by Tomás Luis de Victoria, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers · Coro · SACD · EAN 0828021603327
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«Requiem 1605: Officium Defunctorum» is the album by Tomás Luis de Victoria with The Sixteen conducted by Harry Christophers (Coro, 2005, hybrid SACD).
The album combines the Office of the Dead and the six-voice Missa pro defunctis, Victoria's final composition, with Marian antiphons and motets on the Song of Songs. Plainchant underpins the whole, with chamber organ and bajón as accompaniment. It includes 'Taedet animam meam', the 'Introit' and the motet 'Versa est in luctum'.
The Sixteen Edition release on the Coro label, catalogue number CORSACD16033. A 73-minute disc, playable on CD and SACD, with stereo and surround sound. Texts in Latin.
For fans of Renaissance choral music and historically informed performances of Victoria's sacred repertoire.
