Taverner: Missa Mater Christi sanctissima / Western Wynde Mass
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JOHN TAVERNER
Taverner: Missa Mater Christi sanctissima / Western Wynde Mass
Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell
[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 5 July 2016
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Two of the undisputed choral masterpieces from sixteenth-century England, by one of the greatest English composers: John Taverner's Missa Mater Christi sanctissima and Western Wynde Mass. The five hundred years since the works' genesis are but as a watch in the night in these sublime performances from Westminster Abbey Choir and James O'Donnell.
"These are very sound, lucid performances in every sense…in comparison with the Taverner Consort, James O'Donnell's reading of Western Wynde is rather softer-centred, but…a work as resourcefully inventive as this both sustains and deserves such contrasting approaches" Gramophone
"Taverner's Missa Mater Christi sanctissima has rarely been recorded, not least because a missing tenor part needs reconstructive surgery. Francis Steele has brilliantly effected the rescue, transplanting where possible the tenor from the motet (also performed) on which the piece is based. It's sung with luminescent warmth." Sunday Times
"Performances that are beautifully judged in both their balance and shaping." MusicWeb
Tracks:
Mater Christi Sanctissima
Missa Mater Christi sanctissima
Mass 'The Western Wynde'
