Lassus: Sacred Choral Works
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Composer or Director: Orlande de Lassus
Label: Gimell
Magazine Review Date: 7/1989
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 49
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 454 918-2PH

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Missa 'Osculetur me' |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Osculetur me |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Hodie completi sunt |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Timor et tremor |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Alma redemptoris mater |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Salve regina mater |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Ave regina caelorum |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Regina coeli laetare |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Composer or Director: Orlande de Lassus
Label: Gimell
Magazine Review Date: 7/1989
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 1585T-18

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Missa 'Osculetur me' |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Osculetur me |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Hodie completi sunt |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Timor et tremor |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Alma redemptoris mater |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Salve regina mater |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Ave regina caelorum |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Regina coeli laetare |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Composer or Director: Orlande de Lassus
Genre:
Vocal
Label: Gimell
Magazine Review Date: 7/1989
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 49
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: CDGIM018

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Missa 'Osculetur me' |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Composer or Director: Orlande de Lassus
Label: Gimell
Magazine Review Date: 7/1989
Media Format: Vinyl
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 1585-18

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Missa 'Osculetur me' |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Osculetur me |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Hodie completi sunt |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Timor et tremor |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Alma redemptoris mater |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Salve regina mater |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Ave regina caelorum |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Regina coeli laetare |
Orlande de Lassus, Composer
Orlande de Lassus, Composer Peter Phillips, Conductor Tallis Scholars |
Author: David Fallows
Now Peter Phillips has pulled the Sleeping Beauty out of its hiding place and he shows us that this is indeed a most remarkable work; exquisitely paced, unusually rich in harmonic variety despite its generally sparse treatment of the two four-voiced choirs, teeming with delicate melodic invention, simply the kind of piece that should have been heard and recorded many times previously.
His performance meets the best standards of The Tallis Scholars, with every detail well controlled and everything clearly audible but at the same time a musical freedom that brings the music to life. It may be possible to suggest that certain passages could have been taken more expressively and particularly that the single Agnus Dei could have been taken more slowly to give it its full power. (Certainly it is a mistake to repeat it.) But the sheer delight at discovering a completely ignored masterpiece is enough to put any small reservations very much in the background.
The group of motets is well chosen, several of them relatively well known. Particularly good here is the juxtaposition of two eight-voice motets, Salve regina mater very much in the style of the Mass, and Alma Redemptoris mater using much fuller textures in a luminously rich style that offers a striking contrast. And the singers cope effortlessly with the chromatic complexities of the famous early
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