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The office of Tenebrae, from the liturgy of Holy Week, has always fascinated the public and offered fertile ground for composers to exercise their gifts. Such was the case for Victoria, whose exclusively sacred output, nourished by the multiple influences of his years in Rome, offers pride of place to his Tenebrae settings. These Responsories display unparalleled expressive power and amply justify his reputation as the greatest polyphonist of the Spanish Renaissance.
Dans la liturgie de la Semaine sainte, l’Office de Ténèbres a toujours exercé une fascination sur le public mais surtout permis aux compositeurs d’exercer leur talent. C’est le cas de Victoria dont l’œuvre exclusivement religieux, nourri des multiples influences de la période romaine, a su porter haut le genre : ces Répons témoignent d’une expressivité inouïe et justifient la réputation de celui qui demeure le plus grand polyphoniste de la Renaissance espagnole.
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