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Track(s) taken from CDA66114

O quam gloriosum

composer
4vv SATB; from Motecta (1572)
author of text
Magnificat Antiphon at Second Vespers on the Feast of All Saints

Westminster Cathedral Choir, David Hill (conductor)
Recording details: November 1983
Westminster Cathedral, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: April 1986
Total duration: 2 minutes 36 seconds

Cover artwork: Mosaic of Christ Resurrected, St Mark’s, Venice.
Photographed by Malcolm Crowthers
 

Other recordings available for download

The London Oratory Schola Cantorum, Charles Cole (conductor)
Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor)
Clare College Choir Cambridge, Timothy Brown (conductor)
The Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
The Queen's Six

Reviews

‘One of my most cherished records … such poise and sensitivity … one of the best choral records of its kind currently available. I can recommend it without reservation’ (Gramophone)

‘Gloriously performed … the Westminster Cathedral Choir sing with a fervour and passion that puts their Anglican colleagues in the shade in this repertoire’ (The Good CD Guide)

‘David Hill's direction breathes commitment and sheer love of this music’ (The Times)

‘My single most satisfying choral disc of the year … I cannot be dispassionate about this record: marvellous, natural, throaty, vivid singing … a must’ (The Sunday Times)

‘Exemplary’ (Hi-Fi News)
O quam gloriosum, a motet for All Saints, was written during Victoria’s time in Rome, when he was organist at the Aragonese church, Santa Maria di Monserrato. Famed for its verve and drive, this popular motet’s unrelenting energy pauses only briefly at ‘amicti stolis albis’ as the righteous are clothed for heaven.

from notes by Charles Cole © 2020

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