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Westminster Cathedral Choir Westminster Cathedral Choir is today acknowledged to be one of the finest choirs of its type in the world. The establishment of a fine choral foundation was part of the original vision of the founder of Westminster Cathedral, Cardinal Herbert Vaughan, the then Archbishop of Westminster. Vaughan laid great emphasis on the beauty and quality of the new Cathedral’s liturgy and music. A vital element in realising this vision was the inauguration of a residential choir school for the boy choristers. Daily sung Masses and Offices were immediately established when the Cathedral opened in 1903, and have continued without interruption ever since.

Under the brilliant first Master of the Music, Richard Runciman Terry, the choir was soon regarded as the finest in the land. Terry and the choir took the church music world by storm, reviving countless works which had not been heard for centuries and vigorously adding newly commissioned works to the repertoire. Among many composers who wrote works specially for the choir were Vaughan Williams (whose Mass in G minor was first performed publicly at a Mass in the Cathedral), Benjamin Britten, Gustav Holst, Herbert Howells, Charles Wood, and Lennox Berkeley.
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Westminster Cathedral Choir - MacMillan: Tenebrae Responsories & other choral works
MacMillan: Tenebrae Responsories & other choral works (Hyperion CDA67970, CD) June 2013
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
James MacMillan (b1959): Tenebrae Responsories & other choral works

Westminster Cathedral Choir returns to acclaimed Scottish composer James MacMillan, whose powerful, passionate and luminous music has made him one of the best-loved choral composers of today.

Included on this recording is a dramatic setting of the Tenebrae Responsories, a spiritually engaging and emotionally involving work which relates back in its searing intensity and some of its choral effects to Seven Last Words from the Cross (1993) (recorded on Hyperion CDA67460), one of MacMillan’s seminal earlier works.

The choir is joined by London Brass for jubilant settings of Tu es Petrus, Summae Trinitati and Ecce sacerdos magnus.

Total duration: 72' 52" Recorded July 2012. Scheduled for release on June 3, 2013.
  1.   Tu es Petrus  
  2.   Dignus est Agnus  
  3.   Tenebrae Responsories: Tenebrae factae sunt  
  4.   Tenebrae Responsories: Tradiderunt me  
  5.   Tenebrae Responsories: Jesum tradidit impius  
  6.   Summae Trinitati  
  7.   Benedictus Deus  
  8.   Ave maris stella  
  9.   Tota pulchra es  
10.   After Virtue  
11.   Serenity (O salutaris hostia)  
12.   The Edinburgh Te Deum (Te Deum laudamus)  
13.   Ecce sacerdos magnus  
14.   Processional on Tu es Petrus  
Available at   prestoclassical.co.uk
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Westminster Cathedral Choir - Miserere: A sequence of music for Lent, St Joseph, and the Annunciation
Miserere: A sequence of music for Lent, St Joseph, and the Annunciation (Hyperion CDA67938, CD) January 2013
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
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. [Hyperion]
  1.   Attende, Domine - Anonymous - liturgical  
  2.   Miserere mei, Deus - George Malcolm (1917-1997)  
  3.   Emendemus in melius - William Byrd (1539/40-1623)  
  4.   Missa Emendemus in melius, Movement 1: Kyrie - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/6-1594)  
  5.   Missa Emendemus in melius, Movement 5: Agnus Dei - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/6-1594)  
  6.   Scapulis suis - George Malcolm (1917-1997)  
  7.   Audi, benigne conditor - Anonymous - liturgical  
  8.   In spiritu humilitatis - Giovanni Croce (1557-1609)  
  9.   Evigila super nos - Anonymous - liturgical  
10.   Magnificat quarti toni - David Bevan (b1951)  
11.   Evigila super nos - Anonymous - liturgical  
12.   Iustus ut palma - Colin Mawby (b1936)  
13.   Mass IX 'Cum iubilo' Movement 1: Kyrie - Anonymous - liturgical  
14.   Mass IX 'Cum iubilo' Movement 2: Gloria - Anonymous - liturgical  
15.   Veritas mea - George Malcolm (1917-1997)  
16.   Credo IV - Anonymous - liturgical  
17.   Ave Maria - Robert Parsons (c1535-1572)  
18.   Mass IX 'Cum iubilo' Movement 3: Sanctus and Benedictus - Anonymous - liturgical  
19.   Mass IX 'Cum iubilo' Movement 4: Agnus Dei - Anonymous - liturgical  
20.   Ave virgo sanctissima - Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)  
21.   Te lucis ante terminum I - Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)  
22.   Salva nos, Domine - Anonymous - liturgical  
23.   Nunc dimittis tertii toni - George Malcolm (1917-1997)  
24.   Salva nos, Domine - Anonymous - liturgical  
Available at   hyperion-records.co.uk
Available at   prestoclassical.co.uk
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Palestrina: Missa Tu es Petrus
Palestrina: Missa Tu es Petrus (Hyperion CDA67785, CD) March 2010
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Te Deum laudamus [8'13] - Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Missa Te Deum laudamus - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/6-1594)

