Composer: Orlando de Lassus
Performer: The Choir of Girton College Cambridge, Historic Brass of the Guildhall London
Conductor: Gareth Wilson
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0397
Release: 2017
Size: 603 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Lassus: Ego sum resurrection (Plainchant)
02. Lassus: Tristis est Anima mea
Lassus: Requiem a 5
03. Requiem aeternam
04. Kyrie eleison
05. Lassus: Peccata mea Domine
Lassus: Requiem à 5
06. Absolve Domine
07. Domine Jesu Christe
08. Hostias
09. Lassus: Fratres sobrii estote
Lassus: Requiem à 5
10. Sanctus – Benedictus
11. Bennett: Weep, O Mine Eyes
Lassus: Requiem à 5
12. Agnus Dei
13. Lux Aeterna
14. Lassus: Exaudi Domine vocem meam
15. Lassus: Adoramus te Christe
16. Lassus: Margot, labourez les vignes
17. Lassus: Levavi oculos meos
Lassus’ five-part setting of the Requiem is rarely heard; here it is recorded with brass for the first time, the sombre colors of the sackbuts further darkening the tone. The recording interweaving a number of motets, some also receiving first recordings, and a madrigal on death by one of Lassus’ contemporaries in an organ transcription prepared for this occasion. This innovative recording thus takes the listener on a spiritual journey, through the darkness of bereavement to the elevation of the Christian soul after death. The booklet notes are by Lassus expert Barbara Eichner and by the conductor of Girton College Choir, Gareth Wilson, who explains the thinking behind the programme.