http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlande_de_Lassus
Playlist view:
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Score editor: Lucio Arese
Ensemble Pro Cantione Antiqua
director: Mark Brown
(Alto / ALC-1124)
X. In paradisum
In paradisum deducant te Angeli:
in tuo adventu suscipiant te Martyres,
et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Ierusalem.
Chorus Angelorum te suscipiat,
et cum Lazaro quondam paupere æternam habeas requiem.
What a beautiful mass! The musica ficta (chromatic alterations) especially make it come alive.
I just wish it would end on a polyphonic movement, with a big old plagal cadence at the close. But a quiet, solemn plainchant works as well.
b0ttomzone 1 year ago