Robert Hollingworth says thanks for his Gramophone Award! (Striggio Mass in 40 Parts)

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Robert Hollingworth takes a break from the partying (as you can hear!) at the Gramophone Awards in London yesterday to say a thank you for picking up the Early Music Award for his amazing recording of Striggio Mass in 40 parts.

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For more information on the album visit: http://striggio.ifagiolini.com/

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Just some of the reviews for this sensational album:

'Subtle and moving' - The Observer

'a powerfully affecting landscape' - The Independent

'Enough to test anyone's hi-fi equipment' - The Times

'40 voices hitting you beautifully left and right' - The Times

'Beautifully performed by I Fagiolini with soloists and countless continuo parts, the polychoral effects are striking ... a masterpiece.' - The Guardian

'Its impact in this premiere recording by the voices and period instruments of I Fagiolini under Robert Hollingworth is terrific ... Tallis, in a healthy show of one-upmanship, devised much trickier part-writing for Spem in alium, as anyone who has sung it will know, but the two works complement one another perfectly. ' - The Daily Telegraph

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The album features the 40 part mass, recorded by I Fagolini. Italian Alessandro Striggio -- believed lost until the recent discovery of vocal parts, in Paris. Striggio's 40-part mass Ecco sì beato giorno was based on his own 40-part motet Ecce beatam lucem, which is also included on the album. The mass is a spectacularly colorful and dramatic work, which in the final Agnus Dei calls for no fewer than 60 individual vocal parts.

I Fagiolini is an acclaimed British solo-voice ensemble specialising in Renaissance and Contemporary music. An inspired programmer, Robert Hollingworth founded the group in 1986.

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[cofeebeing]

Looking forward to buying this. A seldom visited style. Baroque...yippee! Renaissance, Well, uhmm, er, gloomy drafty monasteries. Nasty churchy folk wandering about burning heretics and those of a IQ plus 60. Sorry, off course. Thank you Mr. Hollingworth and Company for a fresh look.

Interview needed to be re-done without the ruckus of school kids/politicians at end of day? Drowned out comments. Whats with that? Glad that guy not music producer.

[newagemusic]

Congraturations, Robert Hollingworth!