Artist: The Sistine Chapel Choir |
Album: Veni Domine: Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel |
Released: 2017 |
Label: Deutsche Grammophon |
Catalog #: 479 7524 |
Genre: Classical |
Country: Italy |
Duration: 01:04:30
If there is one decision made during the reign of Pope Benedict XVI (2005-2013) for which we should all be grateful, it was his edict in 2010 to reform and refresh the Cappella Musicale Pontifica ‘Sistina’ and encourage its new Maestro Direttore Massimo Palombella to explore, restore and perform repertoire from the treasury of music contained within the Vatican Archive. This gift to the world will surely go down in our musical history as a significant event. The Sistine Chapel Choir, as it is more popularly known, here continues its excellent work with a recording of Advent and Christmas music entitled Veni Domine (usually translated as ‘Come Lord Jesus’). This is the third album on Deutsche Grammophon to be released in as many years. Once again it was recorded in the magnificent ambience of the Chapel after which it is named, between February and September this year. Several of the famous Renaissance composers represented (for example Guillaume Dufay, Josquin Desprez and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) were past choristers of this vocal ensemble, singing in the same Chapel.
The ensemble once again presents as a chorus angelorum: responsive, confident and deeply sensitive. The presence of famous Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli might suggest some lighter repertoire, but the only track on which she sings is as soloist with the choir in the motet Beata viscera Mariae Virginis by Pérotin, a French polyphonist from the Notre Dame school who flourished in the 12th century. This work is three minutes and 48 seconds of pure and sustained bliss. Bartoli captures the purity, awe and mystery of the Virgin birth particularly with the words ‘O new wonder and unexpected source of joy’. Palombella must certainly have powerful persuasive skills to ask this soloist, famous for her Baroque operatic coloratura, to sing such early repertoire, her voice exposed with little covering vibrato. I genuinely cannot imagine a more exquisite sound. To hear this motet alone is worth the price of the recording.Advent
01. Introit: Gaudate in Domino semper Soloist, Alto Vocals - Enrico Torre 4:26
02. Beata viscera Mariae Virginis Composed By - Perotinus*Soloist, Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Cecilia Bartoli 3:48
03. Hymn: Conditor alme siderum Arranged By - Guillaume DufayCountertenor Vocals - Gianluca Alonzi, Stefano Guadagnini 3:36
04. Motet: Missus est Gabriel Composed By - Josquin Desprez*Countertenor Vocals - Gianluca Alonzi, Stefano Guadagnini 3:21
05. Motet: Canite tuba i Sion - Rorate, caeli, desuper Composed By - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 6:06
Christmas
06. Motet: Hodie nobis caelorum Rex - Gloria in excelsis Deo Composed By - Giovanni Maria Nanino 5:18
07. Motet: Hodie Christus natus est Composed By - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 3:23
08. Motet: Quaeramus cum pastoribus Composed By - Jean Mouton 4:32
09. Motet: Quem vidistis, pastores? - Dicite, quidnam vidistis? Composed By - Tomás Luis De Victoria 5:03
10. Motet: Dies sanctificatus illuxit nobis Composed By - Giovanni Pierluigi da PalestrinaCountertenor Vocals - Gianluca Alonzi, Stefano Guadagnini 2:36
11.Nasceris, alme puer Composed By - Gregorio Allegri 4:22
12. Hymn: Christe, Redeptor omnium Arranged By - Luca MarenzioSoloist - Alessandro Violi, Benjamino Gatto, Lorenzo Malízia, Riccardo Catapano Soloist, Alto Vocals - Enrico Torre, Francescantonio BilleSoloist, Tenor Vocals - Antonio Orsini, Cesary Arkadiusz Stoch, Gianluca Alonzi, Patrizio La Placa 4:49
Epiphany
13. O magnum mysterium Composed By - Tomás Luis De Victoria 2:46
14. Motet: Magi veniunt ab oriente - Magi, videntes stellam Composed By - Jacob Clemens non Papa* 5:18
