Lassus: Lagrime Di San Pietro (the Tears Of St Pet

Label: Signum
Catalog: SIGCD339
Format: CD

Gallicantus, directed by Gabriel Crouch

Orlande de Lassus
Lagrime di San Pietro
The Tears of St Peter

Orlande de Lassus, Europe's most famous musician during his lifetime, created nothing finer than the Lagrime di San Pietro, a collection of twenty spiritual madrigals and one motet for seven voices; A cycle of intense reflections on the sorrows of St Peter following his denial of Christ, it was assembled shortly before the composer's death in 1594 and dedicated to Pope Clement VIII. Into this collection Lassus pours every dramatic nuance and piece of harmonic invention he could possibly muster, hurling the listener through the stages of Peter's rage, remorse and resignation, and concluding with a motet which presents Christ's response to the world.
Gallicantus (Latin for 'song of the rooster') add to their already impressive catalogue of works
on Signum with this new recording. Their previous release The Word Unspoken: Sacred Music by
William Byrd and Philippe de Monte was picked as one of the best discs 2012 by BBC Radio 3
CD Review.

Price: $25.98