Tracklista:1. Mass for Atropos2. Defence Mechanism3. I Was Never Here4. Snail5. River6. Mass for Atropos II7. Missa Atropos8. She's Awake9. Vera10. Will to Live11. Mass for Atropos III12. Splendid Isolation13. An Audience
CD 11. Introitus - Requiem2. Kyrie (coro)3. Sequentia - No. 1 Dies irae4. Sequentia - No. 2 Tuba mirum5. Sequentia - No. 3 Rex tremendae6. Sequentia - No. 4 Recordare7. Sequentia - No. 5 Confutatis8. Sequentia - No. 6 Lacrimosa9. Offertorium - No. 1 Domine Jesu10. Offertorium - No. 2 Hostias11. Sanctus12. Benedictus13. Agnus Dei14. Lux aeternaCD 21. Great Mass in C minor - Kyrie eleison2. Great Mass in C minor - Gloria in excelsis Deo3. Great Mass in C minor - Laudamus te4. Great Mass in C minor - Gratias agimus tibi5. Great Mass in C minor - Domine Deus6. Great Mass in C minor - Qui tollis pecata mundi7. Great Mass in C minor - Quoniam tu solus Sanctus8. Great Mass in C minor - Jesu Christe9. Great Mass in C minor - Cum Sancto Spiritu10. Great Mass in C minor - Credo in unum Deum11. Great Mass in C minor - Et incarnatus est12. Great Mass in C minor - Sanctus13. Great Mass in C minor - Osanna in excelcis14. Great Mass in C minor - Benedictus15. Missa brevis in C major - Kyrie16. Missa brevis in C major - Gloria17. Missa brevis in C major - Credo18. Missa brevis in C major - Sanctus19. Missa brevis in C major - Benedictus20. Missa brevis in C major - Agnus dei
Tracklista:1. Michael McGlynn Celtic Mass: Kyrie2. Michael McGlynn Celtic Mass: Gloria3. Michael McGlynn Celtic Mass: Responsorial: Codhlaím go Súan4. Michael McGlynn Celtic Mass: Credo5. Michael McGlynn Celtic Mass: Alleluia: Incantations6. Michael McGlynn Celtic Mass: Ave Maria7. Michael McGlynn Celtic Mass: Sanctus8. Michael McGlynn Celtic Mass: Pater Noster9. Michael McGlynn Celtic Mass: Agnus Dei10. James MacMillan Mass: Celebrant: Brandon Hendrickson11. James MacMillan Mass: Kyrie12. James MacMillan Mass: Gloria13. James MacMillan Mass: Alleluia14. James MacMillan Mass: Sursum Corda15. James MacMillan Mass: Preface of the Holy Eucharist II16. James MacMillan Mass: Sanctus and17. James MacMillan Mass: Benedictus18. James MacMillan Mass: Eucharistic Prayer19. James MacMillan Mass: Memorial Acclamation20. James MacMillan Mass: Agnus Dei
Tracklista: 1. O Sacrum Convivium 2. Audivi Vocem 3. Lamentations (First Set) 4. Discomfort Them, O Lord 5. Loquebantur Variis Linguis 6. Lamentations (Second Set) 7. Videte Miraculum 8. Mass For 4 Voices: Sanctus 9. I Call And Cry To Thee, O Lord 10. Salvator Mundi 11. Spem In Alium
Although well known and highly regarded in his lifetime and in the years following his death in 1596, the music of Philippe Rogier is largely known (especially to English audiences) through one motet alone, Laboravi in gemitu meo. But there is much to explore in this genuinely underrated composer. Philippe Rogier was one of a long line of Flemish composers who worked at the Spanish court. The high regard that the musically astute Philip II held for Rogier was not misplaced, because he is one of the most fascinating and rewarding composers of the late sixteenth century: extraordinarily versatile, capable of plumbing the emotional depths in his penitential works (of which there are many) as well as exalting the heights in his festive music. The main work on this disc includes the parody mass Missa Ego sum qui sum, based on a motet by Gombert. It must rank as one of the finest settings of the Mass ordinary of the late sixteenth century, dazzling in its invention and sheer beauty. Gombert had been one of the most influential composers of the post-Josquin period, developing a style of composition based on continuous imitation and almost relentless expressivity with an extraordinarily high level of dissonance. Rogier’s Mass seems to be a tribute to this style. Two twelve-part accompanied motets are recorded here, pointing to a well-developed polychoral tradition at the Spanish court. The remaining motets on this recording represent different facets of the composer: desperate cries in the pentitential works and sheer exuberance in Cantantibus organis, a motet in honour of St Cecilia. The much admired choir of King’s College London and their director David Trendell appear in their Hyperion debut.