Motet Tu es Petrus (a 6) [7'01] - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Missa Tu es Petrus - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina


Available at   Hyperion-Records

Westminster Cathedral Choir - From the vaults of Westminster Cathedral
From the vaults of Westminster Cathedral (Hyperion CDA67707, CD) October 2009
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Plainchant and Renaissance polyphony are the bedrock of Westminster Cathedral’s sung liturgy—early music is the root from which the cathedral’s musical endeavours have branched for over a century. Also, from Westminster Cathedral’s earliest years, alongside the fascination with early vocal repertory, composers have been commissioned to contribute to the canon; when they have done so the choir’s antique musical diet has frequently been at the forefront of those composers’ imagination.
  1.   Rorate caeli [5'12] Anonymous - chant  
  2.   Descendit Angelus Domini [4'52] Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)  
  3.   Rorate caeli William Byrd (1539/40-1623)  
  4.   Mass X 'Alme Pater' Anonymous - Kyrie [1'46]  
  5.   Mass X 'Alme Pater' Anonymous - Gloria [3'02]  
  6.   Tollite portas – Ave Maria [3'54] William Byrd (1539/40-1623)  
  7.   Mass X 'Alme Pater' Anonymous - Sanctus & Benedictus [0'52]  
  8.   Mass X 'Alme Pater' Anonymous - Agnus Dei [0'59]  
  9.   Ecce virgo concipiet William Byrd (1539/40-1623) Part 1: Ecce virgo concipiet [1'46]  
10.   Psalm 2 'The Lord said to me – Why this tumult among the nations?' [3'20] Anonymous  
11.   Adam lay ybounden [3'13] Matthew Martin (b1976)  
12.   Missa Ad praesepe George Malcolm (1917-1997) Kyrie [1'55]  
13.   Missa Ad praesepe George Malcolm (1917-1997) Gloria [6'05]  
14.   Alleluia. Dominus dixit [2'25] Anonymous  
15.   Mass IX 'Cum iubilo' Anonymous - Sanctus & Benedictus [1'36]  
16.   Missa Ad praesepe George Malcolm (1917-1997) Agnus Dei [1'59] (L)  
17.   Ecce advenit [2'32] Anonymous  
18.   Messa a 4 da Cappella 1650 Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) Gloria [3'54]  
19.   Alleluia. Vidimus stellam [2'13] Anonymous  
20.   Messa a 4 da Cappella 1650 Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) Sanctus & Benedictus [3'12]  
21.   Omnes de Saba [2'54] Orlandus Lassus (1532-1594)  
22.   Messa a 4 da Cappella 1650 Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) Agnus Dei [2'04]  
23.   Magnificat [7'26] Anonymous & Maurice Bevan (1921-2006) & Martin Baker (b1967)  
24.   Nunc dimittis in B flat [3'17] Charles Wood (1866-1926)  
25.   Improvisation 'Marche des Rois mages' [3'10] Martin Baker (b1967) - organ  
Available at   Hyperion website
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Palestrina: Lamentations of Jeremiah
Palestrina: Lamentations of Jeremiah (Hyperion CDA67610, CD) March 2007
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
  1.   Lectio I Incipit Lamentatio Ieremiae prophetae [7'47]  
  2.   Lectio II Vau. Et egressus est a filia Sion [10'04]  
  3.   3 Lectio III Iod. Manum suam misit hostis [8'51]  
  4.   4 Lectio I De Lamentatione Ieremiae prophetae [7'12]  
  5.   5 Lectio II Lamed. Matribus suis dixerunt [9'35]  
  6.   6 Lectio III Aleph. Ego vir videns paupertatem meam [7'49]  
  7.   7 Lectio I De Lamentatione Ieremiae prophetae [9'20]  
  8.   8 Lectio II Aleph. Quomodo obscuratum est aurum [8'18]  
  9.   9 Lectio III Incipit oratio Ieremiae prophetae [9'36]  
Available at   Crotchet
Available at   MDT
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Christmas Vespers At Westminster Cathedral
Christmas Vespers At Westminster Cathedral (Hyperion CDA67522, CD) October 2006
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
This disc presents an adorned version of the Office of Vespers as it might be heard on the eve of Christmas in Westminster Cathedral, a building steeped in art, music and spirituality.

