Sacred Music

Yale Institute of Sacred Music & Masaaki Suzuki - Bruhns: Cantatas & Organ Works, Vol. 1 (2022)

Yale Institute of Sacred Music & Masaaki Suzuki - Bruhns: Cantatas & Organ Works, Vol. 1 (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 417 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 202 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:25:54
Classical, Sacred, Vocal | Label: BIS

When he died, Nicolaus Bruhns was just 31 years old, and only twelve of his vocal works and five organ compositions have survived. On the strength of these, he is nevertheless considered one of the most prominent North German composers of the generation between Buxtehude and Bach. Buxtehude was in fact Bruhns teacher, and thought so highly of him that recommended him for a position in Copenhagen. There he worked as a violin virtuoso and composer until 1689, when he returned to Northern Germany to become organist in the main church of Husum. It was here that most if not all of the extant works were performed.
Yale Institute of Sacred Music & Masaaki Suzuki - Bruhns: Cantatas & Organ Works, Vol. 1 (2022) [Digital Download 24/96]

Yale Institute of Sacred Music & Masaaki Suzuki - Bruhns: Cantatas & Organ Works, Vol. 1 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 85:54 minutes | 1,56 GB
Classical, Sacred, Vocal | Label: BIS, Official Digital Download

When he died, Nicolaus Bruhns was just 31 years old, and only twelve of his vocal works and five organ compositions have survived. On the strength of these, he is nevertheless considered one of the most prominent North German composers of the generation between Buxtehude and Bach. Buxtehude was in fact Bruhns teacher, and thought so highly of him that recommended him for a position in Copenhagen. There he worked as a violin virtuoso and composer until 1689, when he returned to Northern Germany to become organist in the main church of Husum. It was here that most if not all of the extant works were performed.
Masaaki Suzuki, Yale Institute of Sacred Music - Nicolaus Bruhns: Cantatas and Organ Works, Vol.1 (2021)

Masaaki Suzuki, Yale Institute of Sacred Music - Nicolaus Bruhns: Cantatas and Organ Works, Vol.1 (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 431 Mb | Total time: 86:14 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS Records | # BIS-SACD-2271 | Recorded: 2016, 2017

When he died, Nicolaus Bruhns was just 31 years old, and only twelve of his vocal works and five organ compositions have survived. On the strength of these, he is nevertheless considered one of the most prominent North German composers of the generation between Buxtehude and Bach. Buxtehude was in fact Bruhns teacher, and thought so highly of him that recommended him for a position in Copenhagen. There he worked as a violin virtuoso and composer until 1689, when he returned to Northern Germany to become organist in the main church of Husum. It was here that most if not all of the extant works were performed.
Cinquecento & Jean Guyot - Te Deum Laudamus & Other Sacred Music (2017)

Cinquecento & Jean Guyot - Te Deum Laudamus & Other Sacred Music
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks)+cue, log, d. booklet | 63:18 min | 268 MB
Label: Hyperion – CDA68180 | Tracks: 29 | Rls.date: 2017
Classical, Renaissance, Sacred

Jean Guyot was another of the composers of the post-Josquin generation active in the Low Countries in the mid-sixteenth century. (He was also a priest, author and teacher, although the details of much of his life remain vague.) Cinquecento has previously explored his secular music (on Amorosi pensieriCDA68053), but it was Guyots sacred music which was largely responsible for the high reputation he seemingly enjoyed in his lifetime. Cinquecento proves equally authoritative in both.
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers - Iste Confessor: The Sacred Music Of Domenico Scarlatti (2001)

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers - Iste Confessor: The Sacred Music Of Domenico Scarlatti (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 223 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 138 Mb | Scans included
Classical, Choral, Sacred | Label: CORO | # COR16003 | Time: 00:59:32

First and foremost, Domenico Scarlatti is regarded as the greatest composer of binary harpsichord sonatas of all time, and that is as it should be: he wrote more than 600 of them and many are constantly recorded and played. However, early in his Italian career, Scarlatti developed a proven track record as a composer of sacred music, some of it under the watchful eye of his father, Alessandro Scarlatti, believed by many at the time as the top composer of the age. The fact most readily observed in regard to Domenico's sacred music is that his Stabat mater, composed in 1717 or 1718, was the work within that genre replaced in Rome by Giovanni Pergolesi's Stabat mater around 1735. The Scarlatti work was conceived in a different style to different strictures; while it has become the most recorded of Scarlatti's sacred works, it definitely suffers when paired with the Pergolesi owing to its immediacy and familiarity. On Coro's Iste Confessor, the Sixteen led by Harry Christophers widely opt for Scarlatti's own, other sacred music as filler to the "Stabat mater with results fairer to the composer and quite favorable to listeners.
Anima Mea - Sacred Music Of The Middle Ages - Ensemble Cosmedin (2011) {Naxos 8.572632}

