Tessera

Nothing like a nice bit of Wensleydale to power you through a CD editing session. #crackingeditgrommet!

Allegri's a little after our time but this track's sure worth a listen: the Miserere (stop yawning!) sung at the right pitch and with suitably florid ornamentation. It also has the best tenor suspension in the world. This will be 14 mins of your life well spent.

Miserere à neuf voix - Version avec ornementations baroques

Gregorio Allegri, A Sei Voci, Bernard Fabre-Garrus · Allegri: Miserere, messe, motets · Song · 1994

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It was otd in 2018 that our Vivanco disc was released: ‘The 'Hosanna' of the Mass is supremely inventive and worth the price of admission on its own' (Gramophone) 'A well-tuned ensemble with particularly strong bass singers’ (BBC Music Magazine). Yay!

Vivanco: Missa Assumpsit Jesus & motets | Hyperion Streaming

The opulent male voices of De Profundis bring the complex—and gorgeous—sonic tapestries woven by Sebastián de Vivanco in Renaissance Spain thrillingly to life.

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A lovely episode of the Choral Chihuahua podcast, commemorating the Iberian musicologist Bruno Turner who died very recently. The episode is full of love, admiration, respect and gratitude, and finishes with a beautiful performance of Lobo's 'Versa est in luctum'.

Bruno Turner | CHORAL CHIHUAHUA

Choral chat with Robert Hollingworth, Eamonn Dougan and Nicholas Mulroy

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In April we recorded Morales vol 5. Here's a behind-the-scenes look as we recorded the Sanctus from Missa Tristezas me matan, including a 'Health & Safety at Work' moment with Robert. youtu.be/qogyyd1Cs_I Breaking news - Morales can *really* write a Sanctus! (The album comes out next Spring).

Morales, Missa Tristezas me matan (Sanctus)

Clip from recording sessions, April 2026. Morales, Missa Tristezas me matan (Sanctus). Conductor Robert Hollingworth.

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So sad to hear of Bruno Turner's passing today at the age of 95. He was the doyen of Spanish renaissance musicologists, the driving force behind our Ribera, Vivanco, and Esquivel albums, and a ready source of knowledge and encouragement for the Morales Project. A giant among men.

Fab review (& top 10 place) for our CD in Spanish music mag RITMO: “This superb recording demonstrates that Renaissance sacred music can be intense and inspired and can speak to a troubled world like our own. This series promises to be a milestone in [Morales's] discography.” orcd.co/dpmoralesiii

It was ten years ago today that we gave a concert of music by Ribera in the glittering Sacristy of Toledo Cathedral - the highlight of our first Spanish tour. We've come a long way since then, but our commitment to the highlights of Spanish Renaissance sacred music is as stong as ever.

It's time for you Monday Wallow (TM). From now until you start on your Advent calendar, the Marian antiphon of choice is the Salve regina. Here is Juan Esquivel's gorgeous setting - the piece that closed our 2020 Hyperion album of his music.

Salve Regina

Juan Esquivel, Eamonn Dougan, De Profundis · Esquivel: Missa Hortus conclusus, Magnificat & Motets · Song · 2020

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This Sunday is the Feast of the Visitation when Mary extemporised the text of the Magnificat. Discussing our latest Morales CD, Radio 3 said "between the masses there's a beautiful Magnificat. I'm so happy they're going to be recording them all because they're not well known". 😁 orcd.co/dpmoralesiii

Another nice review of CD3, this time from Robert Hughill. "Richness and imagination. The Morales Project moves to CORO and demonstrates the richness to be found in the composer's less-known masses when performing at the original pitch." We could get used to all of this.

Richness & imagination: the all-male ensemble De Profundis continues its exploration of Morales with two masses based on L’homme armé

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De Profundis is made up of some pretty fine singers. Here's most of the gang that just finished recording volume 5 of the Morales series. But I know what you're asking yourself. What do we all do the rest of the time? Here y'go...

What we also do (apart from singing in De Profundis)

Here's (most of) the group that sang in volume 5 of the Morales Project (coming out on CORO Records, Spring 2027) telling us what they do the rest of the time.

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Great review of the new album on the Gramophone website: "The singers of De Profundis are in excellent voice throughout [and] the album is completed by an impressive recording of the Magnificat secundi toni [under] the ever-reliable Robert Hollingworth" Buy/stream/download here: orcd.co/dpmoralesiii

Our new album featured on BBC Radio 3's Essential Classics this morning. After playing a track the host, Georgia Mann, said, "I love the richness of the sound they make, a bit like several bottles of excellent red!"😄 (She then said it's out on Harmonia Mundi, but we know *that's* wrong, don't we?!)

Thanks to all those who pre-ordered the new album or who have bought, downloaded, or streamed it since it was released last Friday. I'm delighted to say that we've come it No. 6 in the Official Classical Chart! If you've not yet got a copy, you can pick one up here: orcd.co/dpmoralesiii

Some pics from our recent Morales sessions with Robert Hollingworth in London. My favourite Robert quote of the week? "Where's my pencil? WHERE is my PENCIL?! It's RED! I mean, WHAT IS THE POINT.... oh, here it is." Gotta love 'im!

Morales vol 3 was released on Friday and has already had some brilliant reviews! "Hollingworth conducts precise and sonorous performances" - Guardian "Very sumptuous sound...a beautiful recording...really perfect" - BBC Radio 3, Record Review. Stream/download/buy the album here: orcd.co/dpmoralesiii

Last recording day of Morales volume 5. Recordings are run on carbs, so we’re keeping the troops happy.

Day 2 in the Big Morales House. Hoping for a pigeon-free day!

Back to St Jude-on-the-Hill to record the latest volume of our Morales series with Robert Hollingworth. All set fair once we’d got rid of the two pigeons in the church that were adding their cooing in a less-than-authentic way!

This is going to be quite a week! First, we go to St Jude-on-the-Hill in London to record volume 5 of our Morales series. Then volume 3 comes out on Friday. (You can listen to extracts and pre-order the album here: orcd.co/dpmoralesiii Did someone say 'gin'...?