Jordi Savall – Passion – Officivm Hebdomadæ Sanctæ (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Jordi Savall – Passion – Officivm Hebdomadæ Sanctæ (2021)
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Tom’as Luis de Victoria’s OFFICIUM HEBDOMADAE SANCTAE is one of the most compelling examples of creative genius in a composer, a toweringly poignant and masterpiece on the Passion of Christ, a pure but infinitely subtle creation, Ad majorem Dei gloriam.

More than 70 years ago, the sequences of Gregorian chant and polyphonic music such as that of Tom’as Luis de Victoria made a profound impression on Savall’s musical experience at that time from 1949 to 1953, when he was a chorister under the direction of Joan Just in the boys’ choir of the Piarist school at Igualada, Catalonia. To have been submerged in the beauty of that music during his childhood unquestionably made a lasting impact and shaped certain aspects of his education as a chorister, and particularly his musical sensibility. The memory of those spellbinding chants also had a decisive influence on his choice to study the cello a few years later, just before he turned 15, when he was spellbound one evening at a rehearsal of Mozart’s Requiem. It was after that evening of extraordinary intensity, and thanks to Joan Just, who conducted the choir of the Schola Cantorum in Igualada, that he fully realized the power of music and decided to become a musician.

To embark – well into the 21st century – on the performance of a great religious masterpiece composed more than 400 years ago for the celebration of the liturgical offices of its own very specific age poses a number of crucial questions and as many exceptional challenges. How are we to conceive a present-day interpretation of a composition so intimately associated with Christian worship in the Counter-Reformation, remaining faithful to the composer’s intention and the musical practice of his day, whilst at the same time ensuring that it conveys all the work’s beauty and spirituality without neglecting its liturgical purpose? What is the essential quality of a work of art which makes it possible for a piece of music composed in 1585 to continue to move and touch us deeply today? To what extent can the artistic dimension of that work of art exist independently of the liturgical context which inspired it? Can we today feel the full spiritual force and beauty of these Gregorian chants and ancient polyphonies completely independently of the liturgical purpose for which they were created? How can we, as musicians and singers of the 21st century, truly grasp the profound spiritual message and the artistic sense that Tom’as Luis de Victoria conveys in this colossal masterpiece?

Ultimately, the answers to all these questions are to be found in the music; in other words, in the last analysis, it is the essence of the music itself which provides the key to unlocking its mystery. We know that music admits no duplicity, least of all the music of Victoria, and that is why the utmost purity of commitment and sensibility are required of the performers: each voice, each instrument must own the profound meaning of each melody and modulation, sharing with the other voices the absolute need to find meaning and, above all, “grace.” As La Fontaine said, “Cette gr^ace plus belle que la beaut’e” (“That grace which is more beautiful than beauty itself”) because it directly touches our soul. So before all else, we must study the original document, since any transcription is in itself an interpretation. First of all, we had to study the original edition of the collection printed at Rome in 1585 under the title OFFICIUM HEBDOMADAE SANCTAE, and subsequently the corresponding Gregorian antiennes, especially in the case of the Passions, where Victoria composed only some of the verses (21 verses for the St. Matthew and 14 for the St. John), corresponding to the passages in which several characters intervene.

In contrast to other pieces from the Officium, such as Tantum ergo, Vexilla regis, written in the “moro hispano,” or Spanish style, in the two Passions Victoria uses the Gregorian chant customary in the Roman tradition. Savall and company, therefore, based their reconstruction of the Evangelist’s and Jesus’s Gregorian parts, corresponding to the two Passions according to St. Matthew and St. John included in the Officium, on Giovanne Domenico Guidetti (JOHANNE GVIDETTO BONONIENS in the printed edition) CANTUS ECCLESIASTICUS (brilliantly performed and sung by “cantor” and celebrant Andr’es Montilla-Acurero).

Tracklist:

01. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Dominica in ramis palmarum: Introductio. Unus ex discipulus (00:58)
02. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Dominica in ramis palmarum: Antiphona. Hosanna filio David (00:40)
03. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Dominica in ramis palmarum: Antiphona. Pueri Hebræorum (02:19)
04. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Dominica in ramis palmarum: Passio secundum Mathæum (17:52)
05. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Dominica in ramis palmarum: In elevatione Domini. O Domine Jesu Christe (02:23)
06. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: Ad matutinum. Introductio “Eram quasi agnus” (00:43)
07. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: In primo nocturno. Antiphon. Zelus domus tuæ. Versiculum “Avertantur retrorsum” (00:40)
08. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio prima “Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiæ Prophetæ” (00:36)
09. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio prima “Aleph. Quomodo sedet” (01:46)
10. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio prima “Beth. Plorans ploravit” (01:05)
11. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio prima “Jerusalem, convertere ad Dominum” (01:05)
12. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio secunda “Vau. Et egressus est” (02:52)
13. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio secunda “Zain” (00:08)
14. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio secunda “Antiphona. Recordata est Jerusalem” (00:43)
15. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio secunda (00:41)
16. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio secunda “Jerusalem, convertere ad Dominum” (01:13)
17. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio tertia “Introductio” (00:17)
18. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio tertia “Jod. Manum suam” (02:03)
19. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio tertia “Caph. Omnis populus” (01:45)
20. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio tertia “Jerusalem, convertere ad Dominum” (01:27)
21. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: In secundo notturno. Introductio “Tenebrae factae sunt” (00:32)
22. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: In secundo notturno. Versiculum “Deus meus eripe me” (00:22)
23. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: Sex tenebrae responsoria. Quartum Responsorium “Amicus meus” (02:40)
24. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: Sex tenebrae responsoria. Quintum Responsorium “Judas mercator pessimus” (02:11)
25. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: Sex tenebrae responsoria. Sextum Responsorium “Unus ex discipulis” (02:58)
26. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: In tertio notturno. Versiculum “Exsurge Domine” (00:16)
27. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: In tertio notturno. Septimum Responsorium “Eram quasi agnus” (03:06)
28. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: In tertio notturno. Octavum Responsorium “Una hora” (02:32)
29. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: In tertio notturno. Nonum Responsorium “Seniores populi” (04:23)
30. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: Ad laudes. Introductio “Amicus meus” (01:02)
31. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: Ad laudes. Canticum Zachariæ “Benedictus Dominus” (05:48)
32. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: Ad laudes. Psalmus 50 “Miserere mei” (08:22)
33. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria quinta in coena domini: In elevatione corporis christi. In Missa Tantum ergo. Hymnus “Pange Lingua” (03:40)
34. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: Ad matutinum. Introductio “Ecce quomodo” (01:06)
35. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: In primo nocturno. Antiphona “Astiterunt reges terrae” (00:22)
36. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio prima “Heth” (02:05)
37. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio prima “Jerusalem, convertere ad Dominum” (01:17)
38. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio secunda “Lamed. Matribus suis dixerunt” (01:13)
39. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio secunda “Mem. Cui comparabo te?” (02:14)
40. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio secunda “Jerusalem, convertere ad Dominum” (01:08)
41. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio tertia “Aleph. Ego vir videns” (01:18)
42. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio tertia “Aleph. Meminavit” (01:22)
43. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio tertia “Jerusalem, convertere ad Dominum” (01:22)
44. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: In secundo notturno. Introductio “Eram quasi agnus” (01:01)
45. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: In secundo notturno. Antiphona “Vim faciebant” (00:15)
46. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: In secundo notturno. Versiculum “Insurrexerunt in me” (00:17)
47. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: Sex tenebrae responsoria. Quartum Responsorium “Tanquam ad latronem” (03:15)
48. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: Sex tenebrae responsoria. Quintum Responsorium “Tenebrae factae sunt” (03:18)
49. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: Sex tenebrae responsoria. Sextum Responsorium “Animam meam dilectam” (06:14)
50. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: In tertio notturno. Versiculum “Locuti sunt adversum me lingua” (00:24)
51. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: In tertio notturno. Septimum Responsorium “Tradiderunt me” (02:28)
52. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: In tertio notturno. Octavum Responsorium “Jesum tradidit impius” (02:46)
53. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: In tertio notturno. Nonum Responsorium “Caligaverunt oculi mei” (04:29)
54. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: Ad laudes. Introductio “Tenebrae factae sunt” (00:30)
55. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: Ad laudes. Passio secundum “Joannem” (13:43)
56. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: In adoratione crucis. Introductio “Aleph” (00:28)
57. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: In adoratione crucis. Vere languores (03:17)
58. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: In adoratione crucis. Antiphona “Ecce lignum Crucis” (00:36)
59. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Feria sexta in passione Domini: Improperia. Popule meus (04:53)
60. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: Ad matutinum. Introductio “Heth” (00:24)
61. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: Ad matutinum. Antiphona & Versiculum “In pace et idipsum” (00:32)
62. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio prima “Heth. Misericordiæ Domini” (01:18)
63. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio prima “Teth. Bonum est viro” (01:17)
64. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio prima “Jerusalem, convertere ad Dominum” (01:27)
65. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio secunda “Beth” (00:23)
66. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio secunda: “Aleph. Quomodo obscuratum est” (01:31)
67. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio secunda “Beth. Filii Sion inclyti” (01:21)
68. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio secunda “Jerusalem, convertere ad Dominum” (01:52)
69. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio secunda “Versiculum. Tu exsurgens, Domine” (00:37)
70. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio tertia “Incipit oratio Jeremiæ” (00:21)
71. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio tertia “Recordare” (01:32)
72. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio tertia “Pupili facti sumus” (02:02)
73. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lectio tertia “Jerusalem, convertere ad Dominum” (02:36)
74. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: In secundo notturno. Introductio “Astiterunt” (00:58)
75. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: In secundo notturno. Antiphona “Elevamini portæ eternales” (00:19)
76. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: In secundo notturno. Versiculum “Tu autem, Domine” (00:18)
77. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: Sex tenebrae responsoria. Quartum Responsorium “Recessit pastor noster” (02:56)
78. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: Sex tenebrae responsoria. Quintum Responsorium “O vos omnes” (02:23)
79. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: Sex tenebrae responsoria. Sextum Responsorium “Ecce quomodo moritur” (04:01)
80. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: In tertio notturno. Antiphona “Deus adjuvat me” (00:14)
81. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: In tertio notturno. Versiculum “In pace factus est locus ejus” (00:17)
82. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: In tertio notturno. Septimum Responsorium “Astiterunt reges” (02:01)
83. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: In tertio notturno. Octavum Responsorium “Æstimatus sum” (02:06)
84. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: In tertio notturno. Nonum Responsorium “Sepulto Domino” (03:20)
85. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: Ad laudes. Introductio “Amicus meus” (01:01)
86. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: Ad laudes. Canticum Zachariæ “Benedictus Dominus” (05:48)
87. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: Ad laudes. Psalmus 50 “Miserere mei” (08:22)
88. Jordi Savall – Victoria: Sabbato sancto: Hymnus Vexilla regis more hispano (08:57)

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