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Orlando di Lasso was born in Mons in the province of Hainaut, in what is today Belgium. Information about his early years is scanty, although some uncorroborated stories have survived, the most famous of which is that he was kidnapped three times because of the singular beauty of his singing voice. At the age of 12 he left the Low Countries with Ferrante Gonzaga and went to Mantua, Sicily, and later Milan (from 1547 to 1549). While in Milan he made the acquaintance of the madrigalist Hoste da Reggio, an influence which was formative on his early musical style.
He then worked as a singer and a composer for Constantino Castrioto in Naples in the early 1550s, and his first works are presumed to date from this time. Next he moved to Rome, where he worked for the Archduke of Florence, who maintained a household there; and in 1553, he became maestro di cappella (chorus leader) of the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano in Rome, a spectacularly prestigious post for a man only 21 years old, but he stayed there only for a year (Palestrina took this post a year later, in 1555).
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Review: The setting was originally published in the year of Lassus' death (1594) and comes from his mature voice. Although it is economical in expression, it is rich and sonorous in sound and brought alive by the six-part counterpoint. It truly brings the text 'Music is a gift from God' to life.
Review: During the last thirty years of his life, Orlande De Lassus was the most celebrated composer in Europe. From the time that he took up the duties of maestro di cappella in the court of the Dukes of Bavaria at Munich, he began to be called 'prince of musicians' and 'the divine Orlande'. The pieces selected for this recording represent Lassus's treatment of them of death during the mature period. The first group considers the death of Christ; the second, the death of a Christian. Stephen Cleobury is associated with two of the most famous choirs; as Director of Music at King's College, Cambridge and Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers.
Songlist: Lamentatio Prima, Lamentatio Secunda, Lamtatio Tertia, Motet: In Monte Oliveti, Tract: Absolve, Domine, Introitus: Requiem Aeternam, Kyrie Eleison, Gradule: Si Ambulem, Offertoriu: Domine Jesu Christe, Sanctus, Agnus Dei , Communio: Lux Aeterna, Motet: Vide Homo
Review: It was in seeking to set to music the emotions they found in literary texts and poems - imitar le parole - that the madrigalists of the early sixteenth century rediscovered the poetry of Francesco Petrarca. The rich imagery of his language provided the springboard for Orlande de Lassus, in particular, to show his mastery over a period of nearly forty years as one of the greatest composers of madrigals.
Songlist: Solo e pensoso, S'una fede amorosa, Di pensier in pensier, Tutto'l di piango, Cantai, hor piango, Che fai, alma?, La ver' l'aurora, Mia benigna fortuna, Io son si stanco sotto, I'vo piangendo
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Song Name | Arranger | Composer | Artist | Item Title | Format | Trax | |
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Puer natus | Orlando Lassus | Oxford New College Choir | For Unto Us A Child Is Born | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Adoramus te, Christe | Orlando Lassus | John Rutter (Editor) | European Sacred Music | Songbook | MORE DETAILS | ||
Adoramus te, Christe | Orlando Lassus | Lionel Dakers / John Scott (Edited by) | Ash Wednesday to Easter for Choirs | Songbook | MORE DETAILS | ||
Agnus Dei | Orlando Lassus | Collegium Regale | Lassus | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Alma redemptoris mater | Orlando Lassus | Tallis Scholars | Essential Tallis Scholars | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Angus Dei | Orlando Lassus | Gloriae Dei Cantores | Masters of the Renaissance | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Aurora lucis rutilat | Orlando Lassus | Oxford New College Choir | Renaissance Masterpieces | 5 CDs | MORE DETAILS | ||
Ave regina caelorum | Orlando Lassus | Tallis Scholars | Essential Tallis Scholars | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Ave Verum | Orlando Lassus | Oxford New College Choir | Renaissance Masterpieces | 5 CDs | MORE DETAILS | ||
Ave verum Corpus | Orlando Lassus | John Rutter (Editor) | European Sacred Music | Songbook | MORE DETAILS | ||
