Marenzio: Missa Jubilate, Magnificat sexti toni & Other Works

Featuring

Davide Benetti
Denis Silano
Enrico Bava
Enrico Torre
Federico Fiorio
Gianluigi Ghiringhelli

Raffaele Giordani
Stefano Guadagnini
Federico Bagnasco
Stefano Demicheli
Cappella Musicale Della Cattedrale di Vercelli
Luca Marenzio
Johann Stadlmayr

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Performer Biography

Don Denis Silano, the conductor, is a Vercelli presbyter who specialized in choral composition, Gregorian chant, and musicology, with a thesis on Luca Marenzio's works in Vercelli.

Compositional Technique

The practice of 'contrafacta,' or spiritual disguises of madrigals with sacred texts, was common in the 16th and 17th centuries, and Luca Marenzio was frequently among the composers whose works were adapted.

Critical Reception

The Missa Jubilate, a sumptuous mass and one of the amplest of the 1500s, has been 'recovered' and re-introduced into the authentic works of Marenzio after being previously excluded on inconsistent grounds.

Compositional Technique

Luca Marenzio often revised his compositions to adapt them to different performing contexts, such as creating a 'Version A' of the motet Jubilate Deo for spatially independent choral groups.

Recording & Production

This recording features world premiere recordings of several sacred compositions by Luca Marenzio, discovered in unpublished manuscripts in Vercelli's Archivio Capitolare.

Composer Biography

Luca Marenzio's health was likely undermined by his journey to Poland, leading to his death in Rome shortly after his return to Italy in 1599.

Composition History

The works on this album are linked to Luca Marenzio's activities in Rome and Poland, including his time leading the music chapel of Sigismund III Vasa's court between 1596 and 1598.