Lassus., Lotti, Biber and more

[Roehre]

We certainly heard some highly charged and affecting music, but apart from the first motet it was for Holy Week rather than Easter.

Lassus is a wonderful composer but so varied is his output that one programme can't begin to do it justice. I am longing to hear again the Lamentations of Job which I came across many years ago, but which seems to have disappeared from the consciousness of today's early music specialists. Does anyone know of any recordings?

It might be you find these CDs of Orlando di Lasso interesting, but no Job in sight I'm afraid

[ardcarp]

Yes, welcome back EMS, Skeaping and Bott. We missed you. Just LA-ed both programmes. If the Beeb decides on another saturation week (Heaven forbid) then they could do worse than the very prolific Lassus who was at home in the many and varied compositional styles of his day. The highlight of the Lassus programme was for me the contribution of The Huelgas Ensemble, especially I'vo piangendo a secular Petrarch setting with instruments, Just fabulous. Otherwise the programme had a disproportinately high percentage of choirs with counter-tenors on top. Not that I've anything against C-Ts (!) but the sound was a little unrelieved at times. But then it was Holy Week......

[DracoM]

Have a wonderful CD of the Huelgas Ensemble doing a number of 40 part motets including Tallis and Striggio.

[Roehre]

Have a wonderful CD of the Huelgas Ensemble doing a number of 40 part motets including Tallis and Striggio.

That's a great one.
But do you know this (cheaper here).
Wholeheartedly recommended.

[ardcarp]

Thanks, Roehre. That's another one on my present list (Christmas, that is.)

[Bryn]

Thanks, Roehre. That's another one on my present list (Christmas, that is.)

You can find it for less than £30 (new) via the amazon.co.uk marketplace, which is where I got it a couple of years ago. You won't regret it.

[Hmm. Actually a few pence over £30 including p&p.]