Roland de Lassus: Requiem
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ROLAND DE LASSUS
Roland de Lassus: Requiem
Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
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Release Date: Friday 4 September 2026
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Roland de Lassus composed more than eighty masses, of which only two are Requiems; it is not possible to link them to the funerals of any particular individuals.
The four-part Missa pro defunctis was published in Paris in 1577. The library of an abbey in Augsburg, however, contains a transposed manuscript copy intended for an ensemble of male voices (tenors, baritones and basses); what is more, this manuscript copy includes a Dies Irae that does not appear in the Paris edition. The five-part Requiem was published in 1589, five years before Lassus's death. Here, Vox Luminis presents both compositions, highlighting the contrasting colours of the two vocal ensembles: the gravity of the four-part Requiem against the light of the five-part setting.
Tracks:
Missa pro defunctis quinque vocum, LV 963: Introitus: Requiem aeternam
Missa pro defunctis quinque vocum, LV 963: Kyrie eleison
Missa pro defunctis quinque vocum, LV 963: Tractus: Absolve Domine
Missa pro defunctis quinque vocum, LV 963: Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe
Missa pro defunctis quinque vocum, LV 963: Sanctus
Missa pro defunctis quinque vocum, LV 963: Agnus Dei
Missa pro defunctis quinque vocum, LV 963: Communio: Lux aeterna luceat eis Domine
Officium pro omnibus fidelibus defunctis [quatuor vocum], LV 624: Introitus: Requiem aeternam
Officium pro omnibus fidelibus defunctis [quatuor vocum], LV 624: Kyrie eleison
Officium pro omnibus fidelibus defunctis [quatuor vocum], LV 624: Graduale: Si ambulem in medio umbrae
Officium pro omnibus fidelibus defunctis [quatuor vocum], LV 624: Sequenz: Dies irae, dies illa
Officium pro omnibus fidelibus defunctis [quatuor vocum], LV 624: Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe
Officium pro omnibus fidelibus defunctis [quatuor vocum], LV 624: Sanctus
Officium pro omnibus fidelibus defunctis [quatuor vocum], LV 624: Agnus Dei
Officium pro omnibus fidelibus defunctis [quatuor vocum], LV 624: Communio: Lux aeterna luceat eis Domine
