Repertoire:The Stunning Sibylline Prophecies of Orlande de Lassus
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- Composed around 1550, Orlande de Lassus' (Orlando di Lasso's) Sibylline Prophecies (Prophetiae Sibyllarum) represent one of the most extraordinary major works of Renaissance music. They belong in every serious record collection, and deserve to be much better known. Learn about them here, listen to a sample (courtesy of Hyperion Records), and get to know this remarkable composer--one of the most highly acclaimed and prolific of his era.
Thanks for sending me the link to this wonderful video. While we're on the subject of music and composers who deserve to be better known, how about Heinrich Schütz -- about a century later, certainly the greatest early Baroque German composer. There's so much out there, enough to keep you 'employed' for another 500 presentations.
I know. I plan to do Schutz
@@DavesClassicalGuide OH JOY!!!!!!!!!! My day is (will be) complete!
YES!!! This is one of the most gorgeous pieces of music one can ever know and I've been loving it for years and years. It makes Palestrina sound so flat, comparatively! At last we get a nice overview of the available recordings, something I always wanted to find. Thanks again!
You're welcome. It's worth pointing out, however, that even Lassus never again wrote in this particular "radical" style (that we know of). This was a special effort, and he knew it.
@@DavesClassicalGuide yes, I know. But even other works of his sound to me somewhat freer in style than Palestrina usually does. I must confess a little bias here, because I've never been a huge fan of Palestrina, although I teach counterpoint. The fact is, since I listened to the gems of Josquin and fell in love with them, I regretted that so many students and teachers made Palestrina "the" model without properly exploring other composers' way with counterpoint, to me much more varied and nuanced. Anyway: this is genius vs. genius, so it's just my taste and passion speaking. Thanks for your kind comment!
@@jg5861 Well, I share your bias! But I do have a (mostly) Palestrina video coming that I hope you will find interesting.
@@DavesClassicalGuide Perhaps not quite as radical, but the motet 'Concupiscendo concupiscit' is pretty juicy. (It has been recorded by Vox Luminis.) There may be others, but I certainly don't claim to know more that a small fraction of Lassus's output. BTW, I prefer Lassus and Victoria to Palestrina.
@@jg5861 I've found Palestrina's earlier style a joy to listen to. His genius, for me, is in musical drama. He does not do some of the overtly complicated stuff but some of his works - Missa Brevis, Papae Marcelli, Sicut Cervus - are just so _effective_ . His later chordal style, blegh.
I would like to recommend a further performance of Lassus' Prophetie Sibyllarum by Cantus Cölln with Konrad Junghänel on DHM, which is absolutely magnificent.
And it's on UA-cam, or at least bits of it are. I didn't mention it because it was last available in the Cantus Cöln box, while so many others are easy to find singly. I understand the urge simply to list whatever you like or whichever version you may own, but when I make these lists I do try to consider other issues like price, convenience, and availability. Of course, the 10-CD Cantus Cölm box is great, and very cheap. .
Pretty avant-garde for 1555. - Alexandrus Madorskus.
That does sound gorgeous. I would have guessed Gesualdo for the chromaticism. I’ve been gradually putting a collection of Medieval and Renaissance records together. It’s only 400 or 500 years of composers and their works and various recordings to sort through!
I'd like to see that.
I could send you a list by e-mail if you like. It’s too much for UA-cam comments.
Thanks for the great tip, Dave. A shame I didn't know it yet. But that's going to change soon. The fragment reminds me a little of Gesualdo's responsory 'O vos omnes'...
Harmonically fairly wild.