Miserere - A sequence of music for Lent, St. Joseph and the Annunciation / Westminster Cathedral Choir

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Album Summary

Performers

• Peter Stevens (Organ)
• William Gaunt (Bass)

Conductor

• Baker, Martin

Ensemble

• Westminster Cathedral Choir

Composers

• William Byrd (Composer) (1543 - 1623)
• David Bevan
• Francisco Guerrero (Renaissance) (1528 - 1599)
• Gregorian Chant
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 - 1594)
• Colin Mawby (1936 - )
• Thomas Tallis (Composer) (circa 1505 - 1585)
• George Malcolm (1917 - 1997)
• Giovanni Croce (1559 - 1609)
• Robert Parsons (16th cent. Composer) (circa 1535 - 1570)
• Plainchant

Notes & Reviews:

This recording from the Westminster Cathedral Choir demonstrates the splendors of the liturgy in the simultaneously solemn and joyful period of Lent. On Miserere, masterworks from the Renaissance - familiar from Westminster Cathedral Choir's previous award-winning recordings - alternate with works by former organists of the cathedral (all themselves masters of liturgical composition) and all are linked by the plainchant that is at the spiritual heart of this music. Hearing music like this in context - recorded in the unique acoustic of the cathedral - perfectly replicates the live experience for the listener.

BBC Music Magazine, April 2013
This is a disc for those who love the acoustic, the atmosphere and the musical traditions of the Roman Catholic Cathedral in London...This is a large choir, very good at big effects. The pacing and cohesion in the Agnus Dei of Palestrina's Missa Emendemus in Melius is accomplished and moving.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-).

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Works Details

Chant, Gregorian : Attende Domine

• Performer: Peter Stevens (Organ)
• Conductor: Martin Baker
• Ensemble: Westminster Cathedral Choir
• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Choral

Malcolm, George : Miserere mei, Deus, for chorus

• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Running Time: 8 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Byrd, William : Emendemus in melius, motet for 5 voices (SATTB)

• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Running Time: 4 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Palestrina, Giovanni : Missa Emendemus in melius :: Kyrie

• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1594

Palestrina, Giovanni : Missa Emendemus in melius :: Agnus Dei

• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Running Time: 5 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1594

Malcolm, George : Scapulis suis, for chorus

• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Chant, Gregorian : Audi, benigne Conditor, hymn, Mode 2

• Performer: Peter Stevens (Organ)
• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Choral

Croce, Giovanni : In spiritu humilitatis

• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Running Time: 5 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Chant, Gregorian : Evigila super nos

• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)

Bevan, David : Magnificat, for chorus

• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Running Time: 4 min. 45 sec.
• Form: Choral

Chant, Gregorian : Evigila super nos

• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)

Mawby, Colin : Iustus ut palma, for chorus & organ

• Performers: William Gaunt (Bass); Peter Stevens (Organ)
• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Chant, Gregorian : Mass 9 Cum iubilo :: Kyrie

• Performer: Peter Stevens (Organ)
• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Running Time: 2 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval

Chant, Gregorian : Mass 9 Cum iubilo :: Gloria

• Performer: Peter Stevens (Organ)
• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Running Time: 3 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval

Malcolm, George : Veritas mea, for chorus

• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Chant, Gregorian : Credo 4, 1st tone, GR776

• Performer: Peter Stevens (Organ)
• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval
• Form: Choral

Parsons, Robert : Ave Maria

• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Running Time: 5 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: circa 1570

Chant, Gregorian : Mass 9 Cum iubilo :: Sanctus and Benedictus

• Performer: Peter Stevens (Organ)
• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Running Time: 1 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval

Chant, Gregorian : Mass 9 Cum iubilo :: Agnus Dei

• Performer: Peter Stevens (Organ)
• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Running Time: 1 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Medieval

Guerrero, Francisco (Renaissance) : Ave Virgo Sanctissima, motet for 5 voices

• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1566

Tallis, Thomas : Te lucis ante terminum

• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Written: 1575

Plainchant : Salva nos, Domine (Antiphon)

• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Period Time: Romantic

Malcolm, George : Nun dimittis tertii toni, for chorus

• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Running Time: 1 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Plainchant : Salva nos, Domine (Antiphon)

• Notes: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)
• Period Time: Romantic