The chant on this disc is the golden thread which runs throughout the entire liturgy giving the Office a natural rhythm and inevitability as well as clarity of text and beautiful language; it is complemented here by motets and canticles by Thomas Tallis, Tomás Luis de Victoria and Heinrich Schütz, while Jean Langlais’s massive Fête for organ concludes the service.

The only cathedral choir in the world to sing Mass and Vespers liturgically every day, The Choir of Westminster Cathedral is perfectly placed to offer to the armchair listener this CD encapsulation of their very lifeblood, recorded here in the opulent acoustic of their own cathedral.
Available at   Hyperion

Westminster Cathedral Choir - BRAHMS, Missa canonica; RHEINBERGER, Mass in E flat
BRAHMS, Missa canonica; RHEINBERGER, Mass in E flat (Hyperion  CDA67559, CD) June 2006
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
  1.   Brahms,Missa canonica :Kyrie [3'50]  
  2.   Sanctus [2'36]  
  3.   Benedictus [1'53]  
  4.   Agnus Dei [3'48]  
  5.   Es ist das Heil uns kommen her Op 29 No 1 [4'27]  
  6.   Schaffe in mir, Gott Op 29 No 2 [6'31]  
  7.   Geistliches Lied Op 30 [5'02]  
  8.   Ave Maria Op 12 [3'56]  
  9.   O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf Op 74 No 2 [4'53]   O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf [0'42] O Gott ein Tau vom Himmel giess [0'46] O Erd schlag aus, schlag aus o Erd [0'56] Hie leiden wir die grösste Not [1'22] Da wollen wir all danken dir [1'05]
10.   Warum ist das Licht gegeben? Op 74 No 1 [9'30]   Warum ist das Licht gegeben? [5'26] Lasset uns unser Herz [0'56] Siehe, wir preisen selig [1'59] Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin [1'08]
11.   RHEINBERGER, Mass in E flat major Op 109 ‘Cantus Missae’ -Kyrie [3'18]  
12.   Gloria [3'14]  
13.   Credo [6'13]  
14.   Sanctus [1'50]  
15.   Benedictus [2'24]  
16.   Agnus Dei [4'43]  
Available at   Hyperion
Available at   MDT
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Vaughan Williams: Mass
Vaughan Williams: Mass (Hyperion CDA67503, CD) May 2005
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
COMPOSER: Ralph Vaughan Williams (other composers in brackets after works) TITLE: Mass TRACKS: Mass in G minor. Te Deum in G. O vos omnes. Valiant for Truth. A Vision of Aeroplanes. c/w Mass (Judith Bingham). CHOIR: Westminster Cathedral Choir CONDUCTOR: Martin Baker RELEASE DATE: 02 May 2005
  1.   RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872–1958) - Te Deum in G [7'12]  
  2.   RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Mass in G minor [23'10] - Kyrie [4'13]  
  3.   RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Mass in G minor - Gloria [4'04]  
  4.   RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Mass in G minor - Credo [5'54]  
  5.   RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Mass in G minor - