Victoria: Responsories for Tenebrae [Import]

Tomas Luis de Victoria (Composer), David Hill (Conductor), Westminster Cathedral Choir (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Westminster Cathedral Choir
• Conductor: David Hill
• Composer: Tomas Luis de Victoria
• Audio CD (June 14, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B000002ZL0
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #193,316 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Responsories for Tenabrae: Responsorium IV: Amicus Meus

2. Responsories for Tenabrae: Responsorium V: Iudas Mercator Pessimus

3. Responsories for Tenabrae: Responsorium VI: Unus Ex Discipulis Meis

4. Responsories for Tenabrae: Responsorium VII: Eram Quasi Agnus

5. Responsories for Tenabrae: Responsorium VIII: Una Hora

6. Responsories for Tenabrae: Responsorium IX: Seniores Populi

7. Responsories for Tenabrae: Responsorium IV: Tamquam Ad Latronem

8. Responsories for Tenabrae: Responsorium V: Tenebrae Factae Sunt

9. Responsories for Tenabrae: Responsorium VI: Animam Meam Dilectam

10. Responsories for Tenabrae: Responsorium VII: Tradiderunt Me

11. Responsories for Tenabrae: Responsorium VIII: Iesum Traditit Impius

12. Responsories for Tenabrae: Responsorium IX: Caligaverunt Oculi Mei

13. Responsories for Tenabrae: Responsorium IV: Recessit Pastor Noster

14. Responsories for Tenabrae: Responsorium V: O Vos Omnes

15. Responsories for Tenabrae: Responsorium VI: Ecce Quomodo Moritur

16. Responsories for Tenabrae: Responsorium VII: Astiterunt Reges

17. Responsories for Tenabrae: Responsorium VIII: Aestimatus Sum

18. Responsories for Tenabrae: Responsorium IX: Sepulto Domino

Editorial Reviews

udio CD (June 14, 1993) SPARS Code: DDD Number of Discs: 1 Format: Import Label: Hyperion UK ASIN: B000002ZL0 Also Available in: Audio Cassette Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews) Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #222,174 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding!, September 10, 2001

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John Dziadecki (Louisville, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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I don't know how to put this in words. I never knew this composer existed before hearing this cd but I will be doing some research to find out more. This is a beautiful, powerfull experience. The recording is simply outstanding. Remarkable clarity and presence. Thank you, Hyperion!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars exalted praise, August 2, 2009

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Peter Michelsen "jazzmizer" (New Bedford) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Victoria: Responsories for Tenebrae (Audio CD)

When novelist Vonnegut, who happenened to be an atheist, suggested that some music possibly has the power to change the mind of an atheist concerning the existence of a supernatural being, then I suggest that he may have been refering to the compositions of Victoria. The fact is that the composer was a darling of powerful men in the Catholic church during a time we know as the Renaissance. He must have been completely aware of his circumstances given his success in pleasing authorities and suggesting the absolute divine by means of the human voice. I can find very little wrong with this particular recording. The direction and performance are truly superb. I question one aspect of performance and recording, however. The SA parts of the SATB seem a little thin and weak. But that may only be because I prefer women's voices to boys.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solemn, Passionate, Sacred Renaissance Music by Victoria for Holy Week and Easter, April 6, 2007

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Kerry K. Kaneko - See all my reviews
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Every Holy Week I listen to the Tenebrae Responsories by the great Spanish Renaissance composer Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), which are so appropriate for this most solemn (and ultimately joyous) season on the Christian calendar. This 1987 Hyperion recording by the Westminster Cathedral Choir under David Hill is a particularly fine one, eclipsed only by the legendary 1959 Decca recording by the Westminster Cathedral Choir under George Malcolm, reissued more than once on the London label.