℗ 2014 Hyperion Records Limited
Released | July 28, 2023 |
Originated | August 31, 2014 |
Duration | 1h 11m 28s |
Record Label | Hyperion |
Genre | Classical |
Byrd: The 3 Masses; Ave verum corpus
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Martin Baker
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
Mass for 5 Voices, T. 3
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1.1
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I. Kyrie
William Byrd; Anonymous; Martin Baker; Westminster Cathedral Choir |
1:45 | |||
1.2
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II. Gloria
William Byrd; Anonymous; Martin Baker; Westminster Cathedral Choir |
5:08 | |||
1.3
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III. Credo
William Byrd; Anonymous; Martin Baker; Westminster Cathedral Choir |
9:16 | |||
1.4
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IVa. Sanctus
William Byrd; Anonymous; Martin Baker; Westminster Cathedral Choir |
2:26 | |||
1.5
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IVb. Benedictus
William Byrd; Anonymous; Martin Baker; Westminster Cathedral Choir |
1:34 | |||
1.6
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V. Agnus Dei
William Byrd; Anonymous; Martin Baker; Westminster Cathedral Choir |
3:42 | |||
Mass for 4 Voices, T. 1
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1.7
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I. Kyrie
William Byrd; Anonymous; Martin Baker; Westminster Cathedral Choir |
2:14 | |||
1.8
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II. Gloria
William Byrd; Anonymous; Martin Baker; Westminster Cathedral Choir |
5:56 | |||
1.9
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III. Credo
William Byrd; Anonymous; Martin Baker; Westminster Cathedral Choir |
7:46 | |||
1.10
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IVa. Sanctus
William Byrd; Anonymous; Martin Baker; Westminster Cathedral Choir |
2:22 | |||
1.11
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IVb. Benedictus
William Byrd; Anonymous; Martin Baker; Westminster Cathedral Choir |
1:28 | |||
1.12
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V. Agnus Dei
William Byrd; Anonymous; Martin Baker; Westminster Cathedral Choir |
3:36 | |||
Mass for 3 Voices, T. 2
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1.13
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I. Kyrie
William Byrd; Anonymous; Martin Baker; Westminster Cathedral Choir |
0:41 | |||
1.14
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II. Gloria
William Byrd; Anonymous; Westminster Cathedral Choir; Martin Baker |
4:45 | |||
1.15
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III. Credo
William Byrd; Anonymous; Martin Baker; Westminster Cathedral Choir |
7:31 | |||
1.16
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IVa. Sanctus
William Byrd; Anonymous; Martin Baker; Westminster Cathedral Choir |
1:55 | |||
1.17
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IVb. Benedictus
William Byrd; Anonymous; Westminster Cathedral Choir; Martin Baker |
1:05 | |||
1.18
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V. Agnus Dei
William Byrd; Anonymous; Martin Baker; Westminster Cathedral Choir |
3:35 | |||
1.19
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Ave verum corpus, T. 92
William Byrd; Anonymous; Martin Baker; Westminster Cathedral Choir |
4:43 | |||
Digital Booklet
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"The power of this performance is undeniable. Forced to sing secretly, Tudor Catholics would surely have welcomed the Westminster Cathedral Choir’s full-throated expression of faith."
- BBC Music Magazine
A new recording of the most perfect of Tudor masterpieces, Byrd’s three Mass-settings, from the cradle of their nineteenth-century rehabilitation. Westminster Cathedral Choir is enjoying a vintage period, and here we hear its trademark sound in all its glory: unfettered, natural singing from the trebles underpinned by warm yet clear tones from the gentlemen.
This recording celebrates Byrd’s Catholic Masses in two ways simultaneously. Most obviously, it addresses great and timeless works, which themselves address great and timeless liturgical texts. But at the same time it reminds us that the revival of Byrd’s Masses in the late nineteenth century was pioneered by Roman Catholic church choirs. This is a point worth pondering. Since the accession of Queen Elizabeth I in 1558, the choirs of England’s Protestant cathedrals and college chapels have had their own distinctive musical repertory, which has flourished and grown in unbroken tradition. The anthems and services of Thomas Tallis, for instance, have never fallen from cathedral use; they have been the epitome of Choral Evensong and Eucharist for more than four centuries. This Anglican repertory, however, is not what Roman Catholic worship requires. When major Catholic choral foundations were established in late Victorian and Edwardian England, at Downside Abbey, the Brompton Oratory, and above all at Westminster Cathedral, there was a quest for new and more relevant music; and it was at these places that William Byrd’s three Latin Masses were revived. Hence the pertinence of this recording; it celebrates that Catholic revival no less than it celebrates the works themselves.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Hyperion Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -4.60 -12.85 to -0.20 | -25.95 -31.33 to -22.20 | -22.36 -28.10 to -18.60 | 12 9 to 14 | |
1 | I. Kyrie | -3.26 | -25.49 | -21.5 | 13 |
2 | II. Gloria | -2.49 | -23.62 | -20.0 | 12 |
3 | III. Credo | -1.00 | -23.72 | -20.4 | 14 |
4 | IVa. Sanctus | -3.63 | -23.55 | -20.1 | 12 |
5 | IVb. Benedictus | -3.20 | -25.05 | -21.3 | 11 |
6 | V. Agnus Dei | -0.20 | -25.72 | -21.7 | 14 |
7 | I. Kyrie | -2.49 | -23.42 | -19.7 | 12 |
8 | II. Gloria | -1.05 | -23.54 | -20.3 | 13 |
9 | III. Credo | -2.40 | -23.49 | -20.0 | 13 |
10 | IVa. Sanctus | -1.48 | -22.20 | -18.6 | 12 |
11 | IVb. Benedictus | -4.90 | -24.33 | -20.8 | 11 |
12 | V. Agnus Dei | -5.09 | -25.86 | -22.4 | 13 |
13 | I. Kyrie | -11.68 | -30.90 | -26.8 | 9 |
14 | II. Gloria | -6.77 | -28.36 | -25.0 | 13 |
15 | III. Credo | -6.09 | -28.32 | -25.0 | 13 |
16 | IVa. Sanctus | -5.28 | -26.84 | -23.1 | 12 |
17 | IVb. Benedictus | -12.85 | -31.04 | -27.8 | 11 |
18 | V. Agnus Dei | -10.38 | -31.33 | -28.1 | 12 |
19 | Ave verum corpus, T. 92 | -3.07 | -26.25 | -22.2 | 13 |