{"product_id":"new-palestrina-song-of-songs-album-by-the-sixteen","title":"PRE-ORDER Palestrina Song of Songs. Album by The Sixteen","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(191, 144, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt;\"\u003ePre-Order for shipping w\/c 28 September 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘...the finest moments are in the motets from the Song of Songs, which seem to catch Palestrina at his most sensuous … ravishing.’ GRAMOPHONE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAlbum Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePalestrina’s Song of Songs is one of the most beautiful and intimate collections of Renaissance sacred music and this album brings together all 29 settings performed by The Sixteen in one place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cycle shows Palestrina at his most expressive and human, while still maintaining the balance, purity and clarity of text that he’s famous for. Compared to some of his more formal liturgical works, Palestrina’s Song of Songs have a more sensual and lyrical feel, reflecting the poetic and romantic nature of the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnusually for sacred music the Song of Songs are deeply romantic and sensual, yet Palestrina treats them with spiritual elegance, conveying the emotion through subtle harmonic shifts and melodic shaping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eArtists\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Sixteen\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHarry Christophers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTrack Listing\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD1\u003cbr\u003eNo.1. Osculetur me osculo oris sui\u003cbr\u003eNo.2. Trahe me post te\u003cbr\u003eNo.3. Nigra sum sed formosa\u003cbr\u003eNo.4. Vineam meam non custodivi\u003cbr\u003eNo.5. Si ignoras te, O pulchra\u003cbr\u003eNo.6. Pulchrae sunt genae tuae\u003cbr\u003eNo.7. Fasciculus myrrhae dilectus\u003cbr\u003eNo.8. Ecce tu pulcher es, dilecte mi\u003cbr\u003eNo.9. Tota pulchra es, amica mea\u003cbr\u003eNo.10. Vulnerasti cor meum, soror mea\u003cbr\u003eNo.11. Sicut lilium inter spinas\u003cbr\u003eNo.12. Introduxit me rex\u003cbr\u003eNo.13. Laeva eius sub capite meo\u003cbr\u003eNo.14. Vox dilecti mei\u003cbr\u003eNo.15. Surge, propera, amica mea\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCD2\u003cbr\u003eNo.16. Surge, amica mea\u003cbr\u003eNo.17. Dilectus meus mihi\u003cbr\u003eNo.18. Surgam et circuibo civitatem\u003cbr\u003eNo.19. Adiuro vos filiae Hierusalem\u003cbr\u003eNo.20. Caput eius aureum optimum\u003cbr\u003eNo.21. Dilectus meus descendit\u003cbr\u003eNo.22. Pulchra es, amica mea\u003cbr\u003eNo.23. Quae est ista, quae progreditur\u003cbr\u003eNo.24. Descendi in hortum meum\u003cbr\u003eNo.25. Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui\u003cbr\u003eNo.26. Duo ubera tua\u003cbr\u003eNo.27. Quam pulchra es\u003cbr\u003eNo.28. Guttur tuum sicut (previously unreleased)\u003cbr\u003eNo.29. Veni, veni dilecte mi (previously unreleased)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"COR16223","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":57417705455996,"sku":"COR16218 CD","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"FLAC-HD","offer_id":57417705488764,"sku":"COR16218 FLAC-HD","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"ALAC-HD","offer_id":57417705521532,"sku":"COR16218 ALAC-HD","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"AAC","offer_id":57417705554300,"sku":"COR16218 AAC","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"MP3","offer_id":57417705587068,"sku":"COR16218 MP3","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0236\/4225\/files\/COR16223.jpg?v=1788865694","url":"https:\/\/cororecords.com\/products\/new-palestrina-song-of-songs-album-by-the-sixteen","provider":"CORO Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}