an atmospheric recording by Oxford's finest mixed-voice choir.
Music from the Newberry-Oscott Partbooks
- Congregati sunt - Philippe Verdelot, c.1480-1485 - before 1552
- Quousque non reverteris pax - Claude de Sermisy, c.1490-1562 (SAMPLE TRACK)
- Alma redemptoris mater - plainsong
- O clemens, o pia virgo - Jean Lheritier, c.1480-c.1551
- Deus in nomine - Philippe Verdelot
- Ave regina caelorum - plainsong
- Aspice Domine - Claude de Sermisy
- Ecce Dominus veniet - Adrianus Willaert, 1490-1562
- Ave gratia plena - Philippe Verdelot
- Regina caeli - plainsong
- Sancta Maria - Philippe Verdelot
- O dulcissime Domine - Philippe Verdelot
- Salve regina - plainsong
- Pater noster - Adrianus Willaert
- Nil majus superi vident - Anonymous (Philippe Verdelot?)
Magdala directed by David Skinner
Recorded in the church of the monastery of San Salvatore al Monte, Florence, July 2006 by kind permission of the Abbot
Special thanks to Andrea Cavallari, Luisa Donati and Angus Ritchie for their assistance in making this recording possible
Producer Ben Turner
Executive producer Martin Souter
