Stile Antico - A Wondrous Mystery: Renaissance Music For Christmas (2015) [Hi-Res]

Enthusiastic interpreters of Renaissance and baroque religious music whose recordings have earned them two Grammy nominations, Britain's Stile Antico brings some Christmas rarities to life on this album. The 12-member a cappella ensemble are exquisite on Michael Praetorius's Ein Kind geborn in Bethlehem and Es ist ein Ros entsprungen; Jacobus Clemens non Papa's Pastores quidnam vidistis; Hans Leo Hassler's Hodie Christus natus est; Hieronymus Praetorius's Magnificat quinti toni; the Slovene composer Jacob Handl's festive Canite tuba/Mirabile mysterium, and more. The booklet includes the lyrics for the songs and some background information on this beautiful yet rarely heard repertoire.

"Breathtaking freshness, vitality and balance" (New York Times). Stile Antico's new Christmas programme of Renaissance polyphony features a glorious Mass by the Flemish master Jacobus Clemens non Papa, alongside traditional old-German carols and motets, many of them still sung to this day. An irresistibly festive collection! "Stile Antico has become the gold standard in this repertory" (The Independent, UK)