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Missa brevis, Op 50

composer

Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)

author of text

Anonymous

Ordinary of the Mass

Recordings

Leighton: Cathedral Music

St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott (conductor)

MP3 £5.99FLAC £5.99ALAC £5.99Buy by post £6.99 CDH55195 Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Details

Movement 1: Kyrie eleison

St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott (conductor)

Track 2 on CDH55195 [2'32] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

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Movement 2: Sanctus

St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott (conductor)

Track 3 on CDH55195 [1'36] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

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Movement 3: Benedictus

St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott (conductor)

Track 4 on CDH55195 [1'42] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

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Movement 4: Agnus Dei

St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott (conductor)

Track 5 on CDH55195 [3'38] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

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Movement 5: Gloria in excelsis Deo

St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott (conductor)

Track 6 on CDH55195 [3'31] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

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Missa brevis, Op 50

The Missa Brevis, Op 50, was written for the choir of Liverpool Cathedral and was published in 1968. It has become one of the most popular choral settings of the communion service by a contemporary composer and is regularly heard at cathedrals and churches throughout Britain and America. The five movements heard here are ‘Kyrie eleison’, ‘Sanctus’, ‘Benedictus’, ‘Agnus Dei’ and ‘Gloria in excelsis Deo’. The order follows that of the Book of Common Prayer in which the ‘Gloria’ is sung after communion.

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