Universal Spain have, over recent years, been releasing new recordings of works by the Spanish Renaissance composer Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611), who stands alongside Palestrina and Lassus as one of the greatest composers of his age.
The recordings were made by highly-regarded British Early Music group Ensemble Plus Ultra under Michael Noone (“a crack squad” –Early Music Today), who won critical acclaim for CDs of Morales and other Spanish composers on the Glossa label (“breathtakingly beautiful” – BBC Radio 3, CD Review).
Altogether, 10 CDs of Victoria’s works have been released (the final two as recently as May 2011). Now we have seized the opportunity, in the year when we commemorate the 400th anniversary of Victoria’s death (27 August), to bring all of these recordings together in a single box that forms a remarkable wide-ranging compendium of works mainly from the Madrid period of his life (1586–1611).
It is undoubtedly the largest collection available of Victoria’s music, with over 90 works on the 10 CDs, including three masses and six Magnificats never previously recorded – as well as many of the favourite motets and masses of the Victoria canon.
These recordings have never before been available outside Spain.
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Veni, Sancte Spiritus - Sequence a 8
Veni, Sancte Spiritus - Sequence a 8
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Missa Pro victoria a 9
Kyrie
Gloria
Credo
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Super Flumina Babylonis Psalm 136 a 8
Super Flumina Babylonis Psalm 136 a 8
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Missa Pro defunctis a 4
Introitus
Kyrie
Graduale
Offertorium
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
Communio
Libera me - Responsory
Peccantem me quotidie - Responsory
Credo quod redemptor - Responsory
Vere languores nostros - Motet a 4
Vere languores nostros - Motet a 4
Pueri Hebraeorum - Motet a 4
Pueri Hebraeorum - Motet a 4
Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae a 4
Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae a 4
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Vau. Et egressus est a 4
Vau. Et egressus est a 4
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Iod. Manum suam misit hostis a 5
Iod. Manum suam misit hostis a 5
O Domine Jesu Christe - Motet a 6
O Domine Jesu Christe - Motet a 6
Heth. Cogitavit Dominus a 4
Heth. Cogitavit Dominus a 4
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Lamed. Matribus suis dixerunt a 4
Lamed. Matribus suis dixerunt a 4
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Aleph. Ego vir videns a 5
Aleph. Ego vir videns a 5
O vos omnes - Motet a 4
O vos omnes - Motet a 4
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Heth. Misericordiae Domini a 4
Heth. Misericordiae Domini a 4
Aleph. Quomodo obscuratum a 4
Aleph. Quomodo obscuratum a 4
Incipit oratorio Jesemiae Prophetae a 6
Incipit oratorio Jesemiae Prophetae a 6
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Missa Gaudeamus a 6
Kyrie
Gloria
Credo
Sanctus
Benedictus
Agnus Dei
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Magnificat octavi ton a 4
Magnificat octavi ton a 4
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Vidi Aquam - Antiphon a 4
Vidi Aquam - Antiphon a 4
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Missa Ave Maris Stella a 4
Kyrie
Gloria
Credo
Sanctus
Benedictus
Agnus Dei
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Ave Maria - Motet a 8
Ave Maria - Motet a 8
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Vidi speciosam - Motet a 6
Vidi speciosam - Motet a 6
Gaude Maria Virgo - Motet a 5
Gaude Maria Virgo - Motet a 5
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Missa De Beata Maria Virgine a 5
Kyrie
Gloria
Credo
Sanctus
Benedictus
Agnus Dei
Quam pulchri sunt - Motet a 4
Quam pulchri sunt - Motet a 4
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Sancta Maria - Motet a 4
Sancta Maria - Motet a 4
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Trahe me post te - Motet a 6
Trahe me post te - Motet a 6
Magnificat primi toni a 4 (Antiphona: Virgo prudentissima)
Magnificat primi toni a 4 (Antiphona: Virgo prudentissima)
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Beata es - Motet a 6
Beata es - Motet a 6
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Magnificat Primi Toni
Magnificat Primi Toni
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Alma redemptoris
Alma redemptoris
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Kyrie
Kyrie
Gloria
Gloria
Credo
Credo
Sanctus
Sanctus
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Benedictus
Benedictus
Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Ut queant laxis
Ut queant laxis
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Magnificat quarti toni
Magnificat quarti toni
Vadam et circuibo (arr. Bovicelli)
Vadam et circuibo (arr. Bovicelli)
Pange lingua gloriosi 'more hispano' (con un verso para órgano por A. de Cabezón)
Pange lingua gloriosi 'more hispano' (con un verso para órgano por A. de Cabezón)
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Tu es Petrus
Tu es Petrus
Christe redemptor omnium
Christe redemptor omnium
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Doctor bonus
Doctor bonus
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Tibi Christe
Tibi Christe
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Descendit angelus
Descendit angelus
O doctor optime
O doctor optime
O quam gloriosum
