Alessandro Grandi

The first part of my Grandi pages is a catalogue (based on the one published by the late Jerome Roche in PRMA, and retaining his number for ease of cross-referencing other materials) of the printed motets, with the sources (where known) of the texts. Titles in blue are published by Prima la musica! They also sell editions by Dennis Collins, who runs his own company, Celeste fiori. Titles in gold are on the recommended recording at the bottom.

Motetti I

1 Hodies nobis de coelo
2 Ad te de luce vigilantibus Ps. 62: 2-7 (gloss)
3 Quam dives es Exodus 11 (gloss)
4 Exaudi Domine Ps. 26: 7-9
5 Audivit Dominus Ps. 29: 11-13
6 In semita judiciorum Isaiah 26: 8-9
7 O quam pulchra es Song of Songs 4:1, 11:9, 2:10
8 In te speravi Domine Ps. 30: 15-18
9 Quam dilecta Ps. 83: 2-5
10 Sicut oculi servorum Ps. 122: 2
11 Deus deus meus Pss. 7: 2, 5: 3, 24: 5
12 Obaudite me divini fructus Eccles. 39: 17-19
13 Vidi speciosam
14 Congratulamini
15 Caro mea John 6: 56-8
16 Cantabo Domino Ps. 103: 33-5
17 Hic est vere martyr Eccles. 45: 9, 14; 15: 3
18 Benedictus Dominus Ps. 27: 6-7
19 Missus est Gabriel angelus Luke 1: 26-38
20 Nativitas tua

Motetti II
Il secondo libro de motetti a due, tre et quattro voci...
Venice, 1617

21 O quam suave
22 Venite filii Ps. 33: 12-14
23 Vocem jucunditatis Isaiah 48:20
24 O salutaris hostia
25 O quam gloriosum Apoc. 7: 9, 14: 4
26 Laetentur coeli Isaiah 49: 13
27 Deus in nomine tuo Ps. 53: 3-4
28 Non est inventus Eccles. 44: 20
29 O quam dulcis
30 O intemerata Luke 1: 42
31 Deus misereatur nostri Ps. 66: 2-3
32 ditto
33 Salvum fac populum Ps. 27: 9
34 Cantemus Domine Exodus 15: 1-2
35 Salve radix sancta
36 O beata Virgo Maria
37 Date nomini Eccles. 39: 20-21 (cf. No. 12)
38 Heu mihi
39 O bone Jesu
40 Magnum hereditatis
41 Inter vestibulum Joel 2: 17 / Ps. 109: 5

Motetti III
Il terzo libro de motetti...
Venice, 1618

42 Dum complerentur Acts 2:1
43 Sub tuum praesidium
44 Quae est ista Song of Songs 6:9, 3, 8
45 Juravit Dominus Ps. 109:5
46 Spiritus Domini Wisdom 1:7
47 Caritas Dei Romans 5:5
48 Sancta et immaculata
49 Domine praevenisti Ps. 20:4-5
50 Repleti sunt Acts 2:4
51 Da pacem Domine 2 Maccabees 1:4
52 Fontes et omnia Daniel 3:77, 79
53 In te Domine speravi Ps. 30:2, 6
54 Caecilia
55 Cilicio
56 Dum esset
57 Dabit ei Dominus Luke 1:32
58 Anima mea Song of Songs 5:8, 10; 2:14; 7:13, 11-12
59 Beata viscera Luke 11:27
60 In dedicatione
61 O intemerata

Motetti a 5

62 Judica me Domine Ps. 25:1-4
63 Iste cognovit justitiam
64 Sancte Sebastiane
65 Quomodo dilexi Pss. 118:97-127; 127:2; 144:20; Song of Songs 2:3;
       Ps. 44:3; Song of Songs 2:16; 3:2
66 O bone Jesu Christe
67 Exaudi dies Ps. 54:2-4
68 Quam pulchra es Wisdom 4:1; Proverbs 26:30
69 Ave Regina coelorum
70 O dulcis et o pia
71 Innova Domine signa
72 Quo rubicunda rosa
73 Anima mea liquefacta est
74 Versa est in luctum Job 30:31, 20-1, 23
75 Qui timetis Dominum Eccles. 2:8-10 + gloss
76 Deus misereatur nostri Ps. 66:2-3
77 Beata es virgo Maria
78 Nigra sum Song of Songs 1:4-5

Motetti IV
Il quarto libro di motetti...
Venice, 1618

79 Haec est arbor dignissima
80 Salvum me fac Domine Isaiah 38:20, 18
81 O quam gloriosa facta es ... Song of Songs 6:8; Eccles. 1:8
82 Bone Jesu verbum Patris ... 1 Peter 1:12 ...
83 Surge propera Song of Songs 2:10-13, 6; 3:2
84 O crux ave spes unica
85 Hic est praecursor
86 Exulta et laetare terra
87 O sacrum convivium
88 Gloria Patri qui creavit
89 Hymnum cantemus Judith 16:15-17
90 Haec est virgo sapiens
91 Deus qui nos in tantis
92 Plorabo die ac nocte Jer. 9:1; Ps. 72:25; Lamen. 1:12;
     John 20:13, 2 Kings 1:25-26, 18:33
93 Ave Regina coelorum
94 Diligam te Domine Ps. 17:2-4
95 Factum est silentium Apoc. 12:7-8, 19:1

Celesti Fiori (Motetti V)