Tracklista: Requiem Mass, K. 626 1. Introtius 2. Kyrie 3. Sequenz 4. Offertorium 5. Sanctus 6. Benedictus 7. Agnus Dei 8. Communio
1: Rise Above2: Missing Link3: Mentally Murdered4: Walls of Confinement5: Cause and Effect6: No Mental Effort7: Pride Assassin8: Avalanche Master Song9: One and the Same10: Sick and Tired11: Malignant Trait12: Killing With Kindness13: Means to an End14: Insanity Excursion15: Truth Drug16: Living In Denial17: Food Chains18: Upwards and Uninterested19: I Abstain20: Politics Of Common Sense21: Internal Animosity22: Scum23: Life24: Return To Nowhere25: Remain Nameless26: Twist the Knife27: Deceiver28: The Traitor29: Abbatoir1: The Kill2: Scum3: You Suffer4: Deceiver5: Hung6: Antibody7: Unchallenged Hate8: Siege of Power9: Greed Killing10: Suffer the Children11: Mass Appeal Madness12: Next of Kin to Chaos13: Judicial Slime14: Lucid Fairytale15: If the Truth Be Known16: Plague Rages17: Social Sterility18: From Enslavement to Obliteration19: Low Point20: Contemptuous21: Diatribes22: Chains That Bind Us23: Armageddon X 724: Breed to Breathe25: The World Keeps Turning26: The Infiltrator27: Nazi Punks F**k Off
1 Beneath the Remains 5:112 Inner Self 5:073 Stronger Than Hate 5:504 Mass Hypnosis 4:225 Sarcastic Existence 4:436 Slaves of Pain 4:007 Lobotomy 4:558 Hungry 4:28
A towering figure in Renaissance polyphony, Palestrina is arguably one of the greatest composers of Liturgical music of all time. Harry Christophers and The Sixteen continue their exploration of his work with a disc of music for the Easter period. Many of the works on this new recording celebrate the joyful part of Easter - the Resurrection - and the central mass on this disc is the wonderfully inspired Missa Regina caeli. The Mass is based on the well-known, immediately recognisable, plainchant Antiphon Regina caeli and the recording also includes the 8-voice motet of the same name. As with volumes 1 and 2 this disc also includes three of Palestrina’s settings of the Song of Songs alongside three offertories for the Easter period and the hymn Ad caenam agni providi. This disc would not be complete, however, without the exquisite 8-voice Stabat Mater - possibly Palestrina’s most famous piece in current times and a work that emphasises the other side of the Easter story - the agony and pain of the Crucifixion.
Tomás Luis de Victoria's requiem mass for six voices, written in 1603 and published in 1605, is a masterpiece. It is one of a handful of large-scale works which enjoys mainstream appeal in the 21st century. For many, it represents what Renaissance polyphony is, what it sounds and feels like, and how expressive it can be. The disc also features two well-known works by Victoria's contemporary Alonso Lobo.The performance comes from the renowned professional chamber choir Tenebrae, led by Nigel Short, following their recent BBC Music Magazine Award nominated recording of Francis Poulenc's Figure Humaine.“Figure Humaine makes extreme demands on ensemble and intonation, as plenty of commercial recordings can prove. Nigel Short's Tenebrae is astonishing ... a showcase for Poulenc's choral writing, I'm finding it hard to imagine this recital being bettered.” BBC Music MagazineVictoria’s Requiem Mass is one of the acknowledged masterpieces of Renaissance choral polyphony, and Tenebrae here exquisitely conveys the flowing relationships between its six voices."The Independent***** "Tenebrae’s performance, directed by Nigel Short, is gently sustained, immaculately balanced and wrapped in a luminous acoustic … If you have ever developed a resistance to Renaissance polyphony, this could be the disc to make you think again."The Financial Times***** "They are perfectly tuned … and one is rarely aware of intrusive individual singers. The acoustic has a long echo, but the sound is kept nicely in focus. This recording does justice both to the genius of Victoria and to the musicality of Tenebrae."Recording and Performance – *****BBC Music Magazine Choral & Song Choice, June 2011