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Track(s) taken from CDH55310

O magnum mysterium

composer
1587; Concerti per voci e stromenti musicali; SSAB ATTB
author of text
Responsory at Matins on Christmas Day

The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)
Recording details: December 1989
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: October 1990
Total duration: 3 minutes 8 seconds

Cover artwork: The Journey of the Magi. Stefano di Giovanni Sassetta (?1392-?1450)
 

Other recordings available for download

The London Oratory Schola Cantorum, Charles Cole (conductor)
James Bowman (countertenor), The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)
Just as many European composers beat a trail to Venice to study with the renowned musicians there, the Venetian Giovanni Gabrieli’s earliest studies were with his uncle Andrea, at St Mark’s, before he travelled north to Munich to learn from the esteemed and influential Lassus. Returning to Venice, he was appointed to St Mark’s as organist and subsequently, following his uncle’s death, as principal composer. Giovanni’s first collection of motets was published in 1587, with a touching dedication to the elder Andrea, to whom he described himself as ‘little less than a son’. O magnum mysterium comes from this collection, scored for two unequal choirs. The sense of quiet, reverential awe suggests a real proximity to the Christ-child in the manger, giving way to a modest joy in the ‘alleluias’.

from notes by Charles Cole © 2020

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Sacred treasures of Christmas
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