Laudate Dominum omnes gentes – Orlandus Lassus | Magnum opus musicum 1604, ReRenaissance

Live recording in October 2024 in Basel, Switzerland
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Magnum opus musicum 1604
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This text comes from the Latin version of Psalm 117:
Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes; laudate eum, omnes populi. Quoniam confirmata est super nos misericordia ejus, et veritas Domini manet in aeternum.

The sacred works of Orlandus Lassus / Orlando di Lasso (1532–1594) were celebrated in their time, and ten years after his death his sons Ferdinand and Rudolph published his 516 motets in a commemorative volume entitled "Magnum Opus Musicum."

Lassus was known as a master of the musical realisation of texts, and this ability was celebrated in his motets and psalms more than in any other genre. His contemporary biographer Samuel Quickelberg wrote that Lassus expressed “the power of individual feeling” and managed to bring his themes “almost vividly before the eyes” of the listener. This programme brings to life the sumptuous sounds of the Munich court orchestra of Lassus’ day.

Catherine Motuz – direction

Federico Sepúlveda – direction

Frithjof Smith – direction

Cooperation with the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis

Video and audio by: Andrew Burn
Video edited by: Andrew Burn
Martinskirche, Basel

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