Victimae Paschali Laudes

[AKLabyrinth]

In the 14th century this was sung during an Easter Celebration wherein the clergy DANCED upon the cathedral's Labyrinth and tossed a golden ball back and forth. This version seems much more appropriate to Dancing and ball playing. Do you have more information on the CD this comes from, please?

[manfredfinch]

so beautiful

[erickamcc1701]

A decent rendition and though it's not supposed to have it, the harmonies are nice... however, traditionally Gregorian Chant is done sans organ... also, what is with the dotted rhythms for what is supposed to be a straight rhythm?

[eabernathy1]

@erickamcc1701 why do you think chant isn't supposed to have harmonies? Of course it can be performed a cappella or accompanied. The practice of harmonizing chant has been around now for several hundred years. To address your question about the rhythmic version of this chant - Of course rhythm became more important in the 14th century - rhythmic modes were also often applied to chant

[NayHarris]

Hate the organ. Should be a capella. Otherwise it sounds like a christmas carol.

[eabernathy1]

@NayHarris you should find a good organ being played by a good organist!

[Mackaronni]

Mystical, yet joyful in sound. Good balance with the organ. Thanks for posting

[MrLamontSanford]

This is great. Liturgy should look, sound and even smell 'otherworldly', as if a time and space were rent open inside the church, and a glimpse and taste of heaven and eternity were spilled through the crack into our 'vale of tears' for us to know and desire to have.

[thenamesfrancisco]

that final alleluia sounds awesome

[diavoloinmvsica]

El tema victimae Paschali que se aprecia en este video no es propiamente gregoriano,que tiene visos del tema original ciertamente, por lo tanto se le ha de criticar como tal, como una version del tema gregoriano, a mi pobre parecer es una bella intepretacion, llena de caracter," .. dinos que has visto Maria en la mañana?... a mi Señor glorioso la tumba abandonada... resucito de veras mi amor y mi esperanza Aleluya... Amen... MUY MUY BELLO

[trabalhosmanuais]

Whts is the name of the cd please?

[alexlealmartins]

As vozes até são boas mas o andamento está completamente errado levando a erros de pronunciação das palavras. Está a ser cantado como se fosse uma pauta e estivesse cheia de colcheias e semi-colcheias.

[eaglescout5]

Beautiful.

[demedallis]

sorry  ,no !

[ladyzuzi]

beautiful

[stpetric]

Interestng rhythmic quality to this performance.

[Frizzolone2009]

Americani... capiscono quello che capiscono

[lent77cv]

@Frizzolone2009 infatti!

[Frizzolone2009]

Americani...

[araisatorres]

O andamento da música ficou perfeito. Os sopranos, contraltos, tenores e baixos em sintonia perfeita.

Muito boa a gravação. Domingo 04/04/2010 vou cantar com o coral da Universidade Católica de Petrópolis na Catedral São Pedro de Alcantara essa música.

Muito bom. Adorei

[cristianevallim]

@araisatorres

Já deu uma olhada na versao desta música na Catedral de Notre Dame em Paris?

34.644 aufrufe

bispofr

[DeusMeDixit]

Maravilloso

[joyfullbunny]

The recording sounds like what they do at Notre Dame in Paris.

btw I think this setting while, polyphony is outstanding.

They took the "tune" of the Gregorian tune and harmonized and set a metered rhythm. This is not uncommon, even at St. Peter's they have archives of music by composers over the centuries elaborating on the chants of the Church.

[lilyofvaly1]

so beautiful...thank you philipcandido

[gnosticimp]

Well, I'm rather shocked with the entire "chant." I'm going to play this and unfortunately I stumbled upon this "rendition" first. Hopefully, I can get the rhythm out of my head. You know the old adage -- what you initially hear is what you recall. UGH.

[magpie4321]

There is no SATB in chant! This is polyphony!

[magpie4321]

This ain't chant people! It's polyphony!! Pretty bad!

[saynomore251]

q asquerocidad de versión, maten a esa gente de mierda que cantó eso, con música? deben estar locos!!!

