Victoria: Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae (Office for Holy Week)

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Victoria's massive publication of 1585, the OfficiumHebdomadae Sanctae, was never intended as a self-contained 'work': alongside the famous Tenebrae settings, it includes Lamentations for the... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 4th Apr 2005
Catalogue No: GCD9220023
Label: Glossa
Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

Victoria: Vexilla regis more hispano

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Colombina, La

anon.: Hosanna filio David

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Schola Antiqua
Juan Carlos Asensio

Victoria: Pueri hebraeorum vestimenta

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Passio secundum Matthaeum

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Colombina, La

Victoria: O Domine Jesu Christe

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Colombina, La

anon.: Zelus domus tuae

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Schola Antiqua
Juan Carlos Asensio

anon.: Avertantur retrorsum et erubescant

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Schola Antiqua
Juan Carlos Asensio

Victoria: Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Et egressus est

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Manum suam

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Colombina, La

anon.: Liberavit Dominus

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Schola Antiqua
Juan Carlos Asensio

anon.: Deus meus eripe me

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Schola Antiqua
Juan Carlos Asensio

Victoria: Amicus meus

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Judas mercator pessimus

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Unus ex discipulis meis

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Colombina, La

anon.: Dixi iniquis

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Schola Antiqua

anon.: Exsurge Domine

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Schola Antiqua

Victoria: Eram quasi agnus

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Una Hora

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Seniores populi

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Tantum ergo

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Astiterunt reges terrae

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Schola Antiqua
Juan Carlos Asensio

anon.: Diviserunt sibi vestimenti mea

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Schola Antiqua
Juan Carlos Asensio

Victoria: Cogitavit Dominus

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Matribus suis dixerunt

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Ego vir videns

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Colombina, La

anon.: Vim faciebant

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Schola Antiqua
Juan Carlos Asensio

anon.: Insurrexerunt in me testes iniqui

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Schola Antiqua
Juan Carlos Asensio

Victoria: Tamquam ad latronem

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Tenebrae factae sunt

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Animam meam dilectam

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Colombina, La

anon.: Ab insurgentibus in me

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Schola Antiqua
Juan Carlos Asensio

anon.: Locuti sunt adversaum me lingua dolosa

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Schola Antiqua
Juan Carlos Asensio

Victoria: Tradiderunt me

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Jesum tradidit impius

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Caligaverunt oculi mei

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Posuerunt super caput eius - Benedictus Deus Dominus Israel

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Colombina, La

Passio secundum Joannem

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Victoria: Vere languores nostros

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Ecce lignum Crucis - Popule meus

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Colombina, La

anon.: In pace in idipsum dormiam

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Schola Antiqua
Juan Carlos Asensio

In pace in idipsum dormiam

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In pace in idipsum dormiam

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Victoria: Misericordiae Domini

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Quomodo obscuratum

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Incipit oratio Jeremiae

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Colombina, La

anon.: Elevamini portae aeternalis

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Schola Antiqua
Juan Carlos Asensio

anon.: Tu autem Domini miserere mei

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Schola Antiqua
Juan Carlos Asensio

Victoria: Recessit pastor noster

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Colombina, La

Victoria: O vos omnes

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Ecce quomodo moritur

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Colombina, La

anon.: Deus adiuvat me

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Schola Antiqua
Juan Carlos Asensio

anon.: In pace factus est

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Schola Antiqua
Juan Carlos Asensio

Victoria: Astiterunt reges

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Aestimatus sum

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Colombina, La

Victoria: Sepulto Domino

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Colombina, La

Victoria: O mors, ero mors tua - Miserere mei Deus

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Colombina, La

anon.: Christus factus est pro nobis obediens usque ad mortem

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Schola Antiqua
Juan Carlos Asensio

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Victoria's massive publication of 1585, the OfficiumHebdomadae Sanctae, was never intended as a self-contained 'work': alongside the famous Tenebrae settings, it includes Lamentations for the three holy days, the Improperia ('Reproaches'), and music for Palm Sunday and for the St John and St Matthew Passions. Given the scale of these liturgies, a full CD re-creation is a practical impossibility.
Josep Cabré, director of La Colombina, therefore steers a pragmatic course, presenting enough of the surrounding plainchant to give a sense of its scale in relation to the polyphony.
This sensible strategy works well, reconciling the complete presentation of the publication's contents with a more contextually sensitive approach. To the extent that both aims are fulfilled, this recording takes its place as one of the most significant contributions to Victoria's already impressive discography.
It's worth mentioning Victoria's use of a handful of simple recurring motifs (usually associated with specific words or phrases) that he would no doubt have expected his listeners to recognise. A recording such as this is probably the only way to experience the cumulative effect of such a strategy, now that actual liturgical performances within Holy Week are a thing of the past.
As to the performances, the polyphony is polished and involving in equal measure, although the emotional intensity associated with Victoria seems inversely proportional to the number of singers used. (They respond particularly well to the pieces scored for high voices, surely some of the most memorable music here.) While the inclusion of plainchant is both logical and effective, the manner in which it is sung is nearer to Solemnes than to the metrical approach that has sometimes been urged (and put into practice) for this period. The recording achieves a good presence, however, and enhances the performance's ambient qualities.

Victoria: Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae (Office for Holy Week)

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