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Roma Triumphans / Christopher Jackson, Studio De Musique De Montréal

Release Date: 02/26/2008
Label: Atma Classique Catalog #: 2507 Spars Code: n/a
Composer:  Luca Marenzio ,  Tomás Luis de Victoria ,  Giovanni Palestrina ,  Orazio Benevoli  ...  Conductor:  Christopher Jackson Orchestra/Ensemble:  Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal Number of Discs: 1
Recorded in: Stereo

This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.

Most of the material is sung a capella, though a few pieces are accompanied by continuo bass, in the form of Sylvain Bergeron’s theorbo, Karen Kadevarek’s cello and Réjean Poirier’s positive organ. The thirteen voices of the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal blend well, are attentive to detail and sustain the occasional solo duties very decently. Just occasionally a little more emotional intensity wouldn’t have gone amiss, but all of these performances enable us to enjoy some complex and rewarding music.
The recorded sound has – as it needs to – a generous but focused sense of space, whether heard on a standard Read more player or an SACD model. Of course, this is one kind of music for which SACD is particularly well suited.

- Glyn Pursglove, MusicWeb International
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