15. Offertory: Reges Tharsis et insulae Composed By - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 2:21
Feast Of The Presentation Of The Lord
16. Offertory: Diffusa est gratia 2:51
Exact Audio Copy V1.1 from 23. June 2015
EAC extraction logfile from 20. April 2018, 19:10
Sistine Chapel Choir / Veni Domine: Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel
Used drive : TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-224DB Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "ARTIST=%artist%" -T "TITLE=%title%" -T "ALBUM=%albumtitle%" -T "DATE=%year%" -T "TRACKNUMBER=%tracknr%" -T "GENRE=%genre%" -T "PERFORMER=%albuminterpret%" -T "COMPOSER=%composer%" %haslyrics%--tag-from-file=LYRICS="%lyricsfile%"%haslyrics% -T "ALBUMARTIST=%albumartist%" -T "DISCNUMBER=%cdnumber%" -T "TOTALDISCS=%totalcds%" -T "TOTALTRACKS=%numtracks%" -T "COMMENT=%comment%" %source% -o %dest%
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
---------------------------------------------------------
1 | 0:00.00 | 4:25.64 | 0 | 19938
2 | 4:25.64 | 3:48.05 | 19939 | 37043
3 | 8:13.69 | 3:35.46 | 37044 | 53214
4 | 11:49.40 | 3:21.31 | 53215 | 68320
5 | 15:10.71 | 6:05.58 | 68321 | 95753
6 | 21:16.54 | 5:18.29 | 95754 | 119632
7 | 26:35.08 | 3:22.73 | 119633 | 134855
8 | 29:58.06 | 4:32.13 | 134856 | 155268
9 | 34:30.19 | 5:03.36 | 155269 | 178029
10 | 39:33.55 | 2:36.27 | 178030 | 189756
11 | 42:10.07 | 4:21.49 | 189757 | 209380
12 | 46:31.56 | 4:49.10 | 209381 | 231065
13 | 51:20.66 | 2:46.28 | 231066 | 243543
14 | 54:07.19 | 5:17.47 | 243544 | 267365
15 | 59:24.66 | 2:21.19 | 267366 | 277959
16 | 61:46.10 | 2:51.27 | 277960 | 290811
Track 1
Filename C:\EAC-rips\Veni Domine- Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel\01 - Introit- Gaudate in Domino semper.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00
Peak level 13.7 %
Extraction speed 1.8 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 5C0535E5
Copy CRC 5C0535E5
Accurately ripped (confidence 5) [56DEFE11] (AR v2)
Copy OK
Track 2
Filename C:\EAC-rips\Veni Domine- Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel\02 - Beata viscera Mariae Virginis.wav
Peak level 62.1 %
Extraction speed 1.7 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC 7AEFDC35
Copy CRC 7AEFDC35
Accurately ripped (confidence 5) [8A16F73A] (AR v2)
Copy OK
Track 3
Filename C:\EAC-rips\Veni Domine- Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel\03 - Hymn- Conditor alme siderum.wav
Peak level 43.6 %
Extraction speed 2.1 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 304A76A6
Copy CRC 304A76A6
Accurately ripped (confidence 5) [6E36D378] (AR v2)
Copy OK
Track 4
Filename C:\EAC-rips\Veni Domine- Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel\04 - Motet- Missus est Gabriel.wav
Peak level 41.2 %
Extraction speed 2.2 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 7DF31834
Copy CRC 7DF31834
Accurately ripped (confidence 5) [B6438890] (AR v2)
Copy OK
Track 5
Filename C:\EAC-rips\Veni Domine- Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel\05 - Motet- Canite tuba i Sion - Rorate, caeli, desuper.wav
Peak level 94.1 %
Extraction speed 2.6 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 53E82ED7
Copy CRC 53E82ED7
Accurately ripped (confidence 5) [B70EEF65] (AR v2)
Copy OK
Track 6
Filename C:\EAC-rips\Veni Domine- Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel\06 - Motet- Hodie nobis caelorum Rex - Gloria in excelsis Deo.wav
Peak level 89.1 %
Extraction speed 2.3 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC FF960FAD
Copy CRC FF960FAD
Accurately ripped (confidence 5) [2DC69992] (AR v2)
Copy OK
Track 7
Filename C:\EAC-rips\Veni Domine- Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel\07 - Motet- Hodie Christus natus est.wav
Peak level 94.9 %
Extraction speed 2.7 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 360FB9C4
Copy CRC 360FB9C4
Accurately ripped (confidence 5) [F0BC6EA3] (AR v2)
