Lasso: Musica Reservata: Secret Music for Albrecht V

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The performances are highly expressive and utterly convincing musically. — Early Music Review, February 2015 More…

Release Date: 12th Jan 2015
Catalogue No: PC10323
Label: Pan Classics
Length: 66 minutes

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Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales

Work length14:20

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Profeti della Quinta, dolce risonanza
Florian Wieninger
Recorded: 24-25, 27-28 August 2012
Recording Venue: Bernardikapelle Stift Heiligenkreuz, Austria

Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales: No. 1. Domine, ne in furore tuo… miserere mei, "Psalm 6"

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Lassus: Dic mihi quem portas

Work length3:30

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dolce risonanza
Florian Wieninger
Recorded: 24-25, 27-28 August 2012
Recording Venue: Bernardikapelle Stift Heiligenkreuz, Austria

Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales

Work length28:13

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Recorded: 24-25, 27-28 August 2012
Recording Venue: Bernardikapelle Stift Heiligenkreuz, Austria

Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales: No. 5. Domine exaudi orationem meam: et clamor meus, "Psalm 101"

Track length28:13

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Lassus: Quo properas, facunde nepos Atlantis?

Work length4:24

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dolce risonanza
Florian Wieninger
Recorded: 24-25, 27-28 August 2012
Recording Venue: Bernardikapelle Stift Heiligenkreuz, Austria

Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales

Work length16:01

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Recorded: 24-25, 27-28 August 2012
Recording Venue: Bernardikapelle Stift Heiligenkreuz, Austria

Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales: No. 7. Domine exaudi orationem meam: auribus percip, "Psalm 143"

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The ensemble dolce risonanza, together with the vocal ensemble Profeti della Quinta, follow the traces of Orlando di Lasso and the Bavarian Court Orchestra in Munich on this recording. This ensemble, under the direction of its kapellmeister Orlando di Lasso (1532–1594), was one of the most important musical institutions of its time. Selected singers from all over Europe and the best Italian instrumental virtuosos formed the ensemble of the art-loving Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria (1528–1579) of the House of Wittelsbach. Orlando di Lasso composed his 'Psalmi penitentiali' around 1560 for this select ensemble.

The expressive settings of the Psalm texts have been preserved in a magnificent manuscript by the Munich court painter Hans Mielich, decorated with wonderful miniatures. Albrecht V forbade Lasso to publish his 'Penitential Psalms' and preserved the valuable manuscript in has musica reservata in his private library, where only selected guests were permitted to view them.

The most recent musicological research has reached the conclusion that the famous illustration of the Munich Court Orchestra represents a specific performance situation of Lasso's 'Penitential Psalms'. In order to attain a genuine performance in accordance with Mielich's painting, dolce risonanza commissioned the reconstruction of string and wind instruments especially for this project; these were newly built by leading instrument-makers in the area of historical performance practice. It is thus possible, for the first time after about 450 years, to experience this music in the original instrumentation for the Munich Court Orchestra under Orlando di Lasso.

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Early Music Review February 2015

The performances are highly expressive and utterly convincing musically.

20th July 2015

highly interesting and musically compelling performance. The singers are outstanding; the whole ensemble consists of male voices, and it is admirable how Doron Schleifer and David Feldman sing the upper parts.

1st February 2015

The results do this sumptuous yet dignified music full justice.

Lasso: Musica Reservata

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