[hotmusic84]

ma che è sta cosa orribile?????

LASCIATE STARE IL CANTO GREGORIANO CHE é MERAVIGLIOSO COSI' COME é STATO CANTATO PER SECOLI!!!!!!!!

[MrLamontSanford]

Very neat rendition of the Victimae sequence! That is a mystical moment if ever, on Easter Sunday, when this is chanted, IF it is chanted in such a way that is mystical!!

[SingingGio]

finalmente qualcuno che ha interpretato in maniera corretta un brano di tale portata...

[Sensenwerk]

love the dorian scale : )

[psychodingo]

thank you very much !!!:-)

[compositore92]

Non condivido per niente l'interpretazione del gregoriano! in tempo composto... sarà, ma non son abituato Xd

[parismars]

hello

Do you have this interpretation at format .MP3?

Thank you

[lingualpfeife]

ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ ΕΚ ΝΕΚΡΩΝ, ΘΑΝΑΤΩ ΘΑΝΑΤΟΝ ΠΑΤΗΣΑΣ,

ΚΑΙ ΤΟΙΣ ΕΝ ΤΟΙΣ ΜΝΗΜΑΣΙ, ΖΩΗΝ ΧΑΡΙΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ.

[lent77cv]

RESURREXIT SICUT DIXIT ALLELUJA

[nikos261175]

Χριστός Ανέστη! (christos anesti)

Christ est ressuscite'!

[MegaKrishan123]

@nikos261175 Aleithos Anesti! Indeed he IS risen! (im greek melkite!)



[allwasforanapple]

This is a great setting (for SATB). Does anyone know who the arranger is and any other details?

[blogson]

There is a CD with this piece, "Grandes Heures Liturgiques A Notre-Dame De Paris (FYCD 001) with the Notre-Dame choir and Pierre Cochereau playing the organ interludes on the Great Organ. The notes' only credit says, "Attributed to Wipo, chaplain at the court of Burgundy from 1024 to 1060." In this YouTube recording the diction is clear, while the Notre-Dame recording is more elaborate and has Cochereau apparently playing full organ, but with the diction less clear.

[Rankett16]

That performance is on YouTube also. This arrangement is very far from the original Gregorian chant. Not only is it harmonized, but the rhythm has been altered to that of a folk carol. Nothing wrong with that, but surprising to hear.

[Paschalboy]

@Rankett16

There is a long tradition of original chants being set to hymn format, I actually like this version alot! Nun Komm den Heiden Heiland, Puer Nobis, to name a couple.

[prawnsmango]

Thank you for posting this and have a blessed Easter.

[maciekk7]

Happy Easter !

[bispofr]

J'ai la partition avec cet arrangement (4 voix)... Quelqu'un est intéressé ?

[parismars]

je veux bien la partition (4 voix)...

[blebr45]

bonjour,

Cette séquence est vraiment une des plus belle.

Si cela est possible, je serais intéressé par la partition de ce très bel arrangement. Son auteur est-il connu ?

[Falstaff87]

si ma con questo ritmo sposta tutti gli accenti.....non è che sia una trascrzione molto felice

[wings4weels]

Sono del tuo stesso parere. Apprezzo le improssivazioni di Gaston Litaize su questa antichissima melodia, ma questo arrangiamento per coro a 4v. snatura assai la primigenia linea melodica...

[tapadillo415]

me encanta... es una pena que no este tan bien el audio... ritmo propio del triduo pascual! aleluya

[teresasfsol]

This one lost the true beauty of it's chants.

Chants are ususlly sung with only five notes.

Try Gregorin Chants styles !

[Eudora74]

Beautiful version!!. Thank you

[beuys1234]

yeah

[prolifegal]

Gives me shivers, it's so beautiful!

[RonFetty]

Sounds beautiful to me. I love all my faith music that glorifies His Name. Thanks you Heavenly Father for my faith of Catholicism.

