The other side of Giaches de Wert. Giaches de Wert is best known for his madrigals - the perfect bridge between the polyphony of the high Renaissance and the new style of Monteverdi. Stile Antico's new album introduces us to another side of this composer who, though Flemish-born, spent most of his life in Italy, primarily in Mantua. The unique and dramatic style of these remarkable motets cannot fail to ravish explorers of this 'divine theatre'.
GIACHES DE WERT [1535-1596] · Gaudete in Domino (1'32) · Hoc enim sentite in vobis (7'33) · Saule, Saule (3'46) · Vox in Rama audita est (4'46) · Amen, amen dico vobis (5'51) · Egressus Jesus (6'09) · Peccavi super numerum (8'07) · O Crux ave, spes unica (3'40) · Ascendente Jesu in naviculam (5'03) · Virgo Maria hodie ad coelum (4'54) · Quiescat vox tua a ploratu (7'23) · Deus iustus, et salvans (3'02) · O altitudo divitiarum (5'26)
