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Release Date: 06 June 2025
Label: Outhere / Linn
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 691062076029
Composer/Series: Lassus
Description
On this, the second volume of Magnificat's three-part project 'Lassus: The Alchemist', the ensemble explores the composer's Magnificats based on motets. It is remarkable that, of Lassus's thirty-five Magnificats based on polyphonic models, only eight draw musical inspiration from motets. But if these Magnificats are relatively few in number, their musical quality and impact are outsized. Whether in Praeter rerum seriem, where he expands Josquin's motet into a formidable 250-bar Magnificat, or Aurora lucis rutilat, where he transforms his own Eastertide motet into a jubilant musical celebration, these works exemplify some of Lassus's finest compositional achievements. Inspired by the lavish musical resources of the ducal chapel in Munich, where Lassus worked from 1557 until his death in 1594, this album brings together voices and instruments in diverse combinations, enhancing the richness and variety of the scoring.
Magnificat; Philip Cave
Choir of New College Oxford; Robert Quinney
Ariel Lanyi
The Marian Consort
Maxwell Quartet
Thomas Sondergard; Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Samson Tsoy
Phantasm
Cantata Collective; Nicholas McGegan
Soloists; Ton Koopman; Amsterdam Baroque Choir & Orchestra
Soloists; Dresden Chamber Choir; Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra
Le Concert Spirituel; Herve Niquet
The Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Britten Sinfonia, Benjamin Nicholas
Magnificat; Philip Cave
David Hill, The Choir of Durham Cathedral, Joseph Beech, Daniel Cook
Choir of New College Oxford; Robert Quinney
