Officium defunctorum
Tomás Luis de Victoria. Officium defunctorum | LAU020
In obitu et obsequiis Sacrae Imperatricis
El Officium defunctorum by Tomás Luis de Victoria, published in 1605, constitutes one of the masterpieces of the musical Renaissance that continues to move due to its austerity and expressive power. It was composed "as a swan song" for the funeral of his protector the Empress Maria of Austria, sister of Philip II and widow of Emperor Maximilian II. For the first time in a recording, La Grande Chapelle and Schola Antiqua place the work in its liturgical context, restoring the two original days: the vigil for the dead and the mass that concluded with the rite of absolution. The funeral events held in Madrid in 1603 are evoked through respect for the documented musical material, the inclusion of the lectio, the responsories and psalms written by Victoria himself, and the use of plainchant extracted from sources of the time. This reading brings us closer in a new way to one of the most important dynastic ceremonies of the Spanish Habsburgs of the early 17th century.
First world recording with the Vigiliae defunctorum.
Es el fruto de la investigación que Albert Recasens ha desarrollado en el Institute for Culture and Society (ICS) de la Universidad de Navarra.
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– Mort, où est ta victoire? Tomas Luis de Victoria – Officium defunctorum, Forumopera.com, Yvan Beuvard, 08/04/2021
– Tomás Luis de Victoria. Officium defunctorum. Diapason nº 698, Guillaume Bunel, marzo de 2021 [PDF]
– Tomás Luis de Victoria. Officium defunctorum. Muzlifemagazine.ru, Alena Verin-Galitskaya, 16/03/2021 [PDF traducción]
– Canto del cisne. VICTORIA: Officium defunctorum. Ritmo nº 946, Mercedes García Molina, enero de 2021 [PDF]
– Tomás Luis de Victoria. Officium defunctorum. La Grande Chapelle y Schola Antiqua. Melómano, 269, Àngel Villagrasa Pérez, 12/01/2021
– On ne badine pas avec la mort. Un admirable requiem de Victoria par La Grande Chapelle. Musiczen, Gérard Pangon, 25/01/2021
– Réquiem por una emperatriz. Diario de Sevilla, Pablo J. Vayón, 07/12/2020
– Officium defunctorum de Tomás Luis de Victoria, visiones de vida y esperanza ante la muerte. Docenotas, Susana Rodríguez Pendas, 03/12/2020 [PDF]
– L’office des défunts de Victoria reconstitué par La Grande Chapelle, Resmusica, Cécile Glaenzer, 02/12/2020
– VICTORIA: Officium defunctorum. Scherzo, nº 367, Eduardo Torrico, noviembre 2020, p. 40 (“Scherzo Excepcional”) [PDF]
– Officium Defunctorum. Sonograma. Magazine, Carme Miró, 29/11/2020
– 1603: l’Office des défunts de Victoria en hommage à Marie d’Autriche. Crescendo Magazine, Jean Lacroix, 29/11/2020
– VICTORIA: Officium defunctorum (La Grande Chapelle, Albert Recasens, Classiquenews, Elvire James, 05/11/2020 (“CLIC de CLASSIQUENEWS Noël 2020”) [PDF]
– Viaje a un funeral de hace cuatro siglos. El Cultural, Álvaro Guibert, 04/11/2020
– Una joya musical para despedir a una reina. Diario de Navarra, Nerea Alejos. 01/11/2020 [PDF]
– Primera grabación integral del ‘Officium defunctorum’ de Victoria. Scherzo, 367, 20/10/2020
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