Poulenc: Mass & Motets. Westminster Choir
) | Label: Helios Catalog: CDH 55448 Format: CD Choir of Westminster Cathedral, James O'DonnellPoulenc: Mass in G, Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, Litanies à la Vierge Noire, Quatre petites prières de Saint François d’Assise, Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence, Exultate Deo, Salve regina This mid-priced reissue features a generous selection of Poulenc’s wonderful and varied liturgical works, performed by the Westminster Cathedral Choir, whose natural and unforced style of singing is perfectly suited to the composer’s naïve, spontaneous outpourings. The Mass in G major is one of the most important a cappella works of the twentieth century, and includes some of Poulenc’s most beautiful and tender music.  Price: $12.98 |