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Pomerium
Alexander Blachly, Director
Release date: March 1998

A selection of monumental Roman works from the Cappella Sistina music manuscripts in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana dating from the time of popes Julius II, Leo X, and Clement VII (1503-1534). This CD, recorded for Pure Classics/Glissando, was produced to be sold at the exhibition titled "Hochrenaissance im Vatikan (1503-1534). Kunst und Kultur im Rom der Päpste I" shown at the Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in Bonn, Germany, in the year 1998. It is Pomerium's most popular recording. Includes such classic's of Renaissance sacred music as Josquin's Benedicta es, celorum regina and Virgo salutiferi, Mouton's Tua est potentia, Carpentras's Lamentationes Jeremie, and Willaert's Enixa est puerpera.
Pomerium
Alexander Blachly, Director
Release date: August 1997

Works by Praetorius, Erbach, Lassus, Josquin, Du Fay, Byrd, Horwood, Ockeghem, and Cipriano, recorded for Archiv Produktion. This CD, under the title Creator of the Stars, was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1999. Includes Josquin's famous Preter rerum, Lassus's Resonet in laudibus, Horwood's Magnificat secundi toni from the Eton Choirbook, Ockeghem's Alma redemptoris mater, and Cipriano's seven-voice Quem vidistis pastores.
Pomerium
Alexander Blachly, Director
Release date: November 2008

A selection of five- and six-voice motets by the most prolific and honored composer of the sixteenth century, including such famous works as Tristis est anima mea, Timor et tremor, Cum essem parvulus, and Descendit sicut pluvia. The Magnificat super Ancor che col partire rounds out this selection of colorful and dynamic works recorded in Ascension Roman Catholic Church in New York. This is the first CD on Pomerium's own new label, Old Hall Recordings.
Pomerium
Alexander Blachly, Director
Release date: February 2015

Music written during the reigns of Queen Mary Tudor (1553-1558) and Elizabeth I (1558-1603) and two of Purcell's Fantazias, texted and adapted for choir from the original viol consort settings.

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