Paul Guinery introduces a sequence of motets from the great cities and courts of Renaissance Italy.
BBC Singers, conductor Stephen Cleobury The Republic of Venice
Willaert Lauda Jerusalem
A Gabriel! Deus Qui Beatum Marcum G Gabriell Timor et Tremor
The City of Florence
Verdelot Sint Dicte Grates Christo
Dufay Ave Maris Stella ; Nuper Rosarum Flores
Padua and Mantua
Porta Lauda Hierusalem
De Wert Beata
Barbara Rome - the Eternal City
Palestrina Alma Redemptoris Mater
. Festa Magnificat Octavi Toni
Producer Paul Hindmarsh