Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Performer: Cinquecento
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA68284
Release: 2019
Size: 1.27 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Lamentations II for Maundy Thursday “In Coena Domini”:
Lectio I
01. No. 1, Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae prophetae
02. No. 2, Aleph
03. No. 3, Quomodo sedet sola civitas
04. No. 4, Beth
05. No. 5, Plorans ploravit in nocte
06. No. 6, Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Lectio II
07. No. 1, Vau
08. No. 2, Et egressus est a filia Sion
09. No. 3, Zain
10. No. 4, Recordata est Jerusalem
11. No. 5, Viderunt eam hostes
12. No. 6, Heth
13. No. 7, Peccatum peccavit Jerusalem
14. No. 8, Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Lectio III
15. No. 1, Jod
16. No. 2, Manum suam misit hostis
17. No. 3, Caph
18. No. 4, Omnis populus eius gemens
19. No. 5, Vide, Domine, et considera
20. No. 6, Lamed
21. No. 7, O vos omnes
22. No. 8, Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Lamentations II for Good Friday “In Parasceve”
Lectio I
23. No. 1, De lamentatione Jeremiae prophetae
24. No. 2, Heth
25. No. 3, Cogitavit Dominus dissipare murum filiae Sion
26. No. 4, Luxitque antemurale
27. No. 5, Teth
28. No. 6, Defixae sunt in terra portae eius
29. No. 7, Jod
30. No. 8, Sederunt in terra
31. No. 9, Abiecerunt in terram
32. No. 10, Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Lectio II
33. No. 1, Lamed
34. No. 2, Matribus suis dixerunt
35. No. 3, Mem
36. No. 4, Cui comparabo te?
37. No. 5, Magna est enim velut mare contritio tua
38. No. 6, Nun
39. No. 7, Prophetae tui viderunt tibi falsa et stulta
40. No. 8, Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Lectio III
41. No. 1, Aleph
42. No. 2, Ego vir videns paupertatem meam
43. No. 3, Aleph
44. No. 4, Me minavit, et adduxit
45. No. 5, Aleph
46. No. 6, Tantum in Me vertit
47. No. 7, Beth
48. No. 8, Vetustam fecit pellem meam
49. No. 9, Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Lamentations II for Holy Saturday “Sabbato Sancto”
Lectio I
50. No. 1, De lamentatione Jeremiae prophetae
51. No. 2, Heth
52. No. 3, Misericordiae Domini
53. No. 4, Heth
54. No. 5, Novi diluculo, multa est fides tua
55. No. 6, Heth
56. No. 7, Pars mea Dominus
57. No. 8, Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Lectio II
58. No. 1, Aleph
59. No. 2, Quomodo obscuratum est aurum
60. No. 3, Beth
61. No. 4, Filii Sion inclyti
62. No. 5, Ghimel
63. No. 6, Sed et lamiae nudaverunt mammam
64. No. 7, Filia populi mei
65. No. 8, Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Lectio III
66. No. 1, Incipit oratio Jeremiae prophetae
67. No. 2, Recordare, Domine, quid acciderit nobis
68. No. 3, Haereditas nostra versa est ad alienos
69. No. 4, Pupilli facti sumus absque patre
70. No. 5, Aquam nostram pecunia bibimus
71. No. 6, Patres nostri peccaverunt et non sunt
72. No. 7, Servi dominati sunt nostri
73. No. 8, Jerusalem, Jerusalem
The members of Cinquecento turn to perhaps the pre-eminent composer of the sixteenth century: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah would have been integral to the liturgical rites of Holy Week: here is one of the most sublime.