Scattered ashes
Josquin's Miserere and the Savonarolan legacy

In 1498, the anti-corruption Friar Girolamo Savonarola was hanged, burned, and his ashes thrown into the River Arno in Florence. The texts he wrote from prison, meditations on the Psalms, inspired a generation of composers and imbue the eight extended works performed here with a rare fervour, something brought to the fore by the sixteen singers of Magnificat.

A 24-bit 192 kHz studio master for this album is available from the Linn Records website.

CKD517  84 minutes 5 seconds (2 discs)
'Every work [is] a model of emotionally moving expressive intensity. The singers exquisitely shape and blend each one' (The Sunday Times)