Lauda anima mea (Palestrina) - from CDA67978 - Hyperion Records

The Resurrection (c1463) by Piero della Francesa (c1415-1492)
Pinacoteca, Sansepolcro, Italy / Bridgeman Art Library, London

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Lauda anima mea (‘Praise, my soul’) adopts close imitation and an assertive downward fourth motif for its opening. ‘Psallam Deo meo’ (‘I shall sing to my God’) is stated in thirds and tenths, before the texture thins to a more reticent Alleluia.

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Recording details: June 2012
The Church of St Michael and All Angels, Summertown, Oxford, United Kingdom
Produced by Antony Pitts
Engineered by Justin Lowe
Release date: April 2013
Total duration: 2 minutes 19 seconds

Lauda anima mea

composer

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/6-1594)

5vv; published in Rome in 1593 by Francesco Coattino as part of a cycle of polyphonic Offertories; H ix, 81, C xvii, 111

author of text

Bible

Psalm 145 (146): 2

The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice (conductor)