Ave Verum Corpus | Orlando Lassus | Cambridge Singers | The Sacred Flame | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Benedictus | Orlando Lassus | Gloriae Dei Cantores | Masters of the Renaissance | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Bonjour Et Puis Quelles Nouvells? | Orlando Lassus | Ensemble Amarcord | Book of Madrigals | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Bonjour Mon Coeur | Orlando Lassus | Ensemble Amarcord | Book of Madrigals | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Bonjour mon coeur | Orlando Lassus | Clifford Bartlett | Madrigals and Partsongs | Songbook | MORE DETAILS | ||
Bonjour Mon coeur | Orlando Lassus | King's Singers | Greatest Hits | 2 CDs | MORE DETAILS | ||
Bonjour, Mon Couer | Orlando Lassus | Harvard Glee Club | The Archive Collection | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Cantai, hor piango | Orlando Lassus | Huelgas Ensemble | Lassus | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Cantai, or Piango | Orlando Lassus | Various Composers | Oxford Book of Italian Madrigals | Songbook | MORE DETAILS | ||
Che fai, alma? | Orlando Lassus | Huelgas Ensemble | Lassus | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Chi chi li chi | Orlando Lassus | Clifford Bartlett | Madrigals and Partsongs | Songbook | MORE DETAILS | ||
Communio: Lux Aeterna | Orlando Lassus | Collegium Regale | Lassus | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Credo | Orlando Lassus | Gloriae Dei Cantores | Masters of the Renaissance | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Cristus Resurgens Ex Motuis | Orlando Lassus | King's Singers | Greatest Hits | 2 CDs | MORE DETAILS | ||
Dessus le marche d'Arras | Orlando Lassus | King's Singers | Live at the BBC Proms | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Dessus le marche d'Arras | Orlando Lassus | King's Singers | Live at the BBC Proms | DVD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Di pensier in pensier | Orlando Lassus | Huelgas Ensemble | Lassus | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Domine convertere | Orlando Lassus | Oxford New College Choir | Renaissance Masterpieces | 5 CDs | MORE DETAILS | ||
Gloria | Orlando Lassus | Gloriae Dei Cantores | Masters of the Renaissance | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Gradule: Si Ambulem | Orlando Lassus | Collegium Regale | Lassus | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
I'vo piangendo | Orlando Lassus | Huelgas Ensemble | Lassus | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Improperium | Orlando Lassus | Gloriae Dei Cantores | Masters of the Renaissance | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Introitus: Requiem Aeternam | Orlando Lassus | Collegium Regale | Lassus | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Io son si stanco sotto | Orlando Lassus | Huelgas Ensemble | Lassus | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Jubilate Deo | Orlando Lassus | St. Olaf Choir | Repertoire for Mixed Voices Vol. II | 2 CDs | MORE DETAILS | ||
Justorum Animae | Orlando Lassus | Cambridge Singers | Lighten Our Darkness: Music for the Close of Day | 2 CDs | MORE DETAILS | ||
Justorum Animae | Orlando Lassus | Voices of Ascension | Beyond Chant: Mysteries of the Renaissance | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Justorum animae (The souls of reighteous men) | Orlando Lassus | Mason Martens (editor) | Laudate Dominum - Motets of the Renaissance | Songbook | MORE DETAILS | ||
Kyrie | Orlando Lassus | Gloriae Dei Cantores | Masters of the Renaissance | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Kyrie Eleison | Orlando Lassus | Collegium Regale | Lassus | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
La Nui Froide Et Sombre | Orlando Lassus | King's Singers | Greatest Hits | 2 CDs | MORE DETAILS | ||
La nuit froide et sombre | Orlando Lassus | Clifford Bartlett | Madrigals and Partsongs | Songbook | MORE DETAILS | ||
La ver' l'aurora | Orlando Lassus | Huelgas Ensemble | Lassus | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Lamentatio Prima | Orlando Lassus | Collegium Regale | Lassus | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Lamentatio Secunda | Orlando Lassus | Collegium Regale | Lassus | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Lamtatio Tertia | Orlando Lassus | Collegium Regale | Lassus | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Lauda mater ecclesia | Orlando Lassus | Oxford Camerata | Renaissance Masterpieces | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Matona, mia cara | Orlando Lassus | Clifford Bartlett | Madrigals and Partsongs | Songbook | MORE DETAILS | ||
Mia benigna fortuna | Orlando Lassus | Huelgas Ensemble | Lassus | 1 CD | MORE DETAILS | ||
Mia Benigna Fortuna | Orlando Lassus | Various Composers | Oxford Book of Italian Madrigals | Songbook | MORE DETAILS |
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