Two Motets, Op 29 (Brahms)
from Brahms & Rheinberger: Masses (CDA67559)
1 Es ist das Heil uns kommen her [4'27]
2 Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz [6'31]
4 minutes 27 seconds 2 tracks
‘Baker and his choir do a fine job with these pieces. The conclusion to Schaffe in mir is wonderfully exciting … while the close to Geistliches Leid, a work too easily dismissed as 'just' ...
‘It is hard to imagine finer singing of these sacred scores from Brahms and Rheinberger than that from the Westminster Cathedral Choir. The Cathedral choristers display a remarkable technical prowess ...