Lassus – Alto CD https://altocd.com Classical Music and Nostalgia CDs Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:37:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Lassus: Requiem / Music for Easter Sunday https://altocd.com/product/lassus-requiem-music-for-easter-sunday/ https://altocd.com/product/lassus-requiem-music-for-easter-sunday/#respond Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:37:19 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51020 Lassus: Requiem / Music for Easter Sunday Bruno Turner / Mark Brown / Pro Cantione Antiqua Catalog Number: ALC 1124 Number of Discs: 1]]> 3 Stars! “Includ[es] the glorious Aurora lucis rutilat for two 5-part choirs, and the Magnificat, based on the motet, plus Mark Brown’s fine performance of the 4-part Requiem.”
— Penguin Guide“Extraordinary range of musical effects… from pure homophony, sometimes spiced with plangent dissonance, to counterpoint of some complexity. … The four voices blend well and produce a rich and vibrant tone. Speeds [are] well chosen, stately and consistent, a
nd this combined with small voices allows the detail of the music to be heard with admirable clarity. … Each singer, and how expert they are, [are] firmly positioned and spaced between the loudspeakers.”
— Gramophone

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