Pater Peccavi: Music of Lamentation from Renaissance Portugal Choir of Gonville & Caius College the great accompanying notes by

the great accompanying notes by Katy Hamilton

An idiosyncratic disc

Number of tracks: 21

There are the usual excellent production values and the Delphian disc can be recommended without hesitation

while the duet aulodia is pure Steve Reich

Pater Peccavi: Music of Lamentation from Renaissance Portugal Choir of Gonville & Caius College the great accompanying notes bySUMMARY TRACK LISTING REVIEWS INFO Biblical texts of lamentation were embraced by composers of the late Renaissance for their artistic and expressive potential. But in Portugal a kingdom without a king, its people governed by a foreign power such settings gave life, as well, to a rich expression of covert political commentary. Rory McCleerys ongoing interest in this field of polyphony bears fruit for the first time in a ground breaking programme. Many