Copy OK
Track 8
Filename C:\EAC-rips\Veni Domine- Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel\08 - Motet- Quaeramus cum pastoribus.wav
Peak level 67.0 %
Extraction speed 2.9 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 1CD09BC6
Copy CRC 1CD09BC6
Accurately ripped (confidence 5) [7437FE5C] (AR v2)
Copy OK
Track 9
Filename C:\EAC-rips\Veni Domine- Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel\09 - Motet- Quem vidistis, pastores - Dicite, quidnam vidistis.wav
Peak level 95.8 %
Extraction speed 3.1 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 9AB37992
Copy CRC 9AB37992
Accurately ripped (confidence 5) [CAEBDB8B] (AR v2)
Copy OK
Track 10
Filename C:\EAC-rips\Veni Domine- Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel\10 - Motet- Dies sanctificatus illuxit nobis.wav
Peak level 38.4 %
Extraction speed 2.1 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC B640F3F8
Copy CRC B640F3F8
Accurately ripped (confidence 5) [7924D341] (AR v2)
Copy OK
Track 11
Filename C:\EAC-rips\Veni Domine- Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel\11 - Nasceris, alme puer.wav
Peak level 61.3 %
Extraction speed 3.2 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC EC2EE53B
Copy CRC EC2EE53B
Accurately ripped (confidence 5) [02CAEE02] (AR v2)
Copy OK
Track 12
Filename C:\EAC-rips\Veni Domine- Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel\12 - Hymn- Christe, Redeptor omnium.wav
Peak level 73.6 %
Extraction speed 2.6 X
Track quality 99.9 %
Test CRC E192BDC7
Copy CRC E192BDC7
Accurately ripped (confidence 5) [76AE0816] (AR v2)
Copy OK
Track 13
Filename C:\EAC-rips\Veni Domine- Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel\13 - O magnum mysterium.wav
Peak level 39.6 %
Extraction speed 3.2 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 948C413B
Copy CRC 948C413B
Accurately ripped (confidence 5) [D1BFB26C] (AR v2)
Copy OK
Track 14
Filename C:\EAC-rips\Veni Domine- Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel\14 - Motet- Magi veniunt ab oriente - Magi, videntes stellam.wav
Peak level 92.7 %
Extraction speed 3.6 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 6DBD8167
Copy CRC 6DBD8167
Accurately ripped (confidence 5) [2511CDF6] (AR v2)
Copy OK
Track 15
Filename C:\EAC-rips\Veni Domine- Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel\15 - Offertory- Reges Tharsis et insulae.wav
Peak level 82.1 %
Extraction speed 3.1 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC BD9C9A0B
Copy CRC BD9C9A0B
Accurately ripped (confidence 5) [04BFBC8F] (AR v2)
Copy OK
Track 16
Filename C:\EAC-rips\Veni Domine- Advent & Christmas at the Sistine Chapel\16 - Offertory- Diffusa est gratia.wav
Peak level 42.0 %
Extraction speed 3.4 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC A037DD09
Copy CRC A037DD09
Accurately ripped (confidence 5) [EDBF82CF] (AR v2)
Copy OK
All tracks accurately ripped
No errors occurred
End of status report
---- CUETools DB Plugin V2.1.6
[CTDB TOCID: skGHOdFpWV8JSDTFdnhdMtg1wvY-] found
Submit result: skGHOdFpWV8JSDTFdnhdMtg1wvY- has been confirmed
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (26/26) Accurately ripped
2 | (26/26) Accurately ripped
3 | (26/26) Accurately ripped
4 | (26/26) Accurately ripped
5 | (26/26) Accurately ripped
6 | (26/26) Accurately ripped
7 | (26/26) Accurately ripped
8 | (26/26) Accurately ripped
9 | (26/26) Accurately ripped
10 | (26/26) Accurately ripped
11 | (26/26) Accurately ripped
12 | (26/26) Accurately ripped
13 | (26/26) Accurately ripped
14 | (26/26) Accurately ripped
15 | (26/26) Accurately ripped
16 | (26/26) Accurately ripped
==== Log checksum BEF1016D47A7DA387823CB53F3C8912E3B0C020CB66A662ED03F7F4B89006D31 ====
![Helsinki Chamber Choir – Riemuitkaamme! A Finnish Christmas (2017) [24bit Hi-Res] FLAC (tracks)](/uploads/posts/2017-11/1512072540_helsinki-chamber-choir-riemuitkaamme-a-finnish-christmas-2017-24bit-hi-res-flac-tracks.jpg)
