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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.

Tracklisting:

1 Rorate caeli [5'12] Anonymous - liturgical
2 Descendit Angelus Domini [4'52] Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Rorate caeli William Byrd (1539/40-1623)
3 Complete: Rorate caeli – Benedixisti Domine [4'07]
Mass X 'Alme Pater' Anonymous - liturgical
4 Movement 1: Kyrie [1'46]
5 Movement 2: Gloria [3'02]
6 Tollite portas – Ave Maria [3'54] William Byrd (1539/40-1623)
Mass X 'Alme Pater' Anonymous - liturgical
7 Movement 4: Sanctus & Benedictus [0'52]
8 Movement 5: Agnus Dei [0'59]
Ecce virgo concipiet William Byrd (1539/40-1623)
9 Part 1: Ecce virgo concipiet [1'46]
10 Psalm 2 'The Lord said to me – Why this tumult among the nations?' [3'20] Anonymous - liturgical
11 Adam lay ybounden [3'13] Matthew Martin (b1976)
Missa Ad praesepe George Malcolm (1917-1997)
12 Movement 1: Kyrie [1'55]
13 Movement 2: Gloria [6'05]
14 Alleluia. Dominus dixit [2'25] Anonymous - liturgical
Mass IX '

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