Villa-Lobos: Missa Sao Sebastiao and other sacred music
Hyperion - CDH 55470
Kompozytor
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Utwory na płycie:
- Villa-Lobos: Missa Sao Sebastiao - 1. Kyrie, 'Sebastian! The Virtuous'
- Villa-Lobos: Missa Sao Sebastiao - 2. Gloria, 'Sebastian! The Roman Soldier'
- Villa-Lobos: Missa Sao Sebastiao - 3. Credo, 'Sebastian! Defender of the Church'
- Villa-Lobos: Missa Sao Sebastiao - 4. Sanctus, 'Sebastian! The Martyr'
- Villa-Lobos: Missa Sao Sebastiao - 5. Benedictus, 'Sebastian! The Saint'
- Villa-Lobos: Missa Sao Sebastiao - 6. Agnus Dei, 'Sebastian! Protector of Brazil'
- Villa-Lobos: Bendita Sabedoria - 1. Sapientia foris praedicat
- Villa-Lobos: Bendita Sabedoria - 2. Vas pretiosum labia scientiae
- Villa-Lobos: Bendita Sabedoria - 3. Principium sapientiae
- Villa-Lobos: Bendita Sabedoria - 4. Vir sapiens
- Villa-Lobos: Bendita Sabedoria - 5. Beatus homo
- Villa-Lobos: Bendita Sabedoria - 6. Dexteram tuam
- Villa-Lobos: Praesepe
- Villa-Lobos: Cor dulce, cor amabile
- Villa-Lobos: Panis angelicus
- Villa-Lobos: Sub tuum praesidium
- Villa-Lobos: Ave Maria a 5
- Villa-Lobos: Ave Maria a 6
- Villa-Lobos: Pater noster
- Villa-Lobos: Magnificat-Alleluia
Sacred choral music by Brazil’s most famous composer, Heitor Villa-Lobos, performed by one of Hyperion’s best-loved recording groups.
These works were written as part of Villa-Lobos’s grand plan to revitalize music education in his native country. The human voice, an instrument acquired free of charge by every person in the nation, was seen by Villa-Lobos as the principal performing medium, particularly in massed choral form. Canto orfeônico (choral singing) became the order of the day. Among the performances Villa-Lobos directed was the Brazilian premiere of Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli. This led to him to write his own a cappella Mass, Missa Sao Sebastiao, St Sebastian being the patron saint of Rio de Janeiro, the major work on this album
In fact The Missa Sao Sebastiao had not been a sudden isolated instance of sacred composition from Villa-Lobos. From his earliest years as a serious composer he had written many motets. The Corydon Singers perform a rich selection of these.
‘The whole disc is a bright feather in the Corydon cap’
(Organists’ Review)
‘Une qualité d’interprétation en tous points remarquable …ceux qui aiment la musique chorale seront tout simplement comblés’
(Diapason, France)
dawniej CDA 66638; Recording details: January 1993; St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
These works were written as part of Villa-Lobos’s grand plan to revitalize music education in his native country. The human voice, an instrument acquired free of charge by every person in the nation, was seen by Villa-Lobos as the principal performing medium, particularly in massed choral form. Canto orfeônico (choral singing) became the order of the day. Among the performances Villa-Lobos directed was the Brazilian premiere of Palestrina’s Missa Papae Marcelli. This led to him to write his own a cappella Mass, Missa Sao Sebastiao, St Sebastian being the patron saint of Rio de Janeiro, the major work on this album
In fact The Missa Sao Sebastiao had not been a sudden isolated instance of sacred composition from Villa-Lobos. From his earliest years as a serious composer he had written many motets. The Corydon Singers perform a rich selection of these.
‘The whole disc is a bright feather in the Corydon cap’
(Organists’ Review)
‘Une qualité d’interprétation en tous points remarquable …ceux qui aiment la musique chorale seront tout simplement comblés’
(Diapason, France)
dawniej CDA 66638; Recording details: January 1993; St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom