ECM New Series 1653
Playing time: 75:20
Recorded September 1997
at the Monastery of St. Gerold
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In Paradisum
Music of Victoria and Palestrina
The Hilliard Ensemble
Contents:
| 1. | Taedet animam meam (Officium defunctorum 1605) Tomás Luis de Victoria | [3:55] |
| 2. | Introitus (Graduale Romanum, Toul) | [2:43] |
| 3. | Kyrie (Graduale Romanum, Toul) | [1:48] |
| 4. | Domine quando veneris Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | [5:41] |
| 5. | Graduale (Graduale Romanum, Toul) | [2:49] |
| 6. | Libera me Domine (Officium defunctorum 1592) Tomás Luis de Victoria | [11:01] |
| 7. | Tractus (Graduale Romanum, Toul) | [2:40] |
| 8. | Ad Dominum cum tribularer clamavi Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | [5:26] |
| 9. | Sequentia (Graduale Romanum, Toul) | [5:17] |
| 10. | Offertorium (Graduale Romanum, Toul) | [4:50] |
| 11. | Peccantem me quotidie (Officium defunctorum 1592) Tomás Luis de Victoria | [5:00] |
| 12. | Sanctus - Benedictus (Graduale Romanum, Toul) | [1:09] |
| 13. | Heu mihi Domine Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | [6:59] |
| 14. | Agnus Dei (Graduale Romanum, Toul) | [1:09] |
| 15. | Communio (Graduale Romanum, Toul) | [1:23] |
| 16. | Libera me Domine Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina | [13:21] |
Performers:
David James, countertenor
Rogers Covey-Crump, tenor
John Potter, tenor
Gordon Jones, baritone
Description:
"In Paradisum" combines music from three sources: the Officium Defunctorum of Victoria, polyphony by Palestrina and Gregorian chant from a 17th century manuscript. Placing the work of the Spanish and Italian religious composers in a historically "authentic" context, the Hilliard Ensemble also give us a sense of the overwhelming musical experience that the Catholic Mass was at the time of the Renaissance.