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The underlying structure of the music is of the greatest importance to its effect, and for this reason we have printed the words divided into their sections. The solos build gradually to the three full sections, of which the last is the climax on the words ‘Veni, veni, veni: caelesti gloria coronaberis. Amen’. To build the more strongly to this last full section, the solo sections also increase in intensity, the last of them using the most spectacular scoring of voices which was available: two trebles, two means and two basses.
from notes by Peter Phillips © 1980
La structure sous-jacente de la musique est de la plus grande importance pour son effet et c’est la raison pour laquelle nous donnons les paroles présentées dans leurs parties respectives. Les solistes arrivent graduellement aux trois chorus, dont le dernier est l’apogée sur les mots ‘Veni, veni, veni: caelesti gloria coronaberis. Amen’. Pour amener de façon encore plus puissante ce dernier chorus, les sections pour solistes augmentent encore d’intensité, la dernière d’entre elles utilisant l’arrangement le plus spectaculaire disponible pour les voix: deux sopranos (treble), deux contre-ténors, deux basses.
extrait des notes rédigées par Peter Phillips © 1980
Die der Musik zugrundeliegende Struktur ist für ihre Wirkung von größter Bedeutung, und aus diesem Grund drucken wir den Text hier ab, in seine verschiedenen Sektionen getrennt. Die Soli bauen sich langsam zu den drei vollen Sätze auf, von denen der letzte den Höhepunkt darstellt mit den Worten ‘Veni, veni, veni: caelesti gloria coronaberis. Amen’. Um den Effekt des letzten Satzes noch zu verstärken, nehmen die Solopartien ebenfalls an Intensität zu, bis zum Schluß die imposanteste Partiturierung verwendet wird: zwei Diskantstimmen, zwei Mediusstimmen und zwei Bässe.
aus dem Begleittext von Peter Phillips © 1980
David Skinner © 1998
Italiano: Bruno Meini
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