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A journey to Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli

Sara Mohr-Pietsch charts a path to Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli, which reputedly saved polyphonic music from being banned by the Catholic Church in the 1560s.

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Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Coronation Anthem no.1 "Zadok The Priest"

    Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
  • Judith Weir

    Brighter Visions Shine Afar

    Orchestra: Coronation Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Decca.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Missa Papae Marcelli: Kyrie I

    Ensemble: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • Gimell.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Kyrie (R folk.472v)

    Ensemble: Sequentia. Director: Benjamin Bagby.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Sauvages

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Sofia Gubaidulina

    Serenade

    Performer: Franz Halász.
    • BIS.
  • Friedrich Hollaender

    Ich bin der fesche Lola

    Composer: Robert Liebmann. Singer: Marlene Dietrich.
    • EMI.
  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets: Mars, the Bringer of War

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • LPO.
  • Johann Joseph Fux

    Rondeau a 7 (for violino piccolo, bassoon, 4 vns and continuo) in C major

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Carus.
  • Claude Debussy

    Children's Corner: I. Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Richard Strauss

    Capriccio: String Sextet

    Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Ulf Schirmer.
    • Decca.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B Minor: Sanctus

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Director: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SOLI DEO GLORIA.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    6 Preludes & Fugues op.35: Fugue no.2

    Performer: Benjamin Frith.
    • Naxos.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Summa

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • ECM New Series.
  • Hans Pfitzner

    Palestrina: Prelude

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin: Act III Prelude

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Karl Böhm.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Missa Papae Marcelli

    Ensemble: Stile Antico.
    • Decca.

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