Five Centuries of Sacred Polyphony: Motets | Sacred Choral Music (15th–20th Century)

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This collection offers a journey through five centuries of sacred polyphony, tracing the evolution of the Christian motet from its late medieval origins to its modern reimaginings. From the austere, modal lines of the 15th century to the luminous harmonies of the Renaissance, the expressive richness of the Baroque, and the spiritual depth of Romantic and contemporary sacred music, this compilation reveals how composers across the centuries have set sacred texts to choral music with devotion and artistry.

🕯️ The motet, originally a medieval form, became one of the most enduring genres in the sacred choral tradition. In the Renaissance, it reached unparalleled heights of clarity and balance in the hands of composers like Palestrina and Victoria. The Baroque era infused the form with emotional and textural contrast, while the 19th and 20th centuries gave voice to a more introspective, personal spirituality.

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From the album "Cinque secoli di polifonia sacra"
℗ 1988 La Gloria / Rusty Records
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00:00 Regina coeli laetare
by Gregor Aichinger (1556-1628), Ratisbona
Antiphon, Sabbato in resurrectione Domini
Text by Gregory V, 10th century

02:21 Caligaverunt
by Tomas Luis De Victoria (1548-1611), Avila
Responsory Ninth of Good Friday, Third Night Job. 16.17; Lm. 1,12

06:08 Exultate Deo
by Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725), Palermo
Psalm 81 (80) v. 1-2

09:33 Intellige Clamorem
by Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725), Palermo
Communio, Dominica II in Quadragesima; ps: 5.2.3.4a

12:28 Locus iste
by Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), Vienna
Gradual: Mass “Dedicationis Ecclesiae” Gen. 28:17, 22

15:21 O salutaris Hostia
by Lorenzo Perosi (1872-1956), Tortona
Literary text of St. Thomas Aquinas (1274)

16:50 Pater Noster
by Igor Strawinsky (1887-1967), Pietroburgo
Ordinarium Missae

18:32 Stabat Mater
by Zoltan Kòdaly (1882-1967), Budapest
Sequence, Jacopone da Todi (1305)

21:50 Eli! Eli!
by György Deák-Bárdos (1889), Budapest
Mt. 27-46

25:08 Vexilla Regis prodeunt
by Guillaume Dufay (1400-1474), Cambrai
Ambrosian hymn by Veneziano Fortunato (609)

27:52 Adoramus Te Christe
by Franchino Gaffurio (1451-1522), Lodi
Byzantine Liturgy No. 1000

31:32 Christus factus est
by Manuel de Villanueva (1609), El Escorial, Nuova Castiglia
Gradual, Palm Sunday and Healthy Thursday; Missa in coena Domini. Phil. 2,8. v.9

34:23 Alta Trinità
Processional lauda, anonymous Italian 14th century
Literary text from the Laudario of Cortona, 13th century

35:38 O Jesu Christe
by Jachet Van Bercham (1580), Anversa

38:22 Ave maris stella
by Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina (1525-1594), Roma
Hymn, literary text 8th century

40:52 Sicut Cervus
by Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina (1525-1594), Roma
Psalm 41, Holy Saturday

43:37 Alma Redemptoris Mater
by Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina (1525-1594), Roma
Marian Advent Antiphon, attributed to Hermann Contract (1054)

45:58 Agnus Dei
by Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina (1525-1594), Roma
Ordinarium Missae, Missa Aeterna Christi munera

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