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Track(s) taken from CDA66850

Exsultate Deo

composer
5vv; Motettorum quinque vocibus liber quintus, 1584
author of text
Psalm 80 (81): 1-3

Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor)
Recording details: June 1995
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: February 1996
Total duration: 2 minutes 30 seconds

Cover artwork: The Coronation of the Virgin. Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (d1455)
 

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The London Oratory Schola Cantorum, Charles Cole (conductor)
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Reviews

‘The answer to many prayers; a blockbusting survey of choral masterpieces performed by a choir of exceptional calibre’ (Classic FM Magazine)

‘For anyone eager to sample varied music from the Golden Age of polyphony this is a perfect disc’ (Classic CD)

‘If ever a programme was right up a choir's street, then this is it! From the fanfare-like opening of Exultate Deo and its soul-mates by Viadana, Gabrieli, Byrd and Monteverdi, through the linear beauties of Ave verum corpus (as set by Byrd and Philips) and Parsons' Ave Maria, the imploring devotion of Lotti's incomparable Crucifixus and the serenity of Tallis's O nata lux, all is brought glowingly alive. A real joy’ (Organists' Review)
The effusive and ebullient Exsultate Deo immediately transports the listener unequivocally upward, with a surging sense of infectious joy. Palestrina playfully emphasizes the various instruments named in the psalm text: ‘tympanum’, ‘cithara’ and ‘tuba’.

from notes by Charles Cole © 2025

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