STRIGGIO

Mass in 40 Parts (Missa Ecco si Beato Giorno)

I Fagiolini

Robert Hollingworth

Alessandro Striggio

1. Ecce beatem lucem

2. Missa Ecce si Beato Giorno – Kyrie

3. Missa Ecce si Beato Giorno – Gloria

4. Missa Ecce si Beato Giorno – Credo

5. Missa Ecce si Beato Giorno – Sanctus

6. Missa Ecce si Beato Giorno – Benedictus

7. Missa Ecce si Beato Giorno – Agnus Dei I

8. Missa Ecce si Beato Giorno – Agnus Dei II

Vincenzo Galilei

9. Contrapunto Secondo di BM

Alessandro Striggio

10. Fuggi, spene mia

11. O giovenil ardire

12. Altr’io che queste spighe

13. D’ogni gratia et d’amor

14. O de la bella Etruria

15. Caro dolce ben mio

16. Misero ohime

Sarum Plainchant

17. Spem in alium

Thomas Tallis

18. Spem in alium

DVD

1. Striggio – Ecce beatam lucem (5.1 Surround Sound)

2. Striggio – Missa ecco si beato giorni (5.1 Surround Sound)

3. Tallis – Spem in alium (5.1 Surround Sound)

4. The Making of Striggio – Documentary (English/ French/ German)

Celebrating the Rediscovery of a Long-lost Mass in 40 Parts.

A feast of Renaissance choral music from Italy and England, the album (and bonus DVD) reveals a work by the Italian, Alessandro Striggio – believed lost until the recent discovery of vocal parts, in Paris.

Striggio travelled extensively to the courts of Europe and it was probably a performance during his visit to Elizabethan England in 1567 that inspired Tallis to write Spem in alium, which is performed here with rarely heard instrumental accompaniment and the benefit of a major piece of textual change reinforcing the message of forgiveness.

The DVD includes a short documentary about the rediscovery of the mass, as well as excerpts from the recording in 5.1 Surround Sound.

I Fagiolini is an acclaimed British solo-voice ensemble specialising in Renaissance and Contemporary music. An inspired programmer, Robert Hollingworth founded the group in 1986.

“There is nothing ordinary about a performance by I Fagiolini. These singers have made their reputation by turning their backs on convention” (The Guardian).

Decca Classics 1cd + DVD 4782734