Western religious music from different centuries. Masses by Orazio Benevoli and Gregorio Allegri. Both worked in Rome, and had a significant influence on the development of church music in the Italian capital in the first half of the 17th century.
Orazio Benevoli (1605-1672)
1. Missa Benevola / Missa Maria Prodigio Celeste
ensembles I Fagiolini and The City Musick conducted by Robert Hollingworth
(CD label: CORO nr. COR 16208)
Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)
2. Missa Vidi turvam magnam
3. Motet ‘De ore prudentis’ (aanvulling)
A Sei Voci conducted by Bernard Fabre-Garrus
(CD label: Astrée nr. E 8524)
Picture: Orazio Benevoli (source: Alchetron)
