Keep listening for only $0.0/month - thousands of classical albums for the price of one! The Grand Organ. The establishment of a fine choral foundation was part of the original vision of the founder of Westminster Cathedral, Cardinal Herbert Vaughan. ‘Splendid singing illuminates these works from the vaults of Westminster… Throughout, the choral singing under Martin Baker’s direction glows resplendently, while still retaining its celebrated ‘continental’ edge.

Wishlist My account Help $ 0 items, $0.00. This disc was recorded in Buckfast Abbey in March/April 2019, and is available from the Cathedral Gift Shop and to download. This is very impressive singing indeed.’ musicalcriticism.com, A continuous narrative describing momentous Biblical events from the Last Supper through to Christ’s crucifixion and death. Vaughan laid great emphasis on the beauty and integrity of the new Cathedral’s liturgy and music, and realised that a residential choir school for the boy choristers was essential to the realisation of his vision. Concluding this new disc fromWestminster Cathedral is the extraordinary double-choir Mass in Gaudeamus in loci pace is a breath-catching bonus' HMV Choice, ONE OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH’S CLASSICAL CDs OF THEYEAR 2004. 'Outstanding performances. BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE BEST CDs OF THEYEAR The only cathedral choir in the world to sing Mass andVespers liturgically every day,The Choir of Westminster Cathedral is perfectly placed to offer to the armchair listener this CD encapsulation of their very lifeblood, recorded here in the opulent acoustic of their own cathedral. Judith Bingham now counts among the pantheon of composers who have responded to Her Mass recently won a British Composer Award for Liturgical Music and the new recording offers it a place in the repertory beyond the cloister. 'This is a thoughtful, carefully analysed performance - Baker and theWestminster choir communicate The discography of Westminster Cathedral Choir includes many award winning recordings, among them the 1998 Gramophone Award Record of the Year for Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir and Ildebrando Pizzetti's Requiem. A century ago, Richard Runciman Terry re-introduced the wonders of the Renaissance into liturgical polyphony and placedWestminster Cathedral Choir at the pinnacle of the art. London's Westminster Cathedral is the leading Catholic church in England.

Wednesday, 30 May 2007. This most opulent of liturgies runs as a continuous narrative describing momentous Biblical events from the Last Supper through to Christ’s crucifixion and death. 'From the moment this CD begins, the senses tingle with the magical, spiritual nature of the music' The Sunday Herald Released to mark the conclusion of a highly successful American tour, this album finds the choir in superb voice and the thrillingly involved sound is perfectly coloured by the Westminster resonance. 'A pleasing stability of tone …The overall effect … is reverential, moving and warmly recorded' BBC Music Magazine

prowess and refinement...The contribution from organist Matthew Martin is first rate, providing

Westminster Cathedral Choir is widely considered to be one of the finest choirs in the world. 'The real value of this disc is the palpable sense of atmosphere in the listening.The service Browse and buy all classical recordings featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir (choir).

Westminster Cathedral Choir made its first acoustic recording in 1907. The Grand Organ; The Apse Organ. …This disc is quite unique, a hugely successful evocation of Catholic cathedral worship at its best' Fanfare, USA Last Supper through to Christ’s crucifixion and death. Skip to main content. the sixteenth century and the time ofTallis and Byrd. London's Westminster Cathedral is the leading Catholic church in England. We are sorry to announce that this year's Grand Organ Festival recitals have been cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation. Westminster Cathedral Choir made its first acoustic recording in 1907. on this latest disc is gorgeous, full of depth, and with an ideal balance between, choir, organ and atmosphere' International Record Review, Westminster Cathedral continue their survey of the music of Tomás Luis de Victoria. Read our reviews here (The Observer), here (AllMusic), here (Hyperion), and here (Amazon). ‘The Lay Clerks make a gloriously full-bodied sound with plenty of contrast and colour throughout the polyphony of both the mass setting and Victoria’s beautiful motet Vidi speciosam. We are delighted to announce the line-up of Grand Organ Festival recitalists for 2020! have had a better springboard than this recording' International Record Review year.' immediacy, without ever being obtrusive.These are superbly performed and recorded sacred

Here follows another delicious disc of Palestrina, this time dedicated to Christmas, the performances do full justice to the ambition ofVictoria’s intentions, as Martin Baker firmly cements 'Powerful liturgical music from one of today's most admired composers, performed with passionate intensity' Gramophone 'It is hard to imagine finer singing of these sacred scores from Brahms and Rheinberger than that from theWestminster Cathedral Choir.The Cathedral choristers display a remarkable technical prowess and refinement...The contribution from organist Matthew Martin is first rate, providing immediacy, without ever being obtrusive.These are superbly performed and recorded sacred works that lovers of choral music will surely relish.'

Martin Baker’s first disc of Palestrina with Westminster Cathedral Choir was highly praised across the world. and Mendelssohn, and finally offered up to the world as a miniature choral symphony that is Fr Tim is a demon on e-bay, and has picked up these recordings of the Cathedral choir; the one above of Sir Richard Terry. Many more have followed, most recently the acclaimed series on the Hyperion label, and many awards have been conferred on the choir’s recordings. Observer. The perfect gift for the classical music enthusiasts! Following the success of the Westminster Cathedral Lay Clerks in their sumptuous men-only recording of Victoria's Missa Gaudeamus, the choir returns to full ranks for a further issue in their survey of the Masses of this undisputed Master of the Renaissance. In addition to its performances of Renaissance masterpieces, Westminster Cathedral Choir has given many first performances of music written especially for it by contemporary composers.

'The choir ofWestminster Cathedral has long been noted for its distinctive Continental-style tone, which gives its performances of Latin sacred polyphony an attractively distinctive quality.' Sir Richard Terry, the church's first Master of Music, was a devoted scholar of pre-Baroque polyphonic church music and revived choral masterpieces of Tudor-era English composers and their contemporaries on the Continent. Dates and timings are below, along with ticket details. ONE OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH’S CLASSICAL CDs OF THEYEAR 2004 The performances do full justice to the ambition ofVictoria’s intentions, as Martin Baker firmly cements his position as worthy successor to the glories achieved by this choir under James O’Donnell and, before him, David Hill & Stephen Cleobury. The Benedictine monks who built and owned Westminster Abbey reclaimed part of the marsh around Westminster. 'Christmas comes with a combination of simplicity and stunning excitement in this recording' American Record Guide, Brahms Missa canonica and Rheinberger Mass, Brahms’s Missa canonica is something of a rarity: composed around 1856, the work lay 'Baker entices some of the most wonderful singing from his choir here while Robert Quinney and Houssart positively revel in their virtuoso interplay.

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