Charles Cole/London Oratory Schola Cantorum -"Sacred Treasures of Rome". Introducing the fourth album in the London Oratory Schola Cantorum's 'Sacred treasures' series on Hyperion. Sacred Treasures of Rome (Palestrina & His Contemporaries - A Golden Age of Polyphony in Rome) also features music by other Renaissance composers in Rome: Allegri, the Anerios, Animuccia, Giovannelli, Marenzio, Nanino & Soriano. Uniquely, the average age of this choir is just 14, giving boys aged 7 to 18 the opportunity of an outstanding choral education within the state-education system.
