Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Lamentationum Hieremiae prophetae, livre 2

Ensemble Cinquecento

Terry Wey, contreténor
Tore Tom Denys, ténor
Achim Schulz, ténor
Tim Scott Whiteley, baryton
Ulfried Staber, basse
Bernd Oliver Fröhlich, ténor
Jan Petryka, ténor
Vojtech Semerad, ténor

The members of Cinquecento turn to perhaps thepre-eminent composer of the sixteenth century:Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Settings ofthe Lamentations of Jeremiah would have beenintegral to the liturgical rites of Holy Week: hereis one of the most sublime.