[afraidfortherepublic]

Thanks for the post.

[Notwithstanding]

Here is the meat of an email about this pieces that I just now (literally 2 minutes before seeing this just now at FR) sent to a freind of mine, who is an ameteur musicologist:

Davitt Moroney discusses the genesis of Striggio’s long-lost Mass, and how he discovered it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ls_9id5ba4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missa_sopra_Ecco_s%C3%AC_beato_giorno Loss and recovery: After Striggio’s exhausting 1567 European tour with his work, it disappeared for more than four centuries. While he left copies of it at several locations he visited – the court of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, the court of Albrecht V in Munich, the court of Charles IX of France – all copies had been lost. However, a copy of the mass was made in the early 17th century in France, presumably from the copy Striggio left in Paris for Charles IX. Because of several corruptions and copyist errors both on the manuscript and in the card catalogue, when the enormous document, which had been transferred to Louis XV in 1726, from the library of composer Sébastien de Brossard, and then passed to the Paris Bibliothèque nationale, the mass was attributed to an “Alessandro Strusco” and the “40 voices” had been amended to “4 voices” (presumably the copyist thought the “40” was in error, and removed the extra zero). It was only in the 21st century that the work was recovered and identified by Davitt Moroney. Its first performance in modern times was on 17 July 2007 at a Proms concert in Royal Albert Hall in London, where it was sung by the BBC Singers and Tallis Scholars, conducted by Moroney.

A commercial recording featuring voices and period instruments was released by the British ensemble I Fagiolini in March 2011:
I. Kyrie & Gloria http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc8NYimOizU
II. Credo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPWL4awWcEw
III. Sanctus & Benedictus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtnpN3N3wDE
IV. Agnes Dei http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrjQIuhsknM

Robert Hollingworth, director of the new recording, discusses surround sound and other technical details of the recording: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOUPv3fc6G0

Robert Hollingworth discusses the piece: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDUDWvB31lU

Robert Hollingworth’s advice to conductors regarding the piece: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR8fyloU8IQ

[stansblugrassgrl]

Anyone have any idea how I can hear this?

[Rich21IE]

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[Rich21IE]

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[Fractal Trader]

Ping for later.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Ecco si Beato Giorno à 40

[red tie]

"long-lost 450-year-old Italian Renaissance music "

And well forgotten in my opinion......... ;-)

[sitetest]

Classical Music Ping List ping!

If you want on or off this list, let me know via FR e-mail.

Thanks.

[johngrace]

Thanks Just so beautiful!!

[Cincinna]

THX MM for the post. The article is fascinating, & I cant wait to hear the piece.

[keepitreal]

Thanks for the ping. I used to perform a lot of Renaissance music. What an interesting project this would have been!

[alarm rider]

Interesting. Thanks for posting.

[SamAdams76]

Those appreciating this work will definitely want to listen to "Vespers of 1610" (Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610) by Claudio Monteverdi, in my opinion one of the greatest classical compositions of all time.

Of course, on this ping list, I'm probably just preaching to the choir.