Lassus: Prophetiae Sibyllarum & Missa Amor ecco colei

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The Brabant Ensemble has a well-deserved reputation for the exploration of little-known musical gems. They do not disappoint here; from among Lassus's 2000 works we are served up an enterprising... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 1st Aug 2011
Catalogue No: CDA67887
Label: Hyperion
Length: 74 minutes

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Lassus: Prophetiæ Sibyllarum

Work length29:08

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The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice

Ia. Prologue

Track length1:28

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Ib. Sibylla Persica

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II. Sibylla Libyca

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III. Sibylla Delphica

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IV. Sibylla Cimmeria

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V. Sibylla Samia

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VI. Sibylla Cumana

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VII. Sibylla Hellespontica

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VIII. Sibylla Phrygia

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IX. Sibylla Europaea

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X. Sibylla Tiburtina

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XI. Sibylla Erythraea

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XII. Sibylla Agrippa

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Lassus: Magnificat Quant'in mille anni il ciel

Work length9:26

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The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice

Lassus: Justorum Animae

Work length3:16

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The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice

Lassus: Deficiat in dolore vita mea

Work length4:08

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The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice

Lassus: Tristis est Anima mea

Work length4:48

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The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice

Lassus: Missa Amor ecco colei

Work length23:15

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The Brabant Ensemble
Stephen Rice

I. Kyrie

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II. Gloria

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III. Credo

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IV. Sanctus and Benedictus

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V. Agnus Dei

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Orlande de Lassus was an undisputed master of all the vocal genres of the late Renaissance, from German Lied to Latin Mass. He was extraordinarily prolific, and this recording features the glorious polyphony of the Missa Amor ecco colei and Prophetiae Sibyllarum, one of his most celebrated works. With the latter’s extreme chromaticism and constant modulation, Lassus stretched the compositional boundaries of the time to produce one of the most important and advanced works to come from the sixteenth century.

With their immaculate and instinctive performance style, Stephen Rice and The Brabant Ensemble prove the perfect advocates for this challenging music. The ensemble’s mellifluous phrasing and luminous tone breath life into these complex and beautiful works.

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September 2011

The Brabant Ensemble has a well-deserved reputation for the exploration of little-known musical gems. They do not disappoint here; from among Lassus's 2000 works we are served up an enterprising smorgasbrod [sic] of familiar items mixed with the virtually unfamiliar...The Ensemble negotiates the difficulties of this Mass very effectively

October 2011

If the Brabant Ensemble's response seems subdued compared with their joyous exploration of the Chirk Castle partbooks, that may be due to the music's own restraint. They don't go all out for pathos in Iustorum animae, as the Monteverdi Choir do, but stay within the character of their clean, corporate sound, and the programme itself says much about the intelligence behind Stephen Rice's direction (as well as the booklet notes).

September 2011

the highlight of the disc and ultimate proof of the towering genius of Lassus is the Maundy Thursday motet Tristis est anima mea. It is, as Dr Rice says, 'one of Lassus's most dramatic narrative motets'. It is a work of utter genius and religious depth...I know of no other English vocal ensemble to match The Brabant Ensemble in Renaissance music...Altogether, a triumph

28th July 2011

In his splendidly detailed sleeve notes, the group's director, Stephen Rice, makes a point of pressing Lassus's case for recognition at the expense of contemporaries such as Palestrina...The performances throughout are wonderfully persuasive, with nothing arch or affected in the way in which the texts are presented; expressively, music that is as highly wrought as any of its time is made to seem completely natural.

21st August 2011

They certainly are astonishing in their harmonic daring, moving from C major via G major and B major to C sharp minor in the bat of an eyelid, and are wonderfully captured here by the suavely assured Brabant Ensemble under scholarly Stephen Rice...Listen and be moved.

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