℗ 2016 Signum Records
| Released | March 4, 2016 |
| Duration | 54m 44s |
| Record Label | Signum Records |
| Catalogue No. | SIGCD450 |
| Genre | Classical (Choral Music) |
How Fair Thou Art: Biblical Passions by Palestrina
The King's Singers
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Alma redemptoris mater
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina; The King's Singers |
2:53 | |||
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1.2
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Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina; The King's Singers |
2:48 | |||
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1.3
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Pulchrae sunt genae tuae
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina; The King's Singers |
3:26 | |||
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1.4
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Tota pulchra es anima mea
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina; The King's Singers |
2:38 | |||
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1.5
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Nigra sum, sed Formosa
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina; The King's Singers |
3:17 | |||
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1.6
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Regina Caeli
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina; The King's Singers |
2:11 | |||
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1.7
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Trahe me, post te
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina; The King's Singers |
3:22 | |||
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1.8
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Veni, veni delicte mi
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina; The King's Singers |
2:43 | |||
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1.9
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Surge, propera amica mea
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina; The King's Singers |
2:20 | |||
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1.10
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Descendi in hortum meum
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina; The King's Singers |
3:02 | |||
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1.11
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Ave regina caelorum
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina; The King's Singers |
5:29 | |||
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1.12
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Sicut lilium inter spinas I
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina; The King's Singers |
4:41 | |||
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1.13
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Osculetur me
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina; The King's Singers |
2:35 | |||
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1.14
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Ecce tu pulcher es
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina; The King's Singers |
2:24 | |||
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1.15
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Sicut lilium inter spinas II
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina; The King's Singers |
3:57 | |||
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1.16
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Salve Regina
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina; The King's Singers |
6:58 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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"... these performances are highly enjoyable, benefiting from the singers’ diffident and yet expressive approach ... the singing is generally of a very high quality and the readings of these beautiful pieces is intelligent and sensuous."
- Early Music Review
This early music recording from double Grammy-winning vocal sextet The King’s Singers spotlights Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's beautiful polyphonic choral settings of the Canticum Canticorum, better known as the Song of Songs or Canticles, a collection of poetry in the Hebrew Bible on the joy and ecstasy of human love. These settings are framed by four of Palestrina’s motets, composed in honour of the Virgin Mary.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Signum Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.06 -6.83 to 0.00 | -22.89 -25.28 to -21.43 | -19.78 -22.30 to -18.10 | 12 11 to 13 | |
| 1 | Alma redemptoris mater | -1.74 | -23.03 | -19.5 | 11 |
| 2 | Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui | -1.27 | -21.47 | -18.5 | 11 |
| 3 | Pulchrae sunt genae tuae | -5.57 | -23.94 | -21.1 | 11 |
| 4 | Tota pulchra es anima mea | -2.50 | -22.54 | -19.4 | 12 |
| 5 | Nigra sum, sed Formosa | -4.90 | -24.07 | -20.7 | 12 |
| 6 | Regina Caeli | -1.36 | -21.43 | -18.1 | 13 |
| 7 | Trahe me, post te | -2.53 | -23.37 | -20.2 | 12 |
| 8 | Veni, veni delicte mi | -5.81 | -23.13 | -20.1 | 12 |
| 9 | Surge, propera amica mea | -2.84 | -21.78 | -18.6 | 12 |
| 10 | Descendi in hortum meum | -2.64 | -22.68 | -19.7 | 11 |
| 11 | Ave regina caelorum | -6.83 | -25.28 | -22.3 | 12 |
| 12 | Sicut lilium inter spinas I | -2.38 | -23.23 | -20.2 | 13 |
| 13 | Osculetur me | 0.00 | -21.70 | -18.6 | 11 |
| 14 | Ecce tu pulcher es | -1.74 | -22.78 | -19.7 | 11 |
| 15 | Sicut lilium inter spinas II | -4.18 | -23.44 | -20.6 | 11 |
| 16 | Salve Regina | -2.62 | -22.30 | -19.2 | 12 |