96 Cupio dissolvi
97 Anima Christi
98 O nomen Jesu
99 Qualis hodie
100 O me miserum
101 Tu pulchra es Maria
102 Quid miseri
103 Benedicta sit Tobias 12:6
104 O magnum sacramentum
105 Placens
106 Veniat dilectus meus Song of Songs 5:1, 7:12, 5:15, 6:1
107 Quam pulchra es cf. Song of Songs 4:9, 1
108 Diem festum ... Eccles. 39:12-13
109 O speciosa
110 Gaudeamus
111 Laetamini

Motetti a voce sola
Venice, 1621

112 Tota pulchra es Song of Songs 4:7-8, 10, 13-14
113 Quam pulchra es cf. Song of Songs 4:1, 3-5
114 Gaudeamus
115 Columna es
116 Sancte Aloysi
117 O lampas ecclesiae
118 Respice Domine Pss. 24:16, 26:4
119 Fasciculus myrrhae Song of Songs 1:12-14
120 Ecce sacerdos magnus Eccles. 44:16, 17, 20
121 In lectulo meo Song of Songs 3:1-2
122 Osculetur me Song of Songs 1:1-3
123 Hodie virgo Song of Songs 4:6, 8 (passim)
124 Deus canticum novum Pss. 143:10, 70:23
125 Dixi iniquis Ps. 74:5-9
126 O intemerata
127 Virgo prudentissima Song of Songs 6:9 (passim)
128 O dulce nomen Jesus
129 Audite populi Jeremiah 31:10, 4:5

Motetti con sinfonie I
Motetti a una et due voci con sinfonie ... Libro Primo
Venice, 1621

130 Vulnerasti cor meum Song of Songs 4:9, 8:4, 2:5
131 O dulce nomen Jesus
132 Lauda Sion salvatorem
133 Tota pulchra es Song of Songs 4:7, 1-5, 8 (passim)
134 Congratulamini mihi Pss. 94:1, 106:10, 114:8; Exodus 3:8;
       Pss. 26:19, 145 1 freely linked
135 Memoriam fecit Pss. 110:4, 80:17; John 6:50-2
136 Transfige dulcissime Domine
137 Salve Regina
138 Justus germinabit Hosea 14:6 ...
139 O vos omnes Lamen. 1:12; Isaiah 1:2
140 Ego flos campi Song of Songs 2:1-3, 10-13
141 Bone Jesu verbum Patris ... 1 Peter 1:12
142 Laetantes concinunt
143 Angelo Dei
144 Benedictus es Domine Daniel 3: 52, 53, 57

Motetti con sinfonie II
Motetti a una et due voci con sinfonie ... Libro Secondo
Venice, 1625

145 Sumite psalmum Pss. 80:3, 99:1, 97:1, 95:2
146 Plaudite
147 Quamtum tibi debeo
148 O quam speciosa
149 Justus germinabit Hosea 14:6 ... Eccles. 45:9
150 Osculetur me Song of Songs 1:1-3
151 Confitebor Pss. 9:2-3, 16:8
152 Egredimini Song of Songs 3:11 ...; 5:10 ...; 2:10, 14; 4:11, 8
153 Jesu mi
154 Regnum mundi
155 O beate Hieronyme Eccles. 39:12-14
156 O felix
157 Dic mihi Song of Songs 5:8-10 ... 1:3
158 Lilia

Motetti con sinfonie III
Motetti a una et due voci con sinfonie ... Libro Terzo
Venice, 1629

159 Ave mundi
160 Quasi arcus Eccles. 1:8, 6
161 Hic est vere martyr
162 Gaudete mecum gloss on Ps. 18:6
163 Vocem jucunditatis Isaiah 48:20
164 Virgo prudentissima Song of Songs 6: 9, 3, 9 ...
165 Decantabat populus Daniel 3:51; 1 Chron. 15:28, 27
166 Sonent cytharae Ps. 150 (gloss); Isaiah 1:2; Pss. 146:4, 95:2-3
167 Ave maris stella
168 Regina coeli
169 Jubila caelum
170 Veni Sancte Spiritus
171 Amo Christum
172 O magnum sacramentum
173 Salvum me fac Deus Ps. 68:2-4
174 Bone Jesu
175 Ecce sacerdos magnus Eccles. 45:20, 31:8; Deut. 10:15; Eccles. 45:9
176 O beate Benedicte
177 In dulci jubilo
178 Audivi vocem

Motetti VI

179 Aperi mihi Song of Songs 5:2; Isaiah 46:11; Song of Songs 3:2, 1:15-16
180 O dulcis virgo
181 O quam gloriosa
182 Ave sanctissima Maria
183 Vocem jucunditatus Isaiah 48:20...; Daniel 7:9...; Apoc. 15:3;
       gloss on Ps. 8:1
184 Quemadmodum desiderat cervus Ps. 41:2...; Song of Songs 5:2, 8, 3:2
185 Benedictus sit Tobias 12:6
186 Laudate juvenes
187 Gaudete omnes
188 Ecce servus meus Isaiah 42:1; Pss. 188: 122, 64: 5; Wisdom 16:20;                   Eccles. 24:27; Pss. 20:4, 30:20; Proverbs 9:17; Joel 3:18; Isaiah 55:1
189 Veni Sancte Spiritus
190 Regina coeli
191 O crux splendidior
192 Jucundare Zacharias 9:9
193 Quis ascendit Ps. 23: 3-6
194 Quasi cedrus Eccles. 24: 17-20
195 Domine ne in furore tuo Ps. 6: 2-5
196 O porta coeli
197 Quae est ista Song of Songs 3:6...

Recommended recordings

Alessandro Grandi and masters of the Italian Baroque
Musica Antiqua Praha, dir. Pavel Klikar
Supraphon SU 3017-2 931 (1995)