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Lassus: Penitential Psalms Nos. 1-7
Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
particularly beautifully recorded…those who want a clear ravishing sound will go for the Herreweghe
Lassus: Penitential Psalms Nos. 1-7
Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe
Purchase product
particularly beautifully recorded…those who want a clear ravishing sound will go for the Herreweghe
About
A total work of art.
When his Penitential Psalms were published in Munich in 1584, Orlande de Lassus was the most famous composer in Europe. The work had been composed 25 years earlier, but it did not show its age in the slightest. And, four centuries later, this collection still rouses the admiration of musicologists and the astonishment of performers and listeners, for the pure musical beauty of ‘abstract’ polyphony is here matchlessly combined with the expressive possibilities of speech.
Contents and tracklist
Lassus:
Psalmus Primus Poenitentialis: "Domine, ne in furore tuo arguas me"
Work length16:26
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Lassus:
Psalmus Secundus Poenitentialis: "Beati, quorum remissae sunt iniquitates"
Work length18:22
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Lassus:
Psalmus Tertius Poenitentialis: "Domine ne in furore tuo arguas me"
Work length27:12
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Lassus:
Psalmus Quartus Poenitentialis: "Miserere mei, Deus, secundum magnam"
Work length24:24
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Lassus:
Psalmus Quintus Poenitentialis: "Domine exaudi orationem meam"
Work length27:14
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Lassus:
Psalmus Septimus Poenitentialis: "Domine exaudi orationem meam"
Work length17:47
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Awards and reviews
particularly beautifully recorded…those who want a clear ravishing sound will go for the Herreweghe
A fastidious account that is unlikely to age or be superseded anytime soon.
Collegium Vocale is impeccably in tune and immaculate in ensemble. Herreweghe conducts them with his customary suave and unhurried approach to Renaissance sacred music
It is Collegium Vocale's ability to bring out such subtleties by means of minutely controlled dynamics or perfectly timed pauses that shows these pieces burning with a fierce, dark intensity.
