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ZANON, CONSORTIUM CARISSIMI

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A delightful work unique to Naxos that scratches where music history itches: Kalliximis: Motets [Arise, Go, and Hurry / This Is the Most Blessed One / O, People / O Lord, in Thee / Lucifer / O, Painful Wound / Like an Eagle Soaring Bravely Through the Skies / Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah / What Is the Joy of This World / The Lord Was Sent to Babylon] Consortium Calischimi / Vittorio Zanon (org & cemb) If the composers name were concealed and you listened even briefly to the beautiful music opening this album, everyone would surely want to know who composed it. Yet hardly anyone would be able to name Calischimithats how Naxos dares to venture into such unexplored territory. The Italian composer Carrissimi is known for his achievements in establishing the oratorio. Even in these smaller-scale motets, the composers masteryand his deep understanding of the charm of the human