Victoria: Requiem
Label: Hyperion Catalog: CDA30026 Format: CD Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611) plainsong Credo quod Redemptor meus / Taedet animam meam / plainsong Ego sum resurrectio – Benedictus Dominus, Deus Israel / Missa pro defunctis (Requiem) / Versa est in luctum / Libera me, Domine Requiem Officium Defunctorum, 1605 Glorious. A rich, luminous acoustic halo seems to surround the music as it soars ever upward. Under David Hill’s expert direction this choir has achieved a depth and body of tone totally appropriate to this fullblooded Iberian music THE GOOD CD GUIDE This goes to the head of the list of some fine versions of this Requiem FANFARE, USA GRAMOPHONE CRITICS’ CHOICE Price: $14.98 |