Credits:

Oleg Caetani

Description:

Orlandus Lassus (Orlando di Lasso), a representative of the Flemish school of late Renaissance music, was the most influential composer of the 16th century, an achievement whose influence is said to have extended well beyond the Baroque period. Lassus left behind all four Gospel responsories, of which the first published "Matthew Passion" is considered a great masterpiece. The story of the Passion of Jesus is sung by the evangelist, and the chorus responds to his words. This shows the popularity of the work at that time. Holten, who studies works from the Renaissance period, has also included several motets in "Matthew" to recreate worship scenes of the 16th century, in accordance with the conventions of that time. Naxos Japan

Tracklisting:

1.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi
2.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Ut quid perditio haec
3.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Quid vultis mihi dare
4.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Ubi vis paremus
5.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Numquid ego sum, Domine?
6.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Numquid ego sum rabbi?
7.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Expectans expectavi Dominum-Motet
8.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Et hymno dicto exierunt
9.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Et si omnes scandalizati fuerint
10.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Etiam si oportuerit me mori tecum
11.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Tristis est anima mea-Motet
12.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Et progressus pusillum procidit
13.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Qui vult venire post me-Motet
14.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Quemcumque osculatus
15.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Ave rabbi
16.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Animam meam dilectam tradidi-Motet
17.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday At illi tenentes Iesum
18.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Hic dixit possum destruere
19.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Nihil respondes ad ea
20.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Adiuro te per Deum
21.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Blasphemavit
22.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Reus est mortis
23.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Prophetiza nobis Christe
24.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Et tu cum Iesu Galilaeo eras
25.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Nescio quid dicis
26.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Et hic erat cum Iesu Nazareno
27.St Matthew Passion Maundy Thursday Vere et tu ex illis
28.Tre volte havev'a-Madrigal (from Lagrime di San Pietro, No.3)
29.St Matthew Passion Good Friday Mane autem facto consilium
30.St Matthew Passion Good Friday Quid ad nos tu videris?
31.St Matthew Passion Good Friday Non licet mittere eos
32.St Matthew Passion Good Friday Tu es rex Iudaeorum?
33.St Matthew Passion Good Friday Non audis quanta adversum
34.St Matthew Passion Good Friday Quem vultis dimittam vobis
35.St Matthew Passion Good Friday Nihil tibi et iusto illi