Hailed through the centuries as "prince and father of music", G.P. da Palestrina wrote music of unsurpassed grace and beauty. This album contains the only extant recording of two of his greatest, best-selling Masses, by the renowned Gloria Dei Cantores, Missa Descendit Angelus Domini and Missa Beatae Mariae Virgins II, as well as Jubilate Deo and other Palestrina hymns.
1. Missa Descendit angelus Domini, for 4 voices
2. Super flumina Babylonis, motet for 4 voices (from Motets Book II for 4 voices)
3. Ad te levavi, motet for 4 voices (from Motets Book II for 4 voices)
4. Miserere nostri, Domine, motet for 4 voices (from Motets Book II for 4 voices)
5. Sicut cervus, motet for 4 voices (from Motets Book II for 4 voices)
6. Sitivit anima mea, motet
7. Missa De Beata Virgine II, for 6 voices
8. Jubilate Deo omnis terra, motet for 8 voices (from Motets Book II for 5, 6, & 8 voices)