Ensemble Profeti Della Quinta was founded in the Galilee region of Israel by Elam Rotem, also a harpsichordist, while still in high-school. From its inception in 2003 it has focused on sacred and secular 16th-century a-cappella repertoire. Its members range in background from church-choral and Jewish-cantorial singing to opera and oratorio. Collectively they bring wide-ranging experience to constitute a distinctive vocal presence on the Israeli early-music scene and beyond.

Recently the Ensemble recorded a disc of Salamone Rossi's instrumental and Hebrew-vocal music in collaboration with Ensemble Muscadin (Switzerland). For this project, the native Hebrew-speaking ensemble uniquely offers an unmediated grasp of the text and the historically peculiar style of Rossi's Hashirim Asher Lish'lomo (The Songs of Solomon). True to the original intention of the composer, the vocal works are sung by male soloists, from scores prepared specifically for this project from the original manuscripts.

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Audio Samples

Lamnatseah 'al Haggittit:	Click to listen	:למנצח על הגיתית
Yitgadal (Kaddisch):	Click to listen	:(יתגדל (קדיש

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Reviews

Toccata alte music actuel (H.44 2009):

CD of the month! "Die fünf Quint-Propheten bestechen in ihrer Vokalausführung. Die zwei Countertenöre, zwei Tenöre und der Bass und Ensemblechef Elam Rotem verblüffen mit einer blitzsauberen und hochmusikalischen Darbietung, der man absoluten Respekt zollen muss!" (Robert Strobl). read the full article here

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