O quam gloriosum
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Missa O quam: Kyrie
Missa O quam: Kyrie
Missa O quam: Gloria
Missa O quam: Gloria
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Missa O quam: Credo
Missa O quam: Credo
Missa O quam: Sanctus
Missa O quam: Sanctus
Missa O quam: Benedictus
Missa O quam: Benedictus
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Missa O quam: Agnus
Missa O quam: Agnus
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Lauda mater ecclesia
Lauda mater ecclesia
Tomas Luis de Victoria: O decus apostolicum
O decus apostolicum
Aurea luce et decore
Aurea luce et decore
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Liturgia de Pascua en el Madrid de los Austrias
Laetatus sum - Psalm 121 a 12
Laudate pueri Dominum (Antiphona: Alleluia)
Laudate pueri Dominum (Antiphona: Alleluia)
Magnificat sexti toni a 12 (Antiphona: Vespere autem Sabbati)
Magnificat sexti toni a 12 (Antiphona: Vespere autem Sabbati)
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Resurrexxi, et adhuc tecum sum - Domine, probasti me
Resurrexxi, et adhuc tecum sum - Domine, probasti me
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Missa Laetatus sum a 12
Kyrie
Gloria
Credo
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
Alleluia. Angelus Domini - plainchant
Alleluia. Angelus Domini - plainchant
Victimae paschali laudes - Sequence a 8
Victimae paschali laudes - Sequence a 8
Ad coenam Agni providi - Hymn a 4
Ad coenam Agni providi - Hymn a 4
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Ecce nunc benedicite Dominum (Antiphona. Miserere mihi, Domine)
Ecce nunc benedicite Dominum (Antiphona. Miserere mihi, Domine)
Regina caeli, laetare - Antiphon a 8
Regina caeli, laetare - Antiphon a 8
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Nigra sum sed formosa, I 136 - 6vv
Nigra sum sed formosa - Motet a 6
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Senex puerum portabat - Motet a 4
Senex puerum portabat - Motet a 4
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Salve Regina - Antiphon a 6
Salve Regina - Antiphon a 6
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Dixit Dominus Domino meo, VII 1 - 8vv
Dixit Dominus - Palsm 109[110] a 8
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Magnificat quinti toni a 6
Magnificat quinti toni a 6
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Laudate Dominum - Psalm 116 [117] a 8
Laudate Dominum - Psalm 116 [117] a 8
Ave regina caelorum, VI 1 - 8vv
Ave Regina caelorum - Antiphon a 8
Missa Ave Regina a 8
Kyrie
Gloria
Credo
Sanctus
Agnus Dei
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Date ei de fructu - Motet a 4
Date ei de fructu - Motet a 4
O sacrum convivium - Motet a 6
O sacrum convivium - Motet a 6
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Lauda Sion - Sequence a 8
Lauda Sion - Sequence a 8
Domine non sum dignus - Motet a 4
Domine non sum dignus - Motet a 4
Salve Regina - Antiphon a 8
Salve Regina - Antiphon a 8
Ave, maris stella - Hymn a 4
Ave, maris stella - Hymn a 4
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Ego sum panis vivus - Motet a 4
Ego sum panis vivus - Motet a 4
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Tantum ergo - Hymn a 5
Tantum ergo - Hymn a 5
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Missa Salve Regina a 8
Kyrie
Gloria
Credo
Sanctus, Benedictus
Agnus Dei
O sacrum convivum - Motet a 4
O sacrum convivum - Motet a 4
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Litaniae de Beata Virgine a 8
Litaniae de Beata Virgine a 8
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Surrexit pastor bonus, motete a 6 voces
Surrexit pastor bonus, motete a 6 voces
Tomas Luis de Victoria: O lux et decus Hispaniae, motete a 5 voces
O lux et decus Hispaniae, motete a 5 voces
O regem cœli, motete a 4 voces
O regem cœli, motete a 4 voces
Magi viderunt stellam, motete a 4 voces
Magi viderunt stellam, motete a 4 voces
Conditor alme siderum, himno a 4 voces
Conditor alme siderum, himno a 4 voces
Vadam et circuibo civitatem, motete a 6 voces
Vadam et circuibo civitatem, motete a 6 voces
Duo seraphim, motete a 4 voces
Duo seraphim, motete a 4 voces
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Veni creator spiritus, himno a 4 voces
Veni creator spiritus, himno a 4 voces
Tomas Luis de Victoria: O magnum mysterium, motete a 4 voces
O magnum mysterium, motete a 4 voces
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Ascendens Christus, motete a 5 voces
Ascendens Christus, motete a 5 voces
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes, motete a 5 voces
Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes, motete a 5 voces
Hostis Herodes, himno a 4 voces
Hostis Herodes, himno a 4 voces
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Quem vidistis, pastores
Quem vidistis, pastores, motete a 6 voces
Tomas Luis de Victoria: Ardens est cor meum, motete a 6 voces
Ardens est cor meum, motete a 6 voces
November 2011
“The 11 hours of music on offer represent both a sizeable portion and a representative sample of Victoria's output....the Missa Ave Maris Stella boasts a particularly fine reading - lucid and sure-footed, with none of the parts having to stray outside their registral comfort zones. Slightly later is the famous setting of O quam gloriousum, one of the clearerer instances of Noone's attempt to blow some cobwebs off the ethereal vision of the composer.”
Click on any of the works listed above for alternative recordings.
Veni, Sancte Spiritus - Sequence a 8
