Missa De Beata Maria Virgine & Surge propera:
1 Salve regina a 5 1583 [4'48]

Missa De Beata Maria Virgine

2 Kyrie [3'03]
3 Gloria [6'56]
4 Credo [10'02]
5 Sanctus and Benedictus [5'29]
6 Agnus Dei [4'50]
7 GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA (1525/6–1594) Surge, propera amica mea, et veni [3'48]

Missa Surge propera

8 Kyrie [3'10]
9 Gloria [7'05]
10 Credo [10'05]
11 Sanctus and Benedictus [4'26]
12 Agnus Dei [4'10]

Following the success of the Westminster Cathedral Lay Clerks in their glorious men-only recording of Victoria’s Missa Gaudeamus, the choir returns to full ranks for a further issue in their survey of the Masses of this undisputed Master of the Renaissance.

This new recording opens with Victoria’s five-part setting of the Marian antiphon Salve regina, followed by two of the composer’s Masses: Missa De Beata Maria Virgine and Missa Surge propera, which is preceded by its Palestrina model. Released to mark the conclusion of a highly successful American tour, this album finds the choir in superb voice and the thrillingly involved sound is perfectly coloured by the Westminster resonance.