Sacred Treasures of Rome

The fourth album in the London Oratory Schola Cantorum’s ‘Sacred treasures’ series, ‘Sacred treasures of Rome’ featuring six works by Palestrina in celebration of his 500th anniversary this year. While majoring on Palestrina, the album also features music by other Renaissance composers active in Rome in the Renaissance, including Allegri, Felice and Giovanni Anerio, Animuccia, Giovannelli, Marenzio, Nanino and Soriano. Uniquely, the average age of the Schola across all the voice parts is just 14. The choir gives boys aged 7 to 18 the opportunity of an outstanding choral education within the state-education system. 
‘We might be back in St Mark’s Basilica in the late 16th century, so haunting and crystalline are these recordings by the London Oratory choir’ (The Sunday Times) ‘Beautifully sung … strongly recommended’ (Classic FM).

Tracklisting:
Palestrina: 
Dum complerentur
1. I. Dum complerentur
2. II. Dum ergo essent

3. Super flumina Babylonis

Canite tuba
4. I. Canite tuba
5. II. Rorate Caeli

6. Animuccia: O crux ave, spes unica
7. Marenzio: Magnificat octavi toni
8. G.M. Nanino: Adoramus te, Christe
9. Soriano: Regina caeli Laetare
10. F. Anerio: Adoramus te, Domine Jesu Christe
11. G.F. Anerio: O Maria gloriosa
12. Giovannelli: Iubilate Deo
13. Allegri: Christus resurgens ex mortuis

Palestrina: 
Sicut cervus desiderat
14. I. Sicut cervus desiderat
15. II. Sitivit anima mea

16. Exultate Deo
17. Peccantem me quotidie
18. Tu es Petrus a 6: I Tu es Petrus