Mass In 40 Parts - Missa Ecco Si Beato Giorno

I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth

Baanbrekend

I Fagiolini's premièreopname van Alessandro Striggio the Elder's lang verloren gewaande mis voor 40 en 60 stemmen was baanbrekend toen deze in 2011 werd uitgebracht. De opname won wereldwijd prijzen, waaronder de Gramophone Early Music Award en een Diapason d'Or de l'Année, en blijft een baanbrekende vertolking van dit meesterwerk. Het wordt aangevuld door Tallis' Spem in alium, waarvan wordt gezegd dat het is geïnspireerd door deze mis. Het gebruik van violen, tanden, trombones, dulcianen en andere instrumenten geeft de werken nog meer glans.

"The instruments transfigure much of this music. They do the heavy lifting for some of the choir parts in the Mass and Ecce beatum lucem, contribute to the spacious sonorities, and add delicate moments of colour...Without instruments, the I Fagiolini voices can be tender and nuanced."
BBC Music Magazine - April 2011 ****

"The ear is constantly taken by details in the elephantine crowd, a distant tenor laughing up a scale, an abrasive shawm doubling a choir's 'hosanna'...Tallis's Spem in Alium is performed with instruments, a legitimate and rare event."
Classic FM Magazine - May 2011 ****

"I Fagiliolini seem to revel in the showy splendour of it all...Hollingworth has chosen his combination of voices and instruments with care...Worth hearing? Definitely."
Gramophone Magazine - May 2011

"So, what's all the fuss about? It all comes down to the three 'S's -size, sonority and seductive spirituality (maybe that's four)...one of the most ambitious and worthwhile Early Music projects for years. That it's a hit too can only be a good thing for all concerned. An important and outstanding release."
International Record Review