Third Book of Lamentations
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Third Book of Lamentations
Westminster Cathedral Choir / Martin Baker
[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 19 April 2007
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Palestrina composed four sets of Lamentations, the third of which is recorded here. Throughout the centuries composers of sacred music have aspired to do justice to this most dramatic of texts and Palestrina's settings rank amongst the finest. The Choir of Westminster Cathedral brings its unparalleled reputation and unique 'continental' tone to the music.
'Among the many other things for which the independent records company Hyperion deserves our gratitude is its long-standing engagement of Westminster Catherdral Choir, England's finest Catholic choir, to record the masterpieces of sacred polyphony … Palestrina's thrid of his four settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah is marked by sinuous vocal lines, harmonic richness, unpredictable modality and telling passages of homophonic writing … Martin Baker rightly emphasises the classical perfection of Palestrina's polyphony … As usual, Hyperion's engineers have worked miracles with the difficult acoustics of Westminster Cathedral. Jon Dixon contributes a first-rate booklet essay, which helpfully situates the performance of Lamentations within the complex rituals of Holy Week celebrations' (International Record Review)
Tracks:
In Coena Domini Maundy Thursday
In Parasceve Good Friday
Sabbato Sancto Holy Saturday
