Gregor Joseph Werner: Vol. III: Masses and Motets
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97819
BCA
2023.11.03
"Die künstlerische und ästhetische Umsetzung dieses Programms ist [...] über jeden Zweifel erhaben. Rovatkay findet immer die richtige Intonation, die die Musik, den Text und den Ausdruck des religiösen Gefühls am perfektesten zusammenbringt." (Pizzicato)
"The artistic and aesthetic realization of this program is [...] beyond any doubt. Rovatkay always finds the right intonation that most perfectly brings together the music, the text and the expression of religious feeling." (Pizzicato)
Gregor Joseph Werner’s masses and motets consolidate the greatest contrasts imaginable between instrumental brilliance and vocal polyphonic richness. The composer was also the last great master of Palestrina’s stile antico: Werner’s special trump card.