Claudio Merulo: Missa Apostolorum; Toccata secundo del 1 tono; Magnificat del secondo tono

On this CD:

1. Toccata for organ, No 2 on the second tone
Composed by Claudio Merulo
Performed by Frederic Munoz
Conducted by Dante Andreo

2. Missa Apostolorum
Composed by Claudio Merulo
Performed by Frederic Munoz
Conducted by Dante Andreo

3. Magnificat del secondo tono
Composed by Claudio Merulo
Performed by Frederic Munoz
Conducted by Dante Andreo

Claudio Merulo: Missa Apostolorum; Toccata secundo del 1 tono; Magnificat del secondo tono, Music, Claudio Merulo, Dante Andreo, Frederic Munoz, Choral, Classical, Classical Composers, Keyboard, Magnificat, Mass, Medieval/Renaissance Organ Music, Music for Keyboard
Claudio Merulo: Missa Apostolorum; Toccata secundo del 1 tono; Magnificat del secondo tono
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • St Mark's, Venice, 1568
 Claudio Merulo: Missa Apostolorum; Toccata secundo del 1 tono; Magnificat del secondo tono

Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
MagnificatsMagnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
MassesMasses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000148J
Release Date: 1996-01-23

Tracks:

  1. Toccata Seconda Del 1 Tono
  2. Missa Apostolorum:Kyrie
  3. Missa Apostolorum:Gloria

Tracks:

  1. Missa Apostolorum: Credo Cardinalium
  2. Missa Apostolorum: Sanctus
  3. Missa Apostolorum: Agnus Dei
  4. Magnificat Del Secondo Tono

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars St Mark's, Venice, 1568.......2000-12-01

The organ mass, which occupies most of this 2 CD set, is an early work by the Correggio born composer Claudio Merulo (1533-1604). At about the time of its composition he was first organist at St Mark's, Venice, a post he held for 25 years and where the second organist was Andrea Gabrieli. The mass setting here recorded alternates lines and verses in vocal plainchant setting with meditative organ interludes. The mass would fit comfortably onto one CD but has been flanked by a setting of the Magnificat, and an organ toccata, providing altogether 94 minutes of listening.

While welcoming the opportunity to hear these works for the first time, I find a few disappointments with this Naxos issue. The organ and vocal group were not only recorded in different venues but in different years. I am aware that wonderful synthesising jobs have been done in producing CDs, but this is not one of them. The two acoustics do not match and, once you become aware of this, the effect of a genuine interactive performance is lost. It must be said, also, that there is very little variety in the music.

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