Orlande de Lassus (also Roland de Lassus, Orlando di Lasso, Orlandus Lassus, Orlande de Lattre or Roland de Lattre; 1532, possibly 1530 – 14 June 1594) was a composer of the late Renaissance, chief representative of the mature polyphonic style of the Franco-Flemish school, and considered to be one of the three most famous and influential musicians in Europe at the end of the 16th century (the other two being Palestrina and Victoria).
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Orlande de Lassus' Psalmi Davidis Poenitentiales (Penitential Psalms of David) is the Renaissance master's setting of seven Davidic psalms -- 6, 31, 37, 50, 101, 129, and 142 -- sometimes referred to as the "psalms of confession." As the result of a proclamation of Pope Innocent III, who died in 1216, these particular psalms are read during Lent, so their liturgical application is obvious. Yet that does not mean that Lassus' 1584 publication of these pieces represented the most commercial venture he could have undertaken, indeed, closer to their 1559 date of composition, Lassus' employer Duke Albrecht V of Munich had them copied out into a giant and expensive manuscript, illustrated by court painter Hans Mielich, in a volume of priceless value today. Rather than functioning as mere music written for a liturgical occasion, Psalmi Davidis Poenitentiales is high-art music, and each psalm setting represents a vocal work of symphonic scope -- the setting of Psalm 50, Domine, exaudi orationem meam, runs nearly 30 minutes alone. Such long-haul expansiveness can prove exhausting to singers.
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Performed by The Hilliard Ensemble. Recorded: 1985-07-01 at Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge.
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