Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe – Victoria: Officium Defunctorum (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 59:38 minutes | 561 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Phi
Tomás Luis de Victoria is definitely one of the most important composers in the music history of Spain. His masterpiece is the ‘Officium Defunctorum’, published in Madrid in 1605. In this requiem – written for the funeral of Maria of Austria, daughter of Emperor Charles V – the composer reached a mystical intensity of expression.
Philippe Herreweghe just loves composers “who know how to build entire worlds with sounds, recognizable from the first notes, profound and full of richness”. For him Tomás Luis de Victoria is one of them, “one of the greatest musical minds ever”.
So it was an obvious choice for Philippe Herreweghe to make a recording of this heavenly ‘Officium Defunctorum’. And… of course Collegium Vocale Gent – with its cristal clear sound – is the perfect instrument to perform such music. Looking forward to the first renaissance project of Philippe Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale Gent for the label Phi!
Tracklist:
01. Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe – Officium Defunctorum: Lectio II: Taedet animam meam (03:25)
02. Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe – Officium Defunctorum: Introitus: Requiem aeternam (05:04)
03. Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe – Officium Defunctorum: Kyrie (02:05)
04. Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe – Officium Defunctorum: Graduale: Requiem aeternam (02:57)
05. Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe – Officium Defunctorum: Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe (06:10)
06. Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe – Officium Defunctorum: Sanctus-Benedictus (02:43)
07. Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe – Officium Defunctorum: Agnus Dei (02:35)
08. Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe – Officium Defunctorum: Communio: Lux aeterna (03:24)
09. Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe – Officium Defunctorum: Motectum: Versa est in luctum (03:17)
10. Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe – Officium Defunctorum: Responsorium: Libera me, Domine (07:58)
11. Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe – O Domine Jesu Christe (02:36)
12. Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe – Domine non sum dignus (02:52)
13. Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe – Salve regina: Salve regina a 6 (07:23)
14. Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe – Vadam et circuibo civitatem: Vadam et circumibo civitatem a 6 (07:05)
Personnel:
Collegium Vocale Gent
Philippe Herreweghe
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