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Early Music Now celebrates Easter with jubilant motets, mass movements, and cantatas, including Heinrich Biber's Missa Alleluja for 36 parts, selections from Bach's Easter cantata Der Himmel Lacht, BWV 31, and Michael Praetorius' Hymns of Peace and Praise. Also included are tracks from Venice in the East, a 2019 release from Cappella Romana, with chant from the Byzantine and Venetian Commemorations of the Paschal Triduum.

  • Anon.: Easter selections from Byzantine & Venetian Paschal Triduum. Performed by Cappella Romana.
  • Antoine Busnoys: Victimae Paschali Laudes. Performed by Pomerium.
  • Anon.: Easter chant settings from Buxheimer Organ Book. Performed by Raimund Schächer, organ.
  • Michael Praetorius: Jubiliret Fröhlich. Performed by Musica Fiata.
  • Heinrich Biber: Missa Alleluja (selections). Performed by Gradus ad Parnassum.
  • J.S. Bach: Der Himmel lacht (selections). Performed by Holland Boys Choir & Netherlands Bach Collegium.
  • Heinrich Biber: Missa Alleluja - Agnus Dei. Performed by Gradus ad Parnassum.
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