LASSUS: MUSICA DEI DONUM, LAUD

Cappella Amsterdam and it's celebrated chief conductor Daniel Reuss present an integral recording of Lassus' Penitential Psalms. Building on their exquisite recording of Schnittke's Psalms of Repentance, this release explores new dimensions in the theme of penitence and marks a significant return to Renaissance repertoire following their celebrated PENTATONE debut album In Umbra Mortis. The album pairs Lassus' austere and introspective music with images from the richly-illustrated original score, one of the most visually beautiful manuscripts ever created. Under Daniel Reuss' artistic direction of over thirty years, the choir has garnered numerous accolades, including an Edison Klassiek Award for In Umbra Mortis (2021). This album was followed by David Lang: the writings (2022), Schnittke: Psalms of Repentance (2023) and Tales of song and sadness (2024), a tribute to those two giants of Dutch music culture, conductor Frans Bruggen and composer Louis Andriessen.

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2018 release. This album takes a look back at Chanticleer's favorite composers and works. It combines pieces from Renaissance and Baroque composers (Lassus, Byrd, Morley, Palestrina etc.) with 20th American works composed or arranged by Stucky, Bates, Gershwin (Summertime) and members of Chanticleer.

ORLANDO DI LASSO: LAGRIME DI S

This issue pays tribute to Lassus’s abundant gift for word setting and prolific musical invention, with an intelligent programme that follows the course of the church year, punctuated by different settings of the Marian antiphon Regina coeli. Trinity College Choir’s robust sound is excellently balanced, and equally effective in restrained, devotional pieces, such as the sublime Justorum animae, as in the festive Hodie completi sunt.

-- Nicholas Rast, BBC Music Magazine

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Orlande de Lassus was one of the most prolific composers in history: he wrote more than 70 Masses and 700 motets, around 300 madrigals and 100 Magnificats, as well as hymns, German Lieder, French chansons and Italian villanesche. Around 1580 Lassus composed a four-voice setting of the eighteen Responsories for the second and third Nocturns of Holy Week, probably intended for the services in the private chapel of his employer, Wilhelm V, Duke of Bavaria. In these miniature dramas Lassus skillfully supports the text, as was then required by the Council of Trent, illustrating the human tragedy of the Easter story with exquisite music that is all the more moving for its restraint. This is the first recording of the critical edition of the Responsories prepared by the late Peter Bergqvist, the internationally recognized authority on Lassus’ music.

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Following on from the success of the Red and Yellow series (a total of twenty-eight reissues), which have restored to the limelight the treasures of the label’s Baroque music catalogues, here are fourteen new titles offering a chance to renew acquaintance with further gems of the Baroque as well as a number of rarities. This third series also expands to embrace the Classical repertory (Mozart, Haydn etc.) and other cultures, notably those of the East, in recordings that form an integral part of Alpha’s identity and history. The fourteen reissues are performed by the leading musicians in the relevant repertory; most of these discs received one or more press distinctions on their first release. They are accompanied by full booklets, with articles in three languages (English, French, German) and richly illustrated chronologies. A wide range of photographers have provided the cover illustrations for the series, this time with the colour blue as the unifying thread.

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This is the last volume 'Lasso: a musical biography' series. | Roland de Lassus is reveared as the greatest composer of the second half of the sixteeth century, being the cheif representative of the maure polyphonic syle of the Franco-Flemish school. | During his lifetime, Lassus wrote over 2,000 works in the known vocal genres of Lain, French, Italian, and German. | This volume inteds to report on the celebrity of his works; from his beginnings to posthumous publications and ending with one of the only two twelve-part compositions written by him. | Performing on this volume is Vox Luminis, lead by Lionel Meunier. | Vox Luminis has recently won the Gramophone Recording of the Year and the Baroque Vocal Award. |