“This is one of Pro Cantione Antiqua’s most carefully researched and best-sounding performances ... It is also something of a market leader among Palestrina recordings, since it almost certainly comes closer than any other to re-creating the sound of this music as the composer himself knew it.” (Gramophone) … “Pride of place to my mind goes to Pro Cantione Antiqua's evocative performance of Missa Papae Marcelli … complemented by the famous Stabat mater ” (Penguin Guide 3*)

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rec. 1987-91, remaster 2024