Ave verum corpus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, traditional
Lyrics
Ave Verum Corpus
Natum de Maria Virgine,
Vere passum, immolatum
In cruce pro homine
Cuius latus perforatum
Fluxit aqua et sanguine,
Esto nobis praegustatum
Mortis in examine.
Mortis in examine.
English translation
Hail, true Body, truly born
Of the Virgin Mary mild
Truly offered, wracked and torn,
On the Cross for all defiled
From Whose love-pierced, sacred side
Flowed Thy true Blood’s saving tide:
Be a foretaste sweet to me
In my death’s great agony.
Recording
a song from the Christmas albums „Vánoce ve zlaté Praze“ (Supraphon, 1969) and „Weihnachten in der goldenen Stadt“ (Polydor, 1969)
recorded in the Church of Our Lady Before Týn, Prague, October 1969
Prague Chamber Orchestra and Madrigalists Band
conductors – Robert Pronk, Rudolf Bohn
chorus – The Prague Madrigalists
time: 3:39
