IdleSpeculations offers a tribute to Msgr. Perosi, the director of the Sistine Chapel choir back in the day when Pope Pius X issued his Motu Proprio on sacred music. As part of the post, which has some wonderful material, we are given a link to a 1904 recording of Kyrie VIII – not very artful singing but consider the technology – this is not a live space – and perhaps but styles change over time. It is a very interesting audio file – here is a direct link.
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Here's something to be thankful for…that now, so many parishes can sing chant better than the Sistines could back then.
I found the scooping to the high note interesting…one hears the same thing on Moreschi's solo recordings from the previous year.