2 CD set in an elegant, book-like package. Sacred choral music from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance sung by Magdala directed by David Skinner. Music from both manuscript and printed sources of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; a mix of English and Italian polyphony with music from all corners of the Holy Roman Empire, including Robert Fayrfax's splendid Mass Tecum principium.

Tracklist:

Introit: Gaudeamus Omnes Sherborne Missal/Crowland Gradual
Gloria: Missa Tecum Principium Robert Fayrfax
Communion: Ecce Virgo Concipiet Sherborne Missal/Crowland Gradual
O Beata Et Gloriosa Trinitas Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina
Sicut Lilium Giovanni Pierluigi Da Palestrina
Ave Maris Stella Tomas Luis de Victoria
Nigra Sum Sed Formosa Tomas Luis de Victoria
Credo: Missa Tecum Principium Robert Fayrfax
Offertory: Ave Maria / Felix Namque Sherborne Missal/Crowland Gradual 1
O Nata Lux Thomas Tallis 1
Te Lucis Ante Terminum Thomas Tallis 1
O Wilhelme, Pastor Bone John Taverner 1
Christe, Qui Lux Es Et Dies Robert White 1
Communion: Benedicta Filio Tuo Sherborne Missal/Crowland Gradual 1
Introit: Puer Natus Est Nobis Sherborne Missal/Crowland Gradual 1
Sanctus: Missa Tecum Principium Robert Fayrfax 1
Kyrie: Deus Creator Omnium Sherborne Missal/Crowland Gradual 1
Gradual: Viderunt Omnes Sherborne Missal/Crowland Gradual 1
Alleluia: Dies Sanctificatus Sherborne Missal/Crowland Gradual 2
Da Pacem Orlandus Lassus 2
Audi Benigne Conditor Orlandus Lassus 2
Ave Virgo Sanctissima Francisco Guerrero 2
Circumdederunt Me Aires Fernandez 2
Ave Maria Francois Dulot 2
Magnificat (Tone Iv) Claude Sermisy 2
Nunc Dimittis Josquin Desprez 2
Offertory: Tui Sunt Celi Sherborne Missal/Crowland Gradual 2
Agnus Dei: Missa Tecum Principium Robert Fayrfax 2
Communion: Viderunt Omnes Sherborne Missal/Crowland Gradual

UPC: 658592020724
Label: Gift Of Music
Release Date: 6.1.05
Format: CD

Magdala - Sanctus / Various (CD)