Lasso: Officium in Nativitate Domini

Officium in Nativitate Domini
Lasso: Lectiones matutinae de nativitas Christi / Responsoria in Nativitate Domini
Corvina Consort - Zoltán Kalmanovits
Mæter Records 002

Contents:

  1. Chant: Deus in adjutorium (invocatio)
  2. Chant: Christus natus est nobis (invitatorium)
  3. Lassus: Christe redemptor (hymnus)
  4. Chant / Lassus: Dominus dixit ad me (antiphona, Psalm 2)
  5. Chant / Lassus: Tamquam sponsus (antiphona, Psalm 18)
  6. Chant / Lassus: Diffusa est gratia (antiphona, Psalm 44)
  7. Chant: Tamquam sponsus (versiculus)
  8. Chant: Exaudi Domine (absolutio)
  9. Lassus: Primo tempore (lectio)
  10. Lassus: Hodie nobis caelorum (responsorium)
  11. Lassus: Consolamini (lectio)
  12. Lassus: Hodie nobis de caelo (responsorium)
  13. Lassus: Consurge (lectio)
  14. Lassus: Quem vidistis, pastores (responsorium)
  15. Chant: Liber generationis (genealogia)
  16. Lassus: Te Deum
  17. Chant: Concede (oratio)
  18. Chant: Benedicamus Domino
  19. Lassus: Verbum caro (motetta)

Performers: Judit Andrejszki (soprano), Katinka Kemény (soprano), Ágnes Pintér (soprano), Balázs Draskóczy (tenor), Károly Pászti (tenor), Zoltán Kalmanovits (baritone), András Demjén (bass)

Playing time: 78'

Recording date: September 2000 (Budapest)

This is a recording of Lassus' Lectiones matutinae de nativitas Christi (1573-75) and Responsoria in Nativitate Domini (1585-1590), set in their liturgical context as the first nocturn for Christmas matins.

This recording, although on a new label, is clearly a second volume to this ensemble's Lassus project beginning with the Lessons on Job.

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Todd M. McComb