Mendelssohn and Brahms: Sacred Motets Catholic An invitation to find peace

An invitation to find peace and stillness

The other great saint of the last half century - Padre Pio - offers similar revelations of his own in this enlightening collection of short excerpts from his letters

In these musings about ‘ten stained-glass words of faith

Angel of God

” she asks blithely at the start of her saint-making year)

Mendelssohn and Brahms: Sacred Motets Catholic An invitation to find peaceTwo of the great composers of the Romantic era, Mendelssohn and Brahms, brought their great melodic gifts and deeply felt expression to the motet form. The clarity and meaning of the sacred texts was of primary importance to both composers, and their study of Palestrina and Bach strongly influenced the style of these superb works. This recording features the rarely performed motet Aus tiefer Noth by Mendelssohn, and three Brahms motets written as