Decca is proud to present I Fagiolini in the world-premiere recording of Alessandro Striggio's 40-part mass Ecco si beato giorno, available March 29th. The work, long rumored to exist but only ...

Musical fashions may wax and wane, but showmanship never goes out of style. The urge to thrill and impress observers was as strong in the 16th century as it is today, as evidenced by Alessandro ...

Alessandro Striggio's Missa "Ecco sì beato giorno," a contrapuntal tour de force in 40 voices, was written in the mid-1560s and disappeared into the French national archives a century and a half later ...

The first thing anybody notices about Fleet Foxes is the band’s sound: something like John Denver in a fallout shelter, or Crosby, Stills and Nash singing in a gigantic underground cavern. You can ...

A sumptuous first recording of a long-lost 450-year-old Italian Renaissance mass written for 40 different vocal parts has soared onto British pop charts a week after its release. The recording by ...

Domine Dominus noster Philippe Rogier, Composer Philip Cave, Conductor His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts Magnificat Missa Domine Dominus noster His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts Philippe Rogier, ...

Documentary explains pretty much all you would want to know about Alessandro Striggio and the context of the music on Mass in 40 Parts with narration by the conductor ...

Track title: Agnus Dei II Artist: I Fagiolini CD title: Alessandro Striggio Mass in 40 Parts Composer: Alessandro Striggio Duration: 2’00Record Company: DeccaCD Number: Decca 478 2734 Track title: ...

Before there was Thomas Tallis’s celebrated 40-voice motet “Spem in alium”, there was Alessandro Striggio’s 40-part mass “Ecco sì beato giorno” – a sumptuous Renaissance epic in surround sound. Lost ...

Un progetto come quello realizzato dall'ensemble vocale e strumentale I Fagiolini sotto la direzione di Robert Hollingworth si può concepire solo riuscendo a immedesimarsi con i caratteri più utopici ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A sumptuous first recording of a long-lost 450-year-old Italian Renaissance mass written for 40 different vocal parts has soared onto British pop charts a week after its release.