In this richly varied Passiontide sequence, polyphonic settings of the great texts of Holy Week are interwoven with a plainchant rendition of the mournful Stabat Mater: the traditional medieval poem meditating on the death of Jesus and the grief of his mother.
ANONYMOUS · Stabat Mater dolorosa (0'41) TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA [1548-1611] · O vos omnes (4'15) ROLAND DE LASSUS [1530-1594] · Tristis et anima mea (3'54) ANONYMOUS · O quam tristis et afflicta (0'37) THOMAS TALLIS [c.1505-1585] · In ieunio et fletu (4'00) JOHN STAINER [1840-1901] · God so loved the world (3'35) ANONYMOUS · Quis est homo qui non fleret (0'37) CARLO GESUALDO [1561-1613] · Caligaverunt oculi mei (6'26) GRAHAM ROSS [1985-] · Ut tecum lugeam (2'56) ANONYMOUS · Pro peccatis suae gentis (0'41) JOHN SANDERS · The Reproaches (10'43) ANONYMOUS · Eia, Mater, fons amoris (0'35) ANTONIO LOTTI · Crucifixus a 8 (2'57) ANONYMOUS · Sancta Mater, istud agas (0'38) JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH [1685-1750] · Er nahm alles wohl in acht (1'05) WILLIAM BYRD [1543-1623] · Ave verum corpus (4'13) ANONYMOUS · Fac me tecum pie flere (0'38) THOMAS TALLIS [c.1505-1585] · Salvator mundi I (2'03) ANTON BRUCKNER [1824-1896] · Christus factus est (4'58) ANONYMOUS · Virgo virginum praeclara (0'39) WILLIAM BYRD [1543-1623] · Ne irascaris/Civitas sancti tui (9'03) ANONYMOUS · Fac me plagis vulnerari (0'35) GRAHAM ROSS [1985-] · Precor te, Domine (7'47) ANONYMOUS · Christe, cum sit hinc exire (0'46) MAURICE DURUFLÉ · Ubi caritas (2'22)
