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Title: Spiritual Intensity and Ceremonial Grandeur
Review: The Missa Et Ecce Terrae Motus is the earliest known mass in 12 voices; it survives because Orlando di Lasso was an admirer of the work and performed it while Kapellmeister at Munich. Apart from the sheer technical exuberance of the work, it is just amazingly beautiful--the final moments of the Credo, for example, are among the most sublime moments I know anywhere in music. Both this recording and Paul van Nevel recording are extraordinarily fine--this is the best available. Anyone who likes the Tallis 50-voice motet Spem in Alium, or the work of Monteverdi or Gabrielli, or is just looking for music with intense spiritual content and ceremonial grandeur needs this disk. Personally, I've given away at least 3 copies to friends!
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