This unique project brings Palestrina’s musical masterpieces to life through adaptations for two accordions. 

The Mysterium Duo proudly presents a collection of nine carefully curated adaptations, reflecting a strong artistic identity and offering a thoughtful perspective on the sacred works of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594).

Widely regarded as the leading composer of late Renaissance sacred music, Palestrina mastered smooth, balanced polyphony that became the model for church composition and later counterpoint teaching. This repertoire offers a rare journey into the inner polyphonic architecture of Palestrina’s sacred music.

It opens refined and compelling interpretative possibilities while remaining fully aligned with the aesthetic principles of Renaissance polyphony. Through these adaptations, Palestrina’s sacred music is recreated with reverence, clarity, and expressive depth. Each piece preserves the integrity of the original polyphony while revealing new dimensions of breath, resonance, and harmonic light, made possible by the unique voice of the accordion duo.

Track Listing

1) Ricercar Del Primo Tuono

2) Sicut Cervus

3) Heu Mihi Domine

4) Missa Papae Marcelli - Crucifixus Etiam Pro Nobis - from Credo

5) Panis Angelicus

6) Missa Aeterna Christi Munera - Kyrie

7) Sitivit Anima Mea

8) Alma Redemptoris Mater

9) Super Flumina Babylonis

Running Time: 25:40

Release Date: April 3, 2026

Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Arranger: Penny Sanborn, Sir Antonio Peruch

Technical Credits:

Engineered & Produced by - Alex Bohn

Recording at The University of Lethbridge, Digital Audio Arts, Studio One

Artwork by - Belle Visontay

Catalog ID: CCR-DIG-001

UPC: 5063930010001

Genre: Classical, Early Music, Sacred Renaissance