| Label: Hyperion Catalog: CDA67891 Format: CD Westminster Cathedral Choir; Martin Baker, conductorTomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) Salve regina a 5 1583 / Missa De Beata Maria Virgine / Surge, propera amica mea, et veni / Missa Surge propera Following the success of the Westminster Cathedral Lay Clerks in their glorious 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. This new recording opens with Victoria's five-part setting of the Marian antiphon Salve regina, followed by two of the composer's Masses: Missa De Beata Maria Virgine and Missa Surge propera, which is preceded by its Palestrina model. 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. |