Lagrime di San Pietro [The Tears of St Peter]

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Lagrime di San Pietro [The Tears of St Peter]
Gallicantus, Gabriel Crouch (director)

[ Signum / CD ]

Release Date: Wednesday 2 October 2013

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Orlande de Lassus, Europe's most famous musician during his lifetime, created nothing finer than the 'Lagrime di San Pietro', a collection of 20 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 a critics' choice disc 2012 by BBC Radio 3 CD Review.

GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD NOMINATION 2014

"Crouch makes his singers follow the nuances most carefully, underlining words and phrases through dynamic shading and looking for the optimum transparency...This is a thoroughly compelling performance which has all the qualities necessary to make a lasting good impression." MusicWeb International, 13th November 2013

"The sound image is compelling on its own terms, with the homogeneity typical of ensembles with countertenors on the top lines. But it's a flexible interpretation nonetheless...an involving experience." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, December 2013

"It is nigh on impossible to put just how good this recording is into words, so I am going to stop trying, and just say this: this recording is something that absolutely must be experienced. You will not regret it at all." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month April 2014)

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