Magnificat
Magnificat
Vocal Ensemble
Directed by Philip Cave, Magnificat is one of the world’s leading vocal consorts.
Genre
Classical
Biography
Magnificat is one of the world’s leading vocal consorts, admired for the variety and expressive detail of its interpretations of Renaissance and Baroque choral works. The ensemble performs in a predominantly one voice per part configuration, celebrating the character and colour of each singer’s voice while uniting them in an exceptional chemistry.
Recording exclusively for Linn, Magnificat has released a dozen acclaimed albums ranging from pre- and post-Reformation music by Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, to discoveries by Philippe Rogier, and bold interpretations of Heinrich Schütz’s Cantiones sacrae.
Reviews
'The programme is as comforting and pleasing to the intellect as the music is the soul.'
International Record Review
'The blend and ensemble of the voices is beyond reproach.'
Gramophone
'...you will discover a heritage rich with emotion.'
Pizzicato
'...we can be glad that these grave, imposing works survived the devastations of religious strife, and that their at times almost overpowering richness has been recorded by Philip Cave's Magnificat with such faithful thoroughness.'
The Irish Times