SONGS OF SONGS

 

CLEMENS NON PAPA: Ego flos campi

GUERRERO: Surge, propera amica mea, Ego flos campi, Trahe me post te

GOMBERT: Quam pulchra es

LASSUS: Veni, dilecte mi

LHÉRITIER: Nigra sum

CEBALLOS: Hortus conclusus

PALESTRINA: Osculetur me, Nigra sum

VIVANCO: Veni, dilecte mi

VICTORIA: Vadam et circuibo,Vidi speciosam

PLAINCHANT: Antiphons: Dum esset rex, Nigra sum, Laeva eius, Speciosa facta es, Iam hiems transiit Alleluia:Tota pulchra es

 

Stile Antico

 

The most 'profane' book of the Old Testament was among the favourite biblical texts of the Middle Ages.The composers of the Renaissance made particular use of it as a metaphor of divine love, or in association with the cult of Mary. After their first two extremely successful recordings, the singers of Stile Antico have chosen some of the most sumptuous examples of these musical settings.

BBC Music Magazine - April 2009, Take One on 'Song of Songs'

 

Harmonia Mundi SACD HMU807489