Catalogue
HAVPCD155 – Music from Renaissance Portugal
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| Disk Title | Music from Renaissance Portugal |
| Polyphony from the Royal Monastery of Santa Cruz, Coimbra | |
| Choir | Cambridge Taverner Choir |
| Conductor | Owen Rees |
| Location | Charterhouse Chapel, Surrey |
| Date Recorded | October 1992 |
| Audio Tracks | 18 |
| Trk. | Title | Audio Sample |
| 2 | Introit: Missa pro defunctis |
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| 5 | Gradual: Missa pro defunctis |
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| 14 | Ave Regina cæorum |
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| 17 | Stabat Mater |
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The city of Coimbra in northern Portugal was for several periods in early history of the country both its capital and the seat of its medieval university. The old city is set impressively on the slopes of a hill overlooking the river Mondego, with the buildings of the university dominating the town. During the sixteenth century, thanks largely to the efforts of King Joaõ III, Coimbra became the greatest educational centre – and one of the foremost cultural centres – in Portugal. The second most powerful institution in the cultural life of town was the Augustinian monastery of Santa Cruz, which, since its foundation in 1131, enjoyed the protection of royalty.
| Trk. | Duration | Track Title | Composer |
| 1 | 01:43 | De profundis | Pedro de Cristo |
| 2 | 04:57 | Introit: Missa pro defunctis | Duarte Lobo |
| 3 | 01:55 | Kyrie: Missa pro defunctis | Duarte Lobo |
| 4 | 04:56 | Lachrimans sitivit anima mea | Pedro de Cristo |
| 5 | 03:26 | Gradual: Missa pro defunctis | Duarte Lobo |
| 6 | 05:41 | Si pie Domine | Anonymous |
| 7 | 03:08 | Offertory: Missa pro defunctis | Duarte Lobo |
| 8 | 02:17 | Inter vestibulum | Pedro de Cristo |
| 9 | 02:43 | Sanctus and Benedictus: Missa pro defunctis | Duarte Lobo |
| 10 | 02:10 | Agnus Dei: Missa pro defunctis | Duarte Lobo |
| 11 | 02:31 | Communion: Missa pro defunctis | Duarte Lobo |
| 12 | 08:34 | Libera me Domine | Aires Fernandez |
| 13 | 07:30 | Magnificat (Eighth tone) | Pedro de Cristo |
| 14 | 02:40 | Ave Regina cæorum | Pedro de Cristo |
| 15 | 03:27 | Alma redemptoris mater | Aires Fernandez |
| 16 | 03:01 | Ave Maria | Pedro de Cristo |
| 17 | 03:06 | Stabat Mater | António Carreira |
| 18 | 03:20 | Sanctissimi quinque martires | Pedro de Cristo |
The recording is in no sense a liturgical reconstruction; rather, the programme falls into two principal parts, in the first of which the sections of Lobo’s Missa pro defunctis are used as a frame for works from Santa Cruz. The second part concentrates principally on marian works in the Santa Cruz manuscripts.
