Moving to a Convent
Donald Macleod sees Victoria return to Spain, where he makes the most of his new royal connections.
Donald Macleod sees Victoria return to Spain where he makes the most of his new Royal connections.
Tom谩s Luis de Victoria has become the most famed Spanish composer of the Renaissance and ranks alongside Palestrina and Lassus as one of the greatest composers of the 16th century. He was a singer, organist, scholar, teacher, and a priest but it was in composition that he made his most significant impact. His motets, Offices for the Dead and music for Holy Week are admired for their great beauty and intensity and his musical talent thrust him into the orbit of Spain鈥檚 royal family and the most senior clerics in Rome. His devotion to God sat at the heart of his creative life; and he wrote, 鈥渢here is not a single thing as useful as music, which, reaching our hearts soft but deeply, provides a clear benefit not only for our soul but also for our body.鈥�
Victoria had been hoping for some time to return home to Spain and seized his opportunity when a position arose in the household of the Spanish Dowager Empress Maria. Donald Macleod explores this fruitful period in Victoria鈥檚 career, in the employ of one of the senior members of Europe鈥檚 most powerful family, the Habsburgs. As part of the Empress鈥檚 staff in Madrid, Victoria came regularly into contact with influential members of the Spanish Court and was also involved in music making at the convent where Maria lived. His job gave him plenty of time to compose and also to travel; he often returned to Rome to oversee his publications and he was able to attend the funeral of the famed composer, Palestrina.
O Ildephonse
Pro Cantione Antiqua
Bruno Turner, director
Pange Lingua 鈥榤ore hispano鈥� a 4
Ensemble Plus Ultra
Michael Noone, director
Victimae paschali Laudes a 8
Ensemble Plus Ultra
Michael Noone, director
Veni, Sancte Spiritus a 8
Ensemble Plus Ultra
Michael Noone, director
Missa pro Victoria a 9
The Cardinall鈥檚 Musick
Andrew Carwood, director
Missa Surge Propera a 5 (Credo)
John Potter, voice
Ariel Abramovich, guitar
Jacob Heringman, guitar
Produced by Luke Whitlock
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Tom谩s Luis de Victoria
O Ildephonse
Ensemble: Pro Cantione Antiqua. Conductor: Bruno Turner.- Warner : 9029652459.
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Tom谩s Luis de Victoria
Pange Lingua 'more hispano' a 4
Ensemble: Ensemble Plus Ultra. Director: Michael Noone.- Archiv : 4779747.
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Tom谩s Luis de Victoria
Victimae paschali Laudes a 8
Ensemble: Ensemble Plus Ultra. Director: Michael Noone.- Archiv : 4779747.
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Tom谩s Luis de Victoria
Veni, Sancte Spiritus a 8
Ensemble: Ensemble Plus Ultra. Director: Michael Noone.- Archiv : 4779747.
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Tom谩s Luis de Victoria
Missa pro Victoria a 9
Choir: The Cardinall鈥檚 Musick. Director: Andrew Carwood.- Gaudeamus : CDGAU198.
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Tom谩s Luis de Victoria
Missa Surge Propera a 5
Performer: Ariel Abramovich. Performer: Jacob Heringman. Singer: John Potter.- ECM : 4811463.
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