Deborah Roberts, soprano ; David Cordier, Michael Chance, countertenors ; John Mark Ainsley, tenor ; Michael George, bass ; William Byrd Choir ; Gavin Turner, conductor
Settings of Latin texts, for the Marian feasts generally authorized in 1605, and the votive masses associated with the Virgin.
Compact disc.
Notes by Philip Brett, with French and German translations, and Latin texts with English translations (23 p.) inserted in container.
Forms part of: James McKinty Collection.
Recorded in Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London, Feb. 27-28 and Mar. 1, 1990.
Sung in Latin.
Suscepimus Deus (2:22) -- Iustitia (0:38) -- Magnus Dominus (1:58) -- Sicut audivimus (1:14) -- Alleluia (0:40) -- Senex puerum (1:42) -- Nunc dimittis servum tuum (5:34) -- Responsum accepit Simeon (4:07) -- Salve sancta parens (1:29) -- Alleluia (0:31) -- Eructavit cor meum (1:53) -- Benedicta et venerabilis (2:27) -- Alleluia (0:42) -- Felix es, sacra virgo (1:30) -- Beata es, virgo Maria (2:01) -- Alleluia (0:52) -- Beata viscera (1:43) -- Alleluia (0:40) -- Rorate coeli (1:27) -- Benedixisti Domine (2:11) -- Tollite portas (2:10) -- Ave Maria (1:23) -- Alleluia (0:48) -- Ecce virgo concipiet (2:07) -- Alleluia (0:30) -- Vultum tuum (2:22) -- Alleluia (0:47) -- Speciosus forma (3:04) -- Alleluia (0:38) -- Post partum (2:56) -- Felix namque es (1:41) -- Alleluia/Ave Maria (1:57) -- Virga Jesse (2:22) -- Gaude Maria (3:41) -- Diffusa est gratia (1:38) -- Propter veritatem (2:42) -- Alleluia (0:31) -- Vultum tuum (3:55) -- Gaudeamus omnes (2:20) -- Assumpta est Maria (1:28) -- Assumpta est Maria (1:35) -- Optimam partem elegit (2:50)