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Palestrina's Fourth Book of Motets was dedicated to his patron Pope Gregory XIII and published in Rome in 1584. He took as his text The Song of Songs (also known as The Song of Solomon). The 29 motets, written in an age of religious tumult and Counter-Reformation, evoke the love of Christ in devotional music of chamber-like refinement and joy. This recording also includes plainchant antiphons related to the texts, and the motets Afferentur Regi and Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui. Album Tracks 1. In Odorem - Osculetur Me - Mirjam Schubert/Palestrina Ensemble Munich 2. Trahe Me - Trahe Me, Post Te Curremus - Mirjam Schubert/Palestrina Ensemble Munich 3. Nigra Sum - Nigra Sum, Sed Formosa - Mirjam Schubert/Palestrina Ensemble Munich 4. Nolite Me Considerare Quod Fusca Sim - Vineam Meam Non Custodivi - Mirjam Schubert/Palestrina Ensemble Munich 5. Ista Est Columba Mea, Perfecta Mea - Si Ignoras Te - Mirjam Schubert/Palestrina Ensemble Munich 6. Dum Esset Rex in Accubito Suo - Pulchrae Sunt Genae Tuae - Mirjam Schubert/Palestrina Ensemble Munich 7. Fasciculus Myrrhae - Fasciculus Myrrhae - Mirjam Schubert/Palestrina Ensemble Munich 8. Oleum Effusum - Ecce Tu Pulcher Es - Mirjam Schubert/Palestrina Ensemble Munich 9. Tota Pulchra Es Maria - Tota Pulchra Es - Mirjam Schubert/Palestrina Ensemble Munich 10. Veni de Libano, Sponsa Mea - Vulnerasti Cor Meum - Ansgar Teichgraber 11. Sicut Lilium - Sicut Lilium Inter Spinas - Mirjam Schubert/Palestrina Ensemble Munich 12. Fulcite Me Floribus, Stipate Me Malis - Introduxit Me Rex - Laura Smith 13. Laeva Eius - Laeva Ejus - Laura Smith 14. Quis Est Iste, Qui Venit de Edom - Vox Dilecti Mei - Laura Smith 15. Jam Hiems Transiit - Surge, Propera, Amica Mea - Mirjam Schubert/Palestrina Ensemble Munich 16. Dilectus Meus Loquitur Mihi - Surge, Amica Mea - Sarah M. Newman/Palestrina Ensemble Munich 17.
