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– £10.99Lumen Christi: A sequence of music for the Easter Vigil
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral is the crowning jewel of Catholic church music and has been at the forefront of English sacred music since its foundation in 1901. This new disc draws us into the mystery of the Paschal Vigil, the very apex of the Church’s liturgical year, transporting us on a journey from darkness into light through a sequence of plainsong and polyphony. It is the first album under the choir’s current director, Simon Johnson, picking up where Vexilla Regis (AF002) left off, and immerses the listener in the Cathedral’s own unique treasury of liturgical music, including compositions crafted by its former musicians, as well as repertoire at the heart of the choir’s work, represented here in polyphony by Victoria, Monteverdi and L’Héritier’s glorious Surrexit pastor bonus.
“This is its first CD under Simon Johnson, and it demonstrates the choir on superb form.” (Catholic Herald)
“The ecstatic joy at Christ’s resurrection is musically embodied here in a perfect manner.” (MusicWeb International)
Track List
1
Gregorian Chant
Lumen Christi
0:37
2
Gregorian Chant
Exsultet
7:24
3
Orlando de Lassus
Iubilate Deo
1:44
4
Andrew Reid
Exodus Canticle
2:57
5
Tomás Luis de Victoria
Laudate Dominum
3:41
6
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Sicut cervus
3:42
7
Claudio Monteverdi
Gloria (Missa Ave Domine Iesu Christe)
5:28
8
Gregorian Chant
Solemn Alleluia: Confitemini Domino
3:30
9
Gregorian Chant
Litany of the Saints
3:27
10
Matthew Martin
Vidi aquam
3:58
11
Jean L’Héritier
Surrexit pastor bonus
5:20
12
Gregorian Chant
Sanctus (Mass I)
1:33
13
Gregorian Chant
Agnus Dei (Mass I)
1:45
14
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Angelus Domini descendit
8:33
15
Gregorian Chant
Communio: Alleluia (Psalm 117)
6:27
16
Gregorian Chant
Pontifical Blessing & Dismissal
1:28
17
Martin Baker
O filii et filiæ
4:32
18
Jean Langlais
Incantation pour un jour saint
5:30