Anima Mea - Sacred Music Of The Middle Ages - Ensemble Cosmedin (2011) {Naxos 8.572632}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 275 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 153 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 32 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2011 Naxos | 8.572632 | Early Music Collection Series
Classical / Early Music / Medieval / Choral

Anima mea explores the Christian concept of the soul through these masterpieces of medieval Sacred Music. Hildegard of Bingen’s beautifully exalted harmonies represent God’s order in the music of the spheres. The recently rediscovered Erfurt Ritual contains sung music from Master Eckhart’s historical context. These antiphons are performed here for the first time since 1525, along with chants from the liturgy of the Roman mass, music from the Notre Dame School, and a glorious Magnificat. The German duo Ensemble Cosmedin, who take their name from a church in Rome, are considered one of the leading ensembles for medieval and modern sacred music. Music of the soul—gentle and luminous.
VA - Sacred Music: Cornerstone Works of Sacred Music from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century (2009) (30 CDs Box Set)

VA - Sacred Music: Cornerstone Works of Sacred Music from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century (2009)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks+.cue, log) | 01:10:58:18 min | Covers included | 8,56 Gb
Genre: Classical, Renaissance, Baroque, Spiritual / Label: Harmonia Mundi

This spectacular set features a quintessential selection of western sacred music that that will please one and all, from an inquisitive novice to a discerning connoisseur. It features a vast array of critically acclaimed recordings of more than seventy cornerstone works, ranging from the earliest Christian chants to gospel songs and Gershwin's blues. The performers include some of today's finest artists, including René Jacobs, Philippe Herreweghe, Paul Hillier and William Christie. Offered at a special low price, this limited edition set is packaged in a luxury clamshell style box containing 29 discs of music and one PDF disc with sung texts.
Robert King,  King's Consort - Antonio Vivaldi: The Complete Sacred Music  [11CDs] (2005)

Robert King, King's Consort - Antonio Vivaldi: The Complete Sacred Music [11CDs] (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 3.40 Gb | Total time: 12 h 53 mins | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDS 44171/81 | Recorded: 1994-2003

What can anyone add to the praise that has deservedly been heaped on Robert King and the King's Consort's 11 discs of the complete sacred music of Vivaldi? Can one add that every single performance is first class – wonderfully musical, deeply dedicated, and profoundly spiritual? Can one add that every single performer is first class – absolutely in-tune, entirely in-sync, and totally committed? Can one add that every single recording is first class – amazingly clean, astoundingly clear, and astonishingly warm? One can because it's all true and it's all been said before by critics and listeners across the globe.
Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly - Carlo Gesualdo: Complete Sacred Music for Five Voices (1993)

Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly - Carlo Gesualdo: Complete Sacred Music for Five Voices (1993)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers + Digital Booklet | 68:12 | 264 MB
Genre: Classical, Sacred | Label: Naxos | Catalog: 550742

This is a very good collection of Gesualdo's sacred motet style, performed beautifully. Most of these pieces are much more conservative and less chromatic than his madrigals, but they are exquisite and expresive and every bit as competent as the styles of contemporaries such as Gesualdo's alter-ego, Palestrina. Much of this music makes his mental turmoil and fear of damnation over his infamous murders achingly clear, especially the disturbing mode changes and chromaticism on parts of the text that say things like "have mercy on me" and words like "my sorrow and "my tears".
V.A. - Mozart: 250th Anniversary Edition - Complete Sacred Music (13CDs, 2005)

V.A. - Mozart: 250th Anniversary Edition - Complete Sacred Music (13CDs, 2005)
Classical, Sacred | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 1,93 Gb
Label: Warner Classics

Mozart 250th Anniversary Edition: Complete Sacred Music by Harnoncourt / Mozart / Vienna Concentus Musicus was released Sep 19, 2005 on the Warner Classics label. Mozart 250th Anniversary Edition: Complete Sacred Music is a 13-disc set.