The Polyphonists O magnum mysterium ( Tomás Luis de Victoria)

Brimming with wonder, reverence, and celebration, Victoria s setting of the Christmas text O Magnum Mysterium is one of the most wellknown pieces of Renaissance polyphony. Translation: O great mystery, and wonderful sacrament, that animals should see the newborn Lord, lying in a manger Blessed is the virgin whose womb was worthy to bear the Lord, Jesus Christ. Alleluia