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On offer here are two masses by Tomás Luis de Victoria, neither frequently recorded and both fine examples of the Renaissance mass and its various procedures. Both date from the 1570s and 1580s, the golden age of the restrained and smoothly crafted sound of the Counter Reformation. The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, with its complement of boys and men, is of the right makeup for this music, although perhaps a bit large at the pictured size of 30 singers. Conductor Martin Baker defines the lines of the music clearly, bringing out the derivation of Victoria's Missa de Beata Virgine from a recurring plainchant motto and of the Missa Surge propera from a motet by Palestrina, also supplied. This choir has a bit more texture in the lines than is heard in the typical English cathedral sound, and the polyphonic textures are precise. The choristers don't, however, give the dark, burnished sound often associated with Victoria, and whether it makes it to the front of the Renaissance playpile depends on how listeners feel about the relatively neutral reading his music receives here; the performance is confident, polished, and detailed. Hyperion's engineers do well on the choir's home ground of Westminster Cathedral.
© TiVo
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Westminster Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Anonymous, Author - Tomás Luis de Victoria, Composer - Martin Baker, Conductor, Contributor, Work Editor, MainArtist - Alexander Hopkins, Treble, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Hyperion Records Limited
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Anonymous, Author - Tomás Luis de Victoria, Composer - Martin Baker, Conductor, MainArtist - Jon Dixon, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2011 Hyperion Records Limited
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Anonymous, Author - Tomás Luis de Victoria, Composer - Martin Baker, Conductor, MainArtist - Jon Dixon, Contributor, Work Editor - Nicholas Keay, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Hyperion Records Limited
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Anonymous, Author - Tomás Luis de Victoria, Composer - Martin Baker, Conductor, MainArtist - Jon Dixon, Contributor, Work Editor - Nicholas Keay, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2011 Hyperion Records Limited
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Anonymous, Author - Tomás Luis de Victoria, Composer - Martin Baker, Conductor, MainArtist - Jon Dixon, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2011 Hyperion Records Limited
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Anonymous, Author - Tomás Luis de Victoria, Composer - Martin Baker, Conductor, MainArtist - Jon Dixon, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2011 Hyperion Records Limited
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Anonymous, Author - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Composer - Martin Baker, Conductor, Contributor, Work Editor, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Hyperion Records Limited
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Anonymous, Author - Tomás Luis de Victoria, Composer - Michael Noone, Contributor, Work Editor - Martin Baker, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Hyperion Records Limited
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Anonymous, Author - Tomás Luis de Victoria, Composer - Michael Noone, Contributor, Work Editor - Martin Baker, Conductor, MainArtist - William Gaunt, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 2011 Hyperion Records Limited
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Anonymous, Author - Tomás Luis de Victoria, Composer - Michael Noone, Contributor, Work Editor - Martin Baker, Conductor, MainArtist - William Gaunt, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 2011 Hyperion Records Limited
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Anonymous, Author - Tomás Luis de Victoria, Composer - Michael Noone, Contributor, Work Editor - Martin Baker, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Hyperion Records Limited
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Choir, MainArtist - Anonymous, Author - Tomás Luis de Victoria, Composer - Michael Noone, Contributor, Work Editor - Martin Baker, Conductor, MainArtist
℗ 2011 Hyperion Records Limited
Album review
On offer here are two masses by Tomás Luis de Victoria, neither frequently recorded and both fine examples of the Renaissance mass and its various procedures. Both date from the 1570s and 1580s, the golden age of the restrained and smoothly crafted sound of the Counter Reformation. The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, with its complement of boys and men, is of the right makeup for this music, although perhaps a bit large at the pictured size of 30 singers. Conductor Martin Baker defines the lines of the music clearly, bringing out the derivation of Victoria's Missa de Beata Virgine from a recurring plainchant motto and of the Missa Surge propera from a motet by Palestrina, also supplied. This choir has a bit more texture in the lines than is heard in the typical English cathedral sound, and the polyphonic textures are precise. The choristers don't, however, give the dark, burnished sound often associated with Victoria, and whether it makes it to the front of the Renaissance playpile depends on how listeners feel about the relatively neutral reading his music receives here; the performance is confident, polished, and detailed. Hyperion's engineers do well on the choir's home ground of Westminster Cathedral.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:52
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Westminster Cathedral Choir Martin Baker
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Hyperion
- Genre: Classical
© 2011 Hyperion Records Limited ℗ 2011 Hyperion Records Limited
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