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Lobo: Sacred Vocal Music
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Lobo: Sacred Vocal Music

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Composer
LOBO, ALONSO
Artist
Coro Victoria, Fernandez-Vega
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Feb 01, 2019
Catalog #
BRI95789
UPC
5028421957890

About

On this new recording, Coro Victoria offers a portrait of Alonso Lobo (1555-1617) through a cross-section of his sacred output (his works in Spanish are all lost). The group also illustrates the variety of interpretative practices of the period. The concluding O quam suavis est Domine is sung by a single soprano while the vihuela accompaniment supplies the remaining five parts. Church choirs sang this music in the liturgy, but minstrels also played it during processions, and there was free traffic between sacred and secular contexts. Coro Victoria was founded by it's director, Ana Fernández-Vega, to recover and preserve a native, historically informed tradition of singing Spanish polyphony from it's Renaissance-era high noon, exemplified not only by Victoria himself but also his contemporaries such as the Seville-born and bred Alonso Lobo (indeed, Victoria considered Lobo his equal). He is now best known for a haunting, six-voice setting of the Requiem, and his magnificent motet for the obsequies of King Philip II, Versa est in luctum shares the Requiem's tone of mourning and remembrance, established by a dense mesh of overlapping counterpoint. Coro Victoria also presents other sides to a composer whose style is far more various than is commonly assumed. As well as the beautifully handled techniques of canon and counterpoint in Marian motets such as Ave Maria and Ave Regina coelorum, distinguishing features of Lobo's style are his jagged melodic lines, a far cry from Palestrina's smooth curves, and his more animated conclusions, both vividly demonstrated by Vivo ego, dicit Dominus. There is also a complete, portmanteau setting of the Mass, drawn from his Missa O Rex gloriae, Missa Petre ego pro te rogavi and Missa Simile est regnum caelorum, with the Credo filled in by the separate Credo Romano, which is underpinned by a figured bass and continued to be popular long after his death. These polished performances should renew wider interest in Lobo's music.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 Ave regina caelorum a 5 03:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Ave regina caelorum a 5
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Alonso Lobo
    Ensemble
    Coro Victoria
    Conductor
    Ana Fernández-Vega
  2. 2 Kyrie 02:40
    Track
    2
    Title
    Kyrie
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Alonso Lobo
    Ensemble
    Coro Victoria
    Conductor
    Ana Fernández-Vega
  3. 3 Gloria 03:51
    Track
    3
    Title
    Gloria
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Alonso Lobo
    Ensemble
    Coro Victoria
    Conductor
    Ana Fernández-Vega
  4. 4 Ave Maria a 8 04:01
    Track
    4
    Title
    Ave Maria a 8
    Duration
    04:01
    Composer
    Alonso Lobo
    Ensemble
    Coro Victoria
    Conductor
    Ana Fernández-Vega
  5. 5 Vivo ego, dicit Dominus a 4 02:32
    Track
    5
    Title
    Vivo ego, dicit Dominus a 4
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Alonso Lobo
    Ensemble
    Coro Victoria
    Conductor
    Ana Fernández-Vega
  6. 6 Erunt signa in sole 03:13
    Track
    6
    Title
    Erunt signa in sole
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Alonso Lobo
    Ensemble
    Coro Victoria
    Conductor
    Ana Fernández-Vega
  7. 7 Regina caeli laetare 02:30
    Track
    7
    Title
    Regina caeli laetare
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Alonso Lobo
    Ensemble
    Coro Victoria
    Conductor
    Ana Fernández-Vega
  8. 8 Credo romano 06:45
    Track
    8
    Title
    Credo romano
    Duration
    06:45
    Composer
    Alonso Lobo
    Ensemble
    Coro Victoria
    Conductor
    Ana Fernández-Vega
  9. 9 Cum audisset Joannes 02:31
    Track
    9
    Title
    Cum audisset Joannes
    Duration
    02:31
    Composer
    Alonso Lobo
    Ensemble
    Coro Victoria
    Conductor
    Ana Fernández-Vega
  10. 10 Missa Petre, ego pro te rogavi a 4: Sanctus - Benedictus 04:24
    Track
    10
    Title
    Missa Petre, ego pro te rogavi a 4: Sanctus - Benedictus
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Alonso Lobo
    Ensemble
    Coro Victoria
    Conductor
    Ana Fernández-Vega
  11. 11 Versa est in luctum a 6 04:25
    Track
    11
    Title
    Versa est in luctum a 6
    Duration
    04:25
    Composer
    Alonso Lobo
    Ensemble
    Coro Victoria
    Conductor
    Ana Fernández-Vega
  12. 12 Libera me, Domine a 5 08:17
    Track
    12
    Title
    Libera me, Domine a 5
    Duration
    08:17
    Composer
    Alonso Lobo
    Ensemble
    Coro Victoria
    Conductor
    Ana Fernández-Vega
  13. 13 Missa Simile est regnum coelorum a 4: Agnus Dei 04:10
    Track
    13
    Title
    Missa Simile est regnum coelorum a 4: Agnus Dei
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Alonso Lobo
    Ensemble
    Coro Victoria
    Conductor
    Ana Fernández-Vega
  14. 14 Ego flos campi a 4 02:07
    Track
    14
    Title
    Ego flos campi a 4
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Alonso Lobo
    Ensemble
    Coro Victoria
    Conductor
    Ana Fernández-Vega
  15. 15 O quam suavis est, Domine 03:53
    Track
    15
    Title
    O quam suavis est, Domine
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Alonso Lobo
    Performer
    Elia Casanova, Manuel Minguillon