Continuing its series of music for the liturgical year, the Choir of Clare College now turns its attention to the feast of Corpus Christi, with a number of pieces setting the hymns of St Thomas Aquinas. The centrepiece is a complete performance of Josquin’s great Missa Pange lingua, and the CD ends with Finzi’s ecstatic Lo, the full, final Sacrifice.
ANONYMOUS · Pange lingua gloriosi (Plain-chant) (2'16) JOSQUIN DESPREZ [1440-1521] Missa Pange Lingua · Kyrie (2'59) · Gloria (4'15) · Credo (7'09) · Sanctus & Benedictus (8'06) · Agnus Dei (7'07) TOMÁS LUIS DE VICTORIA [1548-1611] · Lauda Sion salvatorem (2'27) PIERRE DE LA RUE [1460-1518] · O salutaris hostia (3'05) WILLIAM BYRD [1543-1623] · Cibavit eos (2'53) EDWARD BAIRSTOW [1874-1946] · Let all mortal flesh keep silence (3'41) OLIVIER MESSIAEN [1908-1992] PIERRE VILLETTE [1926-1998] · O sacrum convivium (3'37) FRANCIS GRIER [1955-] · O sacrum convivium (4'51) GRAHAM ROSS [1985-] · Panis angelicus (3'27) GERALD FINZI [1901-1956] · Ave verum corpus (3'54) · Lo, the full, final Sacrifice (14'49)
