Attende, Domine CHANT
Miserere mei, Deus GEORGE MALCOLM (1917–1997)
Emendemus in melius WILLIAM BYRD (1539/40–1623)
Missa Emendemus in melius GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA (1525/6–1594) 4 Kyrie
Agnus Dei
Scapulis suis GEORGE MALCOLM (1917–1997)
Audi, benigne conditor CHANT
In spiritu humilitatis GIOVANNI CROCE (1557–1609)
Evigila super nos MAGNIFICAT ANTIPHON
Magnificat quarti toni DAVID BEVAN (b1951)
Evigila super nos ANTIPHON REPEAT
Iustus ut palma COLIN MAWBY (b1936)
Mass IX ‘Cum iubilo’ CHANT
Kyrie
Gloria
Veritas mea GEORGE MALCOLM (1917–1997)
Credo IV CHANT
Ave Maria ROBERT PARSONS (c1535–1572)
Mass IX ‘Cum iubilo’ CHANT
Sanctus and Benedictus
Agnus Dei
Ave virgo sanctissima FRANCISCO GUERRERO (1528–1599)
Te lucis ante terminum I THOMAS TALLIS (c1505–1585)
Salva nos, Domine NUNC DIMITTIS ANTIPHON
Nunc dimittis tertii toni GEORGE MALCOLM (1917–1997)
Salva nos, Domine ANTIPHON REPEAT

This release from the admired Westminster Cathedral Choir demonstrates the splendours of the liturgy in the at-once solemn and joyful period of Lent. Masterworks from the Renaissance familiar from Westminster Cathedral Choir’s previous award-winning recordings alternate with works by former organists of the Cathedral (all themselves masters of liturgical composition) and are linked by the plainchant which is at the spiritual heart of the music. Hearing the music like this in context and recorded in the unique acoustic of the Cathedral perfectly replicates the live experience for the listener.