In excelsis Deo: Music from the time of the War of the Spanish Succession | Alia Vox AVSA9924

In excelsis Deo: Music from the time of the War of the Spanish Succession

£14.73 £12.52

save £2.20 (15%)

special offer ending 27/05/2024

In stock - available for despatch within 1 working day

Label: Alia Vox

Cat No: AVSA9924

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 27th October 2017

Contents

About

In the context of the War of the Spanish Succession, the duty of any composer was to celebrate not only the greatness of a deity in religious pieces, but also the power of their sponsors. Jordi Savall invites us to relive the creation of two dazzling masterpieces of polychoral music: the Missa Scala Aretina by Francesc Valls (one of the last pieces to make overt reference to Guido of Arezzo’s famous hexachord) and the Mass for 2 Choirs and Orchestras by Henry Desmarest. The surface of the music is immediately engaging: it is a beguiling mixture of old and new, full of incidence, with choir, soloists and parts for strings and trumpet. Jordi Savall and his ensembles pay due homage to these masterpieces.

Error on this page? Let us know here

Need more information on this product? Click here