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Lassus - Lamentationes Jeremię Prophetę
Collegium Regale
directed: Stephen Cleobury
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"It is traditional to perform the Lamentations of Jeremiah the
Prophet during Holy Week. Here, Collegium Regale, or King's College
Cambridge minus the trebles, sings the version by Roland de Lassus
in exquisitely indulgent slow moving five-part counterpoint, milking
delicious penitence from every line. No sinner could ignore the
culminating solemn call to repent : "Jerusalem convertere ad
Dominum." It is incredible to think that these mature vocalists
are mere students who must be recycled every three years. The
mystery of the choir achieves its gorgeous blend with such
transitory, albeit overlapping, personnel"
*****
The Times
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Collegium Regale's meticulously disciplined singing ensures
that these subtleties make their fullest impact
Daily Telegraph
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"the Introit is given a quietly magical ending and, in the verse of the Gradual
('Virga tua'), we are treated to a sparkling display of virtuosic but balanced
singing"
BBC Music Magazine
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their luxuriant blend of voices is lavished on two
large-scale works by Lassus, enveloping the listener in an indulgent
cocoon of sound
The Sunday Times |
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"these performances are impeccable, the timbre of the voices
and the sheer depth of the sound perfectly complimenting the
mournful nature of Lassus's Lamentations"
International Record Review |
During the last twenty years of his life, Orlande de Lassus was the
most celebrated composer in Europe. From the time that he took up the
duties of maestro di cappella in the Court of the Duke of Bavaria at
Munich, he began to be called 'prince of musicians' and 'the divine
Olrande'. The pieces selected for this recording represent Lassus'
treatment of the theme of dealth during the mature period. The first group
considered the death of Christ: second, the death of a christian.
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Lamentationes Jeremię Prophetę (5vv, 1585) - Primi Diei
(Thursday in Holy Week)
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| 1 |
Lamentatio Prima |
[8.37] |
| 2 |
Lamentatio Secunda |
[8.37] |
| 3 |
Lamentatio Tertia |
[8.52] |
| 4 |
Motet: In monte Oliveti (6vv, 1568) |
[4.10] |
| 5 |
Tract: Absolve, Domine (Mode VIII) |
[3.00] |
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Requiem - Missa pro defunctis (4vv, 1578) |
| 6 |
Introitus: Requiem ęternam |
[6.29] |
| 7 |
Kyrie eleison |
[3.35] |
| 8 |
Graduale: Si ambulem |
[5.30] |
| 9 |
Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe |
[6.20] |
| 10 |
Sanctus |
[4.40] |
| 11 |
Agnus Dei |
[3.19] |
| 12 |
Communio: Lux ęterna |
[3.34] |
| 13 |
Motet: Vide homo (7vv, 1594) |
[3.21] |
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Total running time: |
[70.06] |
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