Tomas Luis de Victoria – Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae (2005)

The liturgical offices for the Holy Week and Easter, as composed by Spanish Tomas Luis de Victoria when he spent a year in Rome. Lamentations and even Passions are included. A colossal work by one of the greatest polyphonists.

If we may believe the booklet, ten years of scholarly research preceded the recordings; issues like the amount of singers, the internal organisation of the works, and whether or not to use instruments had to be resolved in order to restore as much of the composer’s original intentions as possible.

Tracks:

Cd1
01. Dominica In Ramis Palmarum: Vexilia regis [0:08:45.55]
02. Antiphona: Hosanna filio David [0:00:42.08]
03. Pueri Hebraeorum [0:02:14.09]
04. Passio secundum Mattheum [0:18:00.64]
05. Elevatio: O domine Jesu Christe [0:02:36.34]
06. Feria Quinta. In Coena Domini: In Primo Nocturno - Antiphona: Zelus domu [0:01:13.24]
07. Versiculum: Avertantur retrorsum et erubescant [0:00:20.56]
08. Lectio prima: Incipit lamentatio [0:05:32.35]
09. Lectio secunda: Vau Et egressus est [0:05:08.33]
10. lectio tertia: Jod. Manum suam [0:06:03.38]
11. In Secondo Nocturno: Antiphona: Liberavit Dominus [0:01:08.37]
12. Versiculum: Deus meus eripe me [0:00:21.57]
13. Quartarum responsorium: Amicus meus [0:02:47.09]
14. Quintum responsorium: Judas mercator [0:02:09.48]
15. Sextum responsorium: Unus ex discipulis [0:03:02.58]
16. In Tertio Nocturno: Antiphona: Dixi iniquies [0:00:56.28]
17. Versiculum: Exxurge Domine [0:00:16.53]
18. Septimun responsorium: Eram quasi agnus [0:02:52.72]
19. Octavum responsorium: Una Hora [0:02:33.43]
20. Nonum responsorium: Seniores populi [0:04:15.04]
21. Ad Missam: Tantum ergo [0:03:24.10]

Cd2
01. Ad Matutinum - In Primo Nocturno : Antiphona: Astiterunt reges terrae [0:01:15.19]
02. Versiculum: Diviserunt sibi vestimenta mea [0:00:20.14]
03. Lectio prima: Heth. Cogitavit (4 v.) [0:04:17.53]
04. Lectio secunda: Lamed. Matribus suis (4 v.) [0:04:51.06]
05. Lectio tertia: Aleph. Ego vir (5 v.) [0:04:48.04]
06. In Secondo Nocturno : Antiphona: Vim faciebant [0:00:52.49]
07. Versiculum: Insurrexerunt in me testes iniqui [0:00:21.35]
08. Quartum responsorium: Tamquam ad latronem (4 v.) [0:03:24.52]
09. Quintum responsorium: Tenebrae factae sunt (4 v.) [0:03:13.68]
10. Sextum responsorium: Animam meam (4 v.) [0:06:26.58]
11. In Tertio Nocturno : Antiphona: Ab insurgentibus in me [0:01:14.03]
12. Versiculum: Locuti sunt adversum me lingua dolosa [0:00:28.38]
13. Septimum responsorium: Tradiderunt me (4 v.) [0:02:24.19]
14. Octavum responsorium: Jesum tradidit (4 v.) [0:02:35.74]
15. Nonum responsorium: Caligaverunt (4 v.) [0:04:55.52]
16. Ad Laudes - Antiphona: Posuerunt super caput eius. Canticum Zachariae: Benedictus (4 v.) [0:07:04.63]
17. Ad Solemni Actione Liturgica - Passio secundum Ioannem (4 v.) [0:14:29.12]
18. In Adoratione Crucis : Vere languores (4 v.) [0:03:25.64]
19. Improperia: Ecce lignum Crucis. Popule meus (4 v.) [0:08:00.54]

Cd3
01. Antiphona: In pace in idipsum [0:00:54.58]
02. Versiculum: In pace in idipsum [0:00:16.55]
03. Lectio prima: Heth. Misericordiae [0:05:10.24]
04. Lectio secunda: Aleph. Quomodo obscuratum [0:04:30.63]
05. Lectio tertia: Incipit oratio [0:05:52.71]
06. Antiphona: Elevamini portae aeternalis [0:01:09.35]
07. Versiculum: Tu autem Domini miserere mei [0:00:22.35]
08. Quartum responsorium: Recessit pastor noster [0:02:59.19]
09. Quintum responsorium: O vos omnes [0:02:15.37]
10. Sextum responsorium: Ecce quomodo [0:04:24.27]
11. Antiphona: Deus aduivat me [0:00:59.21]
12. Versiculum: In pace factus est locus eius [0:00:21.07]
13. Septimum responsorium: Astiterunt reges [0:02:09.24]
14. Octavum responsorium: Aestimatus sum [0:02:07.01]
15. Nonum responsorium: Sepulto Domino [0:03:48.30]
16. Antiphona: O mors, ero mors tua. Psalmus 50: Miserere [0:09:47.56]
17. Antiphona: Christus factus est pro nobis [0:02:12.52]

Performers:

La Colombina - Josep Cabre
Schola Antiqua – Juan Carlos Asensio