Special offer. Victoria: Missa Dum complerentur
Joseph Cullen (organ continuo)
Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O’Donnell
The greatest Spanish Renaissance composer is in the blood of this splendid choir—it’s hard to imagine any group doing him greater justice. A very welcome addition to the catalogue
Special offer. Victoria: Missa Dum complerentur
Joseph Cullen (organ continuo)
Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O’Donnell
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The greatest Spanish Renaissance composer is in the blood of this splendid choir—it’s hard to imagine any group doing him greater justice. A very welcome addition to the catalogue
About
Tomás Luis de Victoria was the greatest composer of the Spanish sixteenth-century ‘golden age’ of polyphonic music. This recording is of the six-voice Missa Dum complerentur, the five-part motet on which the Mass is based, and six further hymns and sequences including the great Popule meus, a setting of the Improperia (Reproaches) which form the heart of the liturgy for Good Friday.
This is music of compelling beauty, which illustrates well Victoria’s extraordinary capacity to create through simple homophony extremely moving music of great expressiveness.
Contents and tracklist
Victoria:
Veni Sancte Spiritus
Work length3:20
- Joseph Cullen (organ)
- Westminster Cathedral Choir
- James O’Donnell
Work length6:58
Work length29:20
I. Kyrie
Track length3:35
II. Gloria
Track length6:51
III. Credo
Track length8:58
IV. Sanctus
Track length3:12
V. Benedictus
Track length2:22
VI. Agnus Dei
Track length4:22
Work length5:06
Work length8:40
Victoria:
Veni Creator Spiritus
Work length6:17
Victoria:
Pange lingua gloriosi
Work length6:33
Work length3:34
- Joseph Cullen (organ)
- Westminster Cathedral Choir
- James O’Donnell
Awards and reviews
Classic CD
The greatest Spanish Renaissance composer is in the blood of this splendid choir—it’s hard to imagine any group doing him greater justice. A very welcome addition to the catalogue
Once again, this is a superb and compelling disc that adds to our knowledge and appreciation of Victoria’s art
If your opportunity of hearing a first-rate choir sing this music in its liturgical context is limited, then listening to these splendid performances is the next best thing, and this is certainly a disc to treasure. It would be worth it for the soaring ‘Amens’ of the Credo alone!
