Marian Consort
Formed by countertenor Rory McCleery, the Oxford-based Marian Consort makes its recording debut with a disc devoted, appropriately enough given its name, to works dedicated to the Virgin Mary. All of them come from the 16th-century Spanish Golden Age, with settings, mostly for six voices, by Guerrero, Lobo, Esquivel, Vivanco, Navarro and Ceballos. The emphasis is on isolated movements rather than complete works, however. Three of them, the Kyrie, Sanctus and Benedictus from Lobo's Missa Maria Magdalene, which are scattered through the sequence, seem to have nothing to do with the Virgin Mary, but there are also two movements (Gloria and Credo) from Esquivel's Missa Ave Sanctissima together with the Agnus Dei from Guerrero's Missa Sancta et Immaculata. Those are interspersed with motets, including Guerrero's Maria Magdalene, and the second of Vivanco's Magnificats in Primi Toni. Fluent performances.
Scarlett Johansson Christina Ricci Missi Pyle Jessica Alba Kylie Bax
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