Orlando di Lasso Music critic Tom Manoff reviews Lassus, the new recording from the Hilliard Ensemble, featuring music of 16th Century composer Orlando di Lasso. His music represents the appropriation of ancient pagan culture by Mediterranean Christianity. We hear the Hilliard Ensemble sing "Prohetiae Sibyllarum."

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Orlando di Lasso

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February 16, 199912:00 AM ET

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Music critic Tom Manoff reviews Lassus, the new recording from the Hilliard Ensemble, featuring music of 16th Century composer Orlando di Lasso. His music represents the appropriation of ancient pagan culture by Mediterranean Christianity. We hear the Hilliard Ensemble sing "Prohetiae Sibyllarum."

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Album: Lassus: Prophetiae Sibyllarum; Missa Pro Defunctis
Artist: Hilliard Ensemble
Label: ECM
Released: 1998

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