Taverner: Missa Mater Christi sanctissima & other sacred music

The Virgin and the Fountain by Jan van Eyck (c1389-1441)

CDH55053

(Originally issued on CDA66639)

Recording details: December 1992
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: April 2000
Total duration: 65 minutes 9 seconds

'For the most important English composer of his generation, this series of Masses is long overdue, and we are fortunate that it is being completed with such a high level of success' (Fanfare, USA)

'Marvellous music ... well worth reissuing' (Early Music Review)

'These reissues epitomise the qualities that make The Sixteen one of Britain's outstanding choral groups: distilled purity of sound: impeccable ensemble and intonation; long-breathed lines. Harry Christophers takes an introspective view of Taverner's monumental Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas, producing a performance of untrammelled serenity.' (BBC Music Magazine)

John Taverner (c1490-1545)

Missa Mater Christi sanctissima & other sacred music

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (conductor)