John Rutter: Missa Brevis

John Rutter: Missa Brevis

REGCD576 (Regent Records, CD)

DDD
FIRST RELEASE (28 February 2025)

Playing time: 80'19"
Tracks: 23
Booklet pages: 28
℗ 2024 Regent Records Ltd
© 2024 Regent Records Ltd
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of John Rutter: Missa Brevis published on 27 January 2025

The Choir of York Minster
Benjamin Morris, organ (tracks 1-6, 9 and 23)
Robert Sharpe, director

John Rutter:

Missa Brevis
1 Kyrie
2 Gloria
3 Sanctus
4 Benedictus
5 Agnus Dei

Cecilia McDowall:

6 O sing unto the Lord

Lucy Walker:

7 Today

Sarah MacDonald:

8 After this, we will return

Annabel Rooney:

9 Round me falls the night

Becky McGlade:

10 O sing unto the Lord

James MacMillan:

The Short Service
11 Magnificat
12 Nunc dimittis

Judith Weir:

13 Love bade me welcome

Sarah MacDonald:

14 Introit for Creationtide

Kerensa Briggs:

15 Media vita

Becky McGlade:

16 The Lamb

Philip Moore:

17 Lord Jesus Christ

Kerry Andrew:

18 O lux beata Trinitas

Cecilia McDowall:

19 The Loving Memory

Becky McGlade:

20 Come, my way, my truth, my life

Elizabeth and Thomas Coxhead:

21 My eyes for beauty pine

Kerensa Briggs:

22 Set me as a seal

John Rutter:

23 Celebration (Ite, missa est)

John Rutter's new Missa Brevis, written for Robert Sharpe and the Choir of York Minster, in memory of composer, Richard Shephard, is the major work in this collection of recent sacred choral music by living composers. The collection also features contributions from other long-established composers of church music: Cecilia McDowall, Judith Weir, Philip Moore and James MacMillan, together with a number of works from emerging new voices, with most of these pieces receiving their first commercial recording.

Recorded 18-19 January, 9 February and 30 March 2023 in York Minster, York, UK.

 

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