This 1993 recording features Allegri's famous Miserere, a work of extreme beauty and historical significance. The performance is a modern interpretation of a piece once shrouded in secrecy.
- The "Miserere" by Allegri was composed around 1638. Its unique vocal ornamentation and notation were a closely guarded secret by the Sistine Chapel choir for over a century. Young Mozart famously transcribed it by ear after hearing it only once in 1770, a feat that led to its wider dissemination.
- This recording was released on the MLP label in 1993.
- The work is a setting of Psalm 51 (50) for two choirs, the first consisting of four voices and the second of five.
Gregorio Allegri was an Italian composer of the early Baroque period, best known for his motets and settings of the psalms. He was a singer in the Sistine Chapel Choir and later its choirmaster.
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