All Soul's Vespers

Cheetham (Artist), Orchestra of Renaissance (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 6, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI Classics Imports
• ASIN: B000002SQV
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #504,418 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Processional: Je Prens Congie

2. Antiphon: Placebo Domino/Psalm 114: Dilexi, Quoniam Exaudiet/Antiphon: Placebo Domino

3. Antiphon: Heu Mihi Domine/Pslam 119: Ad Dominum Cum Tribularer/Antiphon: Heu Mihi Domine

4. Antiphon: Dominus Custodit/Psalm 120: Levavi Oculos Meos/Antiphon: Dominus Custodit

5. Antiphon: Si Iniquitates/Psalm 129: De Profundis/Antiphon: Si Iniquitates

6. Antiphon: Opr Manuum/Psalm 137: Confitebor Tibi/Antiphon: Opr Manuum

7. Verse: Requiem Aeternam/Response: Et Lux Perpetua

8. Antiphon: Omne Quod Dat Mihi/Canticle: Magnificat/Antiphon: Omne Quod Dat Mihi

9. Verse: Audivi Vocem/Response: Beati Mortui

10. Prayer: Pater Noster

11. Verse: Requiem Aeternam/Response: Et Lux Perpetua

12. Verse: A Porta Inferi/Response: Erue, Domine

13. Verse: Dominus Vobiscum/Response: Et Cum Spiritu Tuo

14. Verse: Requiescant In Pace/Response: Amen

15. Oratio: Tiento Sobre Malheur Me Bat

16. Verse: Dominus Vobiscum/Response: Et Cum Spiritu Tuo

17. Recessional: Je Prens Congie

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5.0 out of 5 stars Expect to be impressed, September 30, 2000

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This is a composite requiem. All pieces add up to a reconstruction of Vespers for All Souls' Day (the feast for the dead) as it might have been heard in Cordoba Cathedral around 1570. The composers were selected for their possible connection with Cordoba Cathedral, or with Cordoba region generally. The sound is distinctly Spanish, characterized by open vowels and instrumental participation. The instruments, dominated by shawms, sackbuts and bajons, appear throughout the disc, including the chants. The singing is done mostly one to a part. From the moment you hear the distant drum roll, heralding the beginning of Gombert's Je Prens Congie, you will melt into the mournful, solemn and uplifting atmosphere of this disc. It is hard to imagine a better opening number than Je Prens Congie. This piece, used as both a processional and a recessional, is surely one of the most exquisite polyphonic compositions ever written. You will recognize it as an instrumental version of Lugebat David Absalon (incidentally, for a vocal version of this piece, get Gombert Credo and Motets/Henry's Eight). From Je Prens Congie, the music moves into the succession of chants and psalms, of which the short verses by Juan Vasquez are especially notable.