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Officium pro omnibus fidelibus defunctis
Orlando Di Lasso

Capella Foccara

Officium pro omnibus fidelibus defunctis

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Format: CD
Label: Perfect Noise
UPC: 4260085534555
Catnr: PN 1503
Release date: 05 February 2016
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Label
Perfect Noise
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4260085534555
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PN 1503
Release date
05 February 2016
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About the album

In the manuscript Tonk. Schl. 23, a large choir book from the former Benedictine Abbey St. Ulrich und Afra in Augsburg which is currently housed at the Augsburger Staats- und Stadtbibliothek, musicologist Dr. Tobias Rimek discovered a previously unknown copy of Orlando di Lasso‘s Requiem for four voices [see: Musik in Bayern Bd. 74, 2009. The version found in the Augsburg choir book is not only the oldest, but most certainly the original version of the Requiem, including a setting of the sequence „Dies irae“, which is missing in all of the later transmissions. The original version from Augsburg is a perfect fifth lower than later printed editions of the composition, which puts all four voices of the ensemble into an extremely low register, requiring the following vocal ranges: tenor, baritone, bass und basso profondo. In our rendition (edition: Tobias Rimek) the voices are reinforced with instruments playing colla parte, consistent with performance practice of the period: three sackbuts, bass dulcian and organ magnify the solemn gravity of the composition. Ensemble Capella Foccara, made up of internationally renowned musicians devoted to historically informed performance practice, focusses on lesser-known music from the 16th
to the 18th century, performing primarily works from the regions of Bavaria and Swabia, and from the imperial center Augsburg.
The point of departure for this CD was a convention of the Association for Augsburger Diocesan History, the occasion being the five-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Prince-Bishop Cardinal Otto Truchseß von Waldburg in the preceding year. In order to add an appropriate air of splendour to this commemoration of such an illustrious personality, we reinforced Orlando di Lasso‘s Requiem, originally for four voices, with three sackbuts, bass dulcian and organ. In this magnificent constellation the Augsburg version of the Requiem was recreated on November 21, 2014.

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Capella Foccara (vocals)

Ensemble Capella Foccara, made up of internationally renowned musicians devoted to historically informed performance practice, focusses on lesser-known music from the 16th to the 18th century, performing primarily works from the regions of Bavaria and Swabia, and from the imperial center Augsburg. Gerhard Hölzle, Tenor Felix Rumpf, Bariton Hans Ganser, Bass Burkhard Kosche, Basso profondo Matthias Sprinz, Alt Renaissanceposaune Cas Gevers, Tenor Renaissanceposaune Ralf Müller, Bass Renaissanceposaune Angelika Radowitz, Bassdulzian Michael Ebert, Orgel  
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Ensemble Capella Foccara, made up of internationally renowned musicians devoted to historically informed performance practice, focusses on lesser-known music from the 16th to the 18th century, performing primarily works from the regions of Bavaria and Swabia, and from the imperial center Augsburg.
Gerhard Hölzle, Tenor Felix Rumpf, Bariton Hans Ganser, Bass Burkhard Kosche, Basso profondo Matthias Sprinz, Alt Renaissanceposaune Cas Gevers, Tenor Renaissanceposaune Ralf Müller, Bass Renaissanceposaune Angelika Radowitz, Bassdulzian Michael Ebert, Orgel
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Orlando Di Lasso

Orlando di Lasso was a jack of all trades in the late Renaissance, and a very prolific one. He composed motets, missas, lamentations, hymns, madrigals, chansons, german lieder, and many more. Moreover, he was already talented at a very young age. At the age of 12, he was sent from Belgium to Italy to start his musical career. Almost 15 years later, he traveled around Europe before settling in Munich, where he stayed for almost 40 years until his death. His enormous talent and work ethic ensured he quickly grew to fame, both in and outside of Germany - he even received the nickname 'le divin Orlande' (the divine Orlando). His social status increased fast as well, both with kings...
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Orlando di Lasso was a jack of all trades in the late Renaissance, and a very prolific one. He composed motets, missas, lamentations, hymns, madrigals, chansons, german lieder, and many more. Moreover, he was already talented at a very young age. At the age of 12, he was sent from Belgium to Italy to start his musical career. Almost 15 years later, he traveled around Europe before settling in Munich, where he stayed for almost 40 years until his death. His enormous talent and work ethic ensured he quickly grew to fame, both in and outside of Germany - he even received the nickname 'le divin Orlande' (the divine Orlando). His social status increased fast as well, both with kings and emperors as with the pope, who had appointed him as knight. In his music, Lassus was exceedingly versatile, both in his genres and in his compositional style. From his early, playful madrigals to his impressive Lagrime di San Pietro (written shortly before his death) and his sacred works: he was always in his element. It's no wonder that today he is considered as the one of the greatest composers of his age.
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