Victoria: Requiem Aeternam
Victoria's glorious Requiem Mass, performed by The Ebor Singers Victoria's Requiem was written in the last years of the composer's life and is widely acknowledged as his masterpiece. Its companion piece here is his mass for All Saints, the Missa O quam gloriosum, its ebullience a balance for the expressive Mass for the Dead.
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The incomparable Requiem, representing the Iberian Renaissance in full flower, sounds sumptuous. A triumphant achievement. (Yorkshire Post)
The quality, range of expression and mood of singing is first rate. (The Organist)
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Independent record producers Boreas Music, based in York, have come up trumps with a fine recording of choral music by Thomas Luis de Victoria. The quality, range of expression and mood of the singing is first rate, and can compete with any of the Oxbridge and London professional early music choirs. The Organist.
The incomparable Requiem, representing the Iberian Renaissance in full flower, sounds sumptuous. A triumphant achievement, for York's label, Boreas. York Evening Press
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