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Music for Mary
Bristol University Singers
Directed by David Allinson and David Bednall
Description
A glorious debut recording from the Bristol University Singers, dedicated to works in praise of the Virgin Mary. The programme contrasts Marian music from sixteenth century, with pieces from the twentieth, and twenty-first, centuries. Masterworks from the Renaissance by Victoria and Guerrero are interspersed with compositions by Howells, Villette, and new works by David Bednall and John Pickard.
Track List
Alma Redemptoris a8 — Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611)
4:53Salve Regina — Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
5:00Regina caeli a8 — Victoria
4:15Salve Regina — Pierre Villette (1926–98)
3:15Tota pulchra es, Maria a6 — Francisco Guerrero (1528–99)
5:21Ave Regina caelorum a8 — Victoria
3:33Salve Regina — David Bednall (b.1979)
3:45Trahe me post te, Virgo Maria — Guerrero
3:57Hymne à la Vierge — Villette
4:47Ave maria, gratia plena a8 — Victoria
3:46Three Latin Motets — John Pickard (b.1963)
8:40O nata lux*
2:19 Te lucis ante terminum*
3:14 Ubi caritas et amor
3:07Ave maris stella — Pickard
4:51 Salve Regina a8 — Victoria
8:27*First recording
Total Playing time: 64:32
Production credits
Recorded in the Chapel of St Augustine, St Monica Trust, Bristol, 15th–16th June, 2013
Recording, editing, and mastering: Jonathan Scott
Recording assistant: Chris Charles
Producers: Jonathan Scott, David Allinson, and David Bednall
Sample audio extracts
Reviews
This chamber choir excels in the clean, but expressive vocal lines of the Renaissance masterpieces and also displays wonderful control of dynamics in the more recent repertoire. Another fine recording from Regent. Highly recommended.’ Sydney Organ Journal Spring 2015