Marc' Antonio Ingegneri, Volume Three: Missa Susan
) | Label: TOCCATA CLASSICS Catalog: TOCC0677 Format: COMPACT DISC Nott, Emily; Choir of Girton College, Cambridge; Wilson, Gareth; Elliott, Felix; West, Jeremy; Historic Brass of the Royal Welsh College of Music and DramaThe Cremonese composer Marc’Antonio Ingegneri (c. 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 third 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.  Price: $29.98 |