Victoria reviews
The Call of Rome
The Sixteen/Harry Christophers (CORO)
Stile Antico performs Victoria
Victoria seems to have composed these works in Rome since they were published in 1585, two years before he returned to his native Spain. The texts come from services commemorating the dramatic events of Holy Week including that ‘dark’ (‘tenebrae’) period when Christ was ‘out of action’ between his crucifixion and his resurrection on Easter Sunday.
Amarae Morti: Lamentations and motets
El Léon de Oro/Peter Phillips (Hyperion)