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Tomás Luis de Victoria was born in 1548 in Avila, the birthplace of St Teresa. Just as she seems to personify the religious ethos of sixteenth-century Spain (the good side of it, at least), so Victoria came to embody the best of the Spanish character in music. As a youth he learnt his art as a chorister at the Cathedral of Avila. So promising was he that he was sent to Rome at seventeen years of age, patronised by Philip II and by the Church, to study at the Jesuits’ Collegium Germanicum…

En las paginas de este libro, el pastor Harold Caballeros comparte sus experiencias e investigaciones sobre las maneras en que la iglesia en Guatemala esta obteniendo la victoria en la guerra espiritual que enfrenta. Conoce los relatos de soldados de Dios que han vencido y ahora pueden transformar la vida de futuras generaciones con sus testimonios.

The Norwegian six-member a cappella group, Nordic Voices here presents the extraordinary polyphonic music of Tomas Luis de Victoria, a Spanish composer whose music has continued to move people for more than 400 years, crossing geographical, cultural, and even religious barriers. This surround-sound recording comes ten years after a "warm, consistent and moving" (BBC Music) album of Lamentations, which featured pieces by sixteenth-century composers, including Four Lessons by Victoria.

La psychothérapeute Sofia Zetterlund suit deux patients particulièrement difficiles : Samuel Bai, un ancien enfant-soldat de la Sierra Leone et Victoria Bergman, une femme profondément meurtrie par un violent traumatisme d'enfance. Tous deux présentent des signes de personnalités multiples. Un jeune garçon est retrouvé mort derrière des buissons, près d'une bouche de métro, le corps momifié et sauvagement mutilé. Pour l'inspecteur Jeanette Kihlberg, l'enquête s'annonce compliquée : il est d'origine étrangère et personne ne semble se préoccuper de sa disparition. Bientôt une nouvelle victime impose l'horrible évidence d'une série…

A well-packed disc, for those who love a good long play. But, more to the point, the singing and recording are outstanding. And what music is here enshrined! … readers may be a little weary of praises for The Tallis Scholars. There is no other course. This is surely one of the supreme choirs of the world. Peter Phillips, whose notes are revelatory reading, has reached the heart of this sublime music.

Like David Hill, Jeremy Summerly moves the music of each Mass on fairly briskly until the Sanctus and Agnus Dei, when a poignant contrast. The two motets on which the Masses are based are sung as postludes, and very beautiful they are, especially the idyllic O magnum mysterium. Finally, the short Verse est in Luctum (a setting of a section of the Requim Mass) by Alonso Lôbo, a Spanish contemporary, ends the concert serenely. The recording is excellent and this is a fine bargain.