[cmrgandulf26]

Such a beautiful, prayerful, and victorious peice. What's more: I first discovered this setting on YouTube in Eastertide whilst in Israel before working amongst poorer and oppressed Palestinians when going to Palestine. It sings of the victory over all sin that is in Christ.

[cmrgandulf26]

Forgot to say I was in Galilee when I heard it first and thus the reference to Galilee in this peice especially means a great deal to me.

[lutheranorthodoksi]

Not how it's supposed to be sung, but still beautiful.

[Paxetbenedictio]

Finally.... the right way to sing the sequences !!! Thanks for this video !

[Janosch103]

Well i like this sequence, too.

I sung it two hours ago :D

I'm in a catholic chorus and we learned that sequence for a CD. And i noticed that the accentuation of this performance is false :(

But nethertheless nice!

[MARTINKUK1]

Beautiful hymn of sublimity and Lord's glory of resurrection. Resurrexi et adhoc tecum sum, Alleluia! Yes, Lord, stay with us till the dawn of Your return with the celestial choirs of yore that really sang your glory. Thanks for the marvelous piece

[coventrygardens]

very nice. the video of the sheet music was an especially interesting touch. about 5 years ago, i switched from evangelical baptist to Catholic, and i looked at various protestant sects as well. thus i've done some studying of Christian history. also i like to play things on keyboard.

[cilicio]

As for the composer, from Wikipedia:

'Victimae Paschali Laudes' is a sequence prescribed for the Roman Catholic Mass of Easter Sunday. It is usually attributed to the 11th century Wipo of Burgundy, chaplain to the German Emperor Conrad II, but has also been attributed to Notker Balbulus, Robert II of France, and Adam of St. Victor.

For the Latin text and translations see Choralwiki.

[MarkHusey]

Somebody, please- who is the composer of this version? It's wonderful!

[tomasz1641]

Re: a few posts down, I don't think it's a matter of obeying or disobeying the principles of Gregorian music. This is a choral arrangement of the Sequence based on the Gregorian melody. Durufle did the same thing (albeit in a different style) with his Requiem. It is clearly not intended as a rendition of chant, but as an alternative to the original chant.

[blackacacia94]

I'm not particularly religious, but I'm learning about Christianity in my Humanities class...Honestly I am astonished by the beauty of Gregorian Chant.

[Nielsng]

This version is special. Never heard anything like it.

[FlorianRebel]

The sequences are most beautiful treasures of the church.

[cjijccii]

Please also post if possible, the sequence for Corpus Christi----Lauda Sion Salvatorem--it is also exquisite and gorgeous!!!!!!

[cjijccii]

Wonderful, the sequence for Easter, should I feel have the organ, after the plainsong of Lent. This is the version I prefer to hear each Easter Sunday at High Mass. Please post the sequence for Pentecost Veni Sancte Spiritus, if done by this choir it should be the most beautiful version and the one I also hear each year. Exquisite!!!!

[SimplyDavid42]

The music is so beautiful...

I know the Victimae Paschali Laudes very well as I learnt it last year (I'm going to sing it this year with one of the priests of the cathedral I serve) and the rythm here shocked me...

[hieromonasticus]

very beautifull! if is possible, what is the name of this recording? is avaiable in cd?

[jonberts]

beautifully done/executed. wish I had been there to hear in person.

[elton1981]

I think the organ adds to the festal nature of this peice

[DanVilAl]

The accent problem is because they are french, in french every accent fall in the last sylable. I think that's the explanation.

[cilicio]

Gregorian chant is theology in music, so the text is the important thing. It developed in abbeys and monasteries for highly trained male choirs to be sung 'a cappella' (unaccompanied).

In my opinion this rendition the accompanying organ is too loud. But, what is worse, the choir do not respect the accents of the Latin words which in turn are clearly indicated in the sheet music. The effect is strange.

[catheh06]

Correct. I perfectly agree. It disobeys the fundamentals of gregorian music

[tenortubby]

The rhythm used here is standard for this kind of sequence - Pange Lingua is also sung like this. Check Guerrero's setting of it, written 450 years ago. Can't tell you why but it is perfectly normal!