Victoria: Masses

Tomas Luis de Victoria (Composer), Alonso Lobo (Composer), Jeremy Summerly (Conductor), Oxford Camerata (Performer, Orchestra), Carys-Anne Lane (Performer), Rebecca Outram (Performer), William Missin (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Oxford Camerata, Carys-Anne Lane, Rebecca Outram, William Missin
• Orchestra: Oxford Camerata
• Conductor: Jeremy Summerly
• Composer: Tomas Luis de Victoria, Alonso Lobo
• Audio CD (February 15, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Naxos
• ASIN: B0000013U9
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #229,850 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ignacio is Right, This is Excellent and a Good Buy, April 21, 2003

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Karl Henning "Composer & Clarinetist" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Victoria: Masses (Audio CD)

This review has something of the gratuitously autobiographical about it.

The short of it is, on this disc you will find lovely repertory, and will find it sung both capably and sweetly by the Oxford Camerata.

It was in tenth grade, I think, that I first sang O magnum mysterium. Since seventh grade, I had been playing the clarinet in our school band; and the bits I had heard of the occasional school chorus concert did not give me the impression, either that the human voice is a musical instrument, or that the stuff written for lots of voices together was anything I should ever take any interest in. And yet, somehow, I allowed myself one afternoon to be dragged into the music room when there was a chorus rehearsal, and I found myself trying to sing.

One of the first things the director had us read, was this Victoria motet; and I was enthralled from the start.

Now, I will not hide from you that there is plenty of music which, back in school, I thought the most enduringly great literature imaginable, but of which now, after years of education and experience, I cannot in good conscience entertain anywhere near so exalted an opinion.

But the Victoria is one of a few pieces I met and loved back in school, which has worn marvelously well over the years.

The parody Mass based on the motet, is absolutely new to me (the term "parody" here possesses nothing of the, but means that the musical material for much of the Mass's polyphony comes from an outside source); and for anyone who is familiar with the motet, the aural hunt for the gestures and motifs which come from the motet is a most pleasant puzzle. The beginnings of both the Kyrie and the Sancus make use of the descending fifth of the motet's opening, though it is a little "masked" among other voices. The music both of this Mass, and the Missa O quam gloriosum, are a wonderful mixture of the serenely fluid vocal polyphony typical of (say) Palestrina, and episodes of dance-like rhythm which are more like Spanish madrigals.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente disco, August 28, 2002

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Ignacio Tejeda Achondo "idta" (Santiago Chile) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Victoria: Masses (Audio CD)

Muy buena interpretacion de la misa O quam Gloriosum. El Ave Maria a 4 voces esta a un tempo un poco rapido a mi gusto, pero igualmente delicioso. Una muy buena compra.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, October 23, 2005

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Rebecca Bowen "Alto Flutist" (Montpelier, VT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Victoria: Masses (Audio CD)

I purchased this to use in training for a choir that I am in, and fell in love with it for it's own merits. The cantors are amazing, and the balance and production flawless. Enjoy.