Officium Defunctorum
The Officium defunctorum is a musical setting of the Office of the Dead composed by Tomás Luis de Victoria in 1603 for the exequies of the Dowager Empress Maria of Austria. The work was published two years later in Madrid as a standalone, commemorative edition. The Officium defunctorum, Victoria's last known composition, is widely regarded as a masterpiece numbering among the greatest musical works of the Renaissance. Victoria had served as Maria's chaplain in the Convent of Las Descalzas Reales from 1587 until her death on 26 February 1603.
Movements
- Requiem Officium Defunctorem: Taedet animam meam
- Requiem Officium Defunctorem: Introitus: Requiem aeternam
- Requiem Officium Defunctorem: Kyrie
- Requiem Officium Defunctorem: Graduale: Requiem aeternam
- Requiem Officium Defunctorem: Offerorium: Domine Iesu Christe
- Requiem Officium Defunctorem: Sanctus & Benedictus: Requiem Officium Defunctorem: Sanctus
- Requiem Officium Defunctorem: Sanctus & Benedictus: Requiem Officium Defunctorem: Benedictus
- Requiem Officium Defunctorem: Agnus Dei
- Requiem Officium Defunctorem: Communio: Lux aeterna
- Requiem Officium Defunctorem: Motectum: Versa est in luctum
- Requiem Officium Defunctorem: Absolutio: Libera me, Domine
Recommended recordings
- The Tallis Scholars · Peter Phillips YouTubeSpotify (subscription)
- Gabrieli Consort · Paul McCreesh YouTubeSpotify (subscription)