Prophetiae Sibyllarum (Lassus)
from Lassus: Prophetiae Sibyllarum & Missa Amor ecco colei (CDA67887)
1 Prologue [1'28]
2 Sibylla Persica [2'36]
3 Sibylla Libyca [2'54]
4 Sibylla Delphica [2'24]
5 Sibylla Cimmeria [2'22]
6 Sibylla Samia [1'58]
7 Sibylla Cumana [2'25]
8 Sibylla Hellespontica [2'11]
9 Sibylla Phrygia [2'01]
10 Sibylla Europaea [1'57]
11 Sibylla Tiburtina [2'07]
12 Sibylla Erythraea [2'05]
13 Sibylla Agrippa [2'40]
29 minutes 8 seconds 13 tracks
‘The Brabant Ensemble's singers sound thoroughly engaged in their tribute to Lassus, with a rich tone-spectrum allowing for maximum appreciation of his fluid, elegant polyphony’ (Choir & Organ)
‘They certainly are astonishing in their harmonic daring, moving from C major via G major and B major to C sharp minor in the bat of an eyelid, and are wonderfully captured here by the suavely assured ...
‘The performances throughout are wonderfully persuasive, with nothing arch or affected in the way in which the texts are presented; expressively, music that is as highly wrought as any of its time is ...