A sumptuous first recording of a long-lost 450-year-old Italian Renaissance mass written for 40 different vocal parts has soared onto British pop charts a week after its release.
The recording by British vocal group I Fagiolini of the little-known Alessandro Striggio's 1566 mass for 40 voices most masses are written for four made its debut at number 68 on the pop charts, above Bon Jovi, George Harrison and Eminem. It was number two on the classical charts, just behind Dutch violinist waltz master Andre Rieu.
The mass was performed in several major European cities when it was written but had been mis-catalogued at the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris where it was rediscovered a few years ago by musicologist Davitt Moroney, and given its first modern performance at the BBC Proms in London in 2007.
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