Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Cantiones Sacrae [Import]

Choir of Clare College (Artist, Orchestra, Performer), Cambridge (Artist, Orchestra, Performer), Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (Composer), Timothy Brown (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
• Orchestra: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
• Conductor: Timothy Brown
• Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
• Audio CD (March 22, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Et'Cetera
• ASIN: B00000G5Q2
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #794,905 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Gaudete omnes

2. Ecce virgo concipiet

3. Magnificat

4. Hodie Christus natus est

5. Angelus ad pastores ait

6. Ab Oriente

7. In illo tempore

8. Hodie beata Virgo Mariae

9. Regina coeli

10. Beati omnes

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Venite exsultemus Domino

2. Ubi duo vel tres

3. O sacrum convivium

4. Ecce prandium

5. In te Domine speravi

6. Tanto tempore

7. Viri Galilaei

8. Cantate Domino

9. Qui vult venire post me

10. Diligam te Domine

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful music sung well, November 30, 2000

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Bryan Park (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Cantiones Sacrae (Audio CD)

As a choral singer, I find that I only gain an appreciation for most music through the process of singing it. It's rare that I'll automatically like a musical piece upon first listening. Well, this recording captures music that I enjoyed immediately. Sweelinck is not that well known a composer, and unjustly so. The music of Sweelinck presented here is gorgeous.

The Choir of Clare College sings sensitively, especially through the many abrupt meter changes. Blend is excellent. The picture of the choir in the liner notes shows a choir of 32, yet they sound like a choir a fraction of their size. The organ playing is especially well done--providing a light tonal background, yet never getting in the way. And this set is a bargain--2 CDs for the price of one. Highly recommended. It would be a good introduction for someone who wants to get their feet wet in Renaissance music in general, and Latin sacred choral music in particular.

5.0 out of 5 stars More than what I expected, October 23, 2008

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P. Lam - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Cantiones Sacrae (Audio CD)

The items came in nicely; from the UK if I'm right. This CD was amazing, when I get my car... this will be bumping in it all day.