Choir of New College Oxford ; Edward Higginbottom, director
Principally for unacc. mixed voices; the 2nd work for unacc. men's voices; the 4th for mixed voices and organ; the last for women's voices and organ.
Recorded Aug. 21-25, 2005, Abbaye de Saint Michel-en-Thierache, France.
Sung in Latin and French.
Salve Regina (5:00) ; Quatre petites prières de Saint François d'Assise (8:00) ; Exultate Deo (2:58) / Francis Poulenc -- O sacrum convivium / Olivier Messiaen (with David Newsholme, organ) (4:46) -- Quem vidistis pastores dicite (2:30) ; Videntes stellam (2:49) / Poulenc -- Attende Domine : op. 45 / Pierre Villette (5:37) -- O magnum mysterium (3:34) ; Hodie Christus natus est (2:39) ; Messe en sol majeur (18:00) / Poulenc -- Panis angelicus : op. 80 (3:42) ; Hymne à la Vierge : op. 24 (4:01) / Villette -- Litanies à la Vierge noire / Poulenc (with Nicholas Wearne, organ) (8:09)