Choir of Girton College

Choir of Girton College – Marc’Antonio Ingegneri, Vol. 2: Missa Voce mea a 5 & Motets for Double Choir (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:02:41 minutes | 2,06 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Toccata Classics

The Cremonese composer Marc’Antonio Ingegneri (ca. 1535/36–92) is chiefly remembered as the teacher of Claudio Monteverdi, while, for well-nigh 500 years, his own achievements were left to sit in the shadows.

This second in a series of pioneering recordings from the Choir of Girton College, Cambridge, reveals Ingegneri to have been one of the masters of his age, writing music of breathtaking richness and beauty: the works heard here combine learned, intricate counterpoint with the kind of sheer sonic thrill that brings a shiver of physical excitement. It is, of course, religious music, but it is also extraordinarily passionate, to a degree not previously heard, nor for centuries to come, until the rise of the great Romantic choral works.
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