Presto Recording of the Week
10th January 2025

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross

Palestrina: Magnificat secundi toni a 5
Byrd: Emendemus in melius a 5
Palestrina: Missa Emendemus in melius a 4
White, Robert: Ad te levavi oculos meos a 6
Palestrina: Ad te levavi oculos meos a 12
Mundy, W: Memor esto verbi tui a 6
Palestrina: Memor esto verbi tui a 5
Palestrina: Missa Memor esto verbi tui a 5

Graham Ross and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge celebrate the 500th anniversary of Palestrina's birth in style, recording for the very first time an album of outstanding works by the Roman master that are still little-known. To add resonance to their program, they pair settings of the same texts by three of Palestrina's English contemporaries: William Byrd, Robert White, and William Mundy.