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From the Vaults of Westminster Cathedral | Hyperion CDA67707

From the Vaults of Westminster Cathedral

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Label: Hyperion

Cat No: CDA67707

Barcode: 0034571177076

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 28th September 2009

Contents

Artists

Matthew Martin (organ accompaniment)
Martin Baker (organ improvisations)
Choir of Westminster Cathedral

Conductor

Martin Baker

Artists

Matthew Martin (organ accompaniment)
Martin Baker (organ improvisations)
Choir of Westminster Cathedral

Conductor

Martin Baker

About

A procession of chant & polyphony from Advent to Christmas, and the Epiphany and Presentation of our Lord.

A century ago, Richard Runciman Terry re-introduced the wonders of the Renaissance into liturgical polyphony and placed Westminster Cathedral Choir at the pinnacle of the art. Terry was a musical pioneer whose work as Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral between 1902 and 1924 is legendary. The musical roadmap that Richard Terry charted for London’s new Roman Catholic cathedral remains largely unrevised today.

Plainchant and Renaissance polyphony are the bedrock of Westminster Cathedral’s sung liturgy - early music is the root from which the cathedral’s musical endeavours have branched for over a century. Also, from Westminster Cathedral’s earliest years, alongside the fascination with early vocal repertory, composers have been commissioned to contribute to the canon; when they have done so the choir’s antique musical diet has frequently been at the forefront of those composers’ imagination.

This disc is a homage to Terry’s work: a procession through a particularly rich section of the church’s year which perfectly illustrates the changing glories of the liturgy.

Contents:
Advent
1. Plainsong: Rorate caeli
2. Tomas Luis de Victoria: Descendit Angelus Domini
Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Advent
3. William Byrd: Rorate caeli
4. Plainsong: Kyrie Mass X ‘Alme Pater’
5. Plainsong: Gloria
6. William Byrd: Tollite portas – Ave Maria
7. Plainsong: Sanctus & Benedictus
8. Plainsong: Agnus Dei
9. William Byrd: Ecce virgo concipiet

Christmas
10. Plainsong: Psalm 2
11. Matthew Martin: Adam lay ybounden
12. George Malcolm: Kyrie Missa Ad praesepe
13. George Malcolm: Gloria with improvised Organ Strepitus
14. Plainsong: Alleluia. Dominus dixit
15. Plainsong: Sanctus & Benedictus Mass IX ‘Cum iubilo’
16. George Malcolm: Agnus Dei

Epiphany & Presentation
17. Plainsong: Ecce advenit
18. Claudio Monteverdi: Gloria Messa a 4 da cappella
19. Plainsong: Alleluia. Vidimus stellam
20. Claudio Monteverdi: Sanctus & Benedictus
21. Orlandus Lassus: Omnes de Saba
22. Claudio Monteverdi: Agnus Dei
23. Maurice Bevan: Magnificat Alternatim With Mode 8 Chant and improvised Organ Versets
24. Charles Wood: Nunc dimittis in B flat
25. Organ Improvisation: Marche des Rois mages

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