Livio Picotti, Capella Ducale Venetia - Orlando di Lasso: Lagrime di San Pietro (2003)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 290 Mb | Total time: 56:53 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 999 862-2 | Recorded: 2000
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 290 Mb | Total time: 56:53 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 999 862-2 | Recorded: 2000
Although there are several other recordings of this set of “religious madrigals” (as Orlando di Lasso himself called these settings of texts by the Italian poet Luigi Tansillo), this one seems to most satisfyingly capture both the abundantly rich sonorities and the ardent and surprisingly consoling mood of Lasso’s music. Although the text concerns the apostle Peter’s remorse after denying his Lord three times–drawing its cue from the Biblical passage “And Peter went out, and wept bitterly”–it’s presented as a rather complex drama that dwells not on specifics of events but more on the psychological aspects of Peter’s situation, as he realizes the full depth of his betrayal and the reach of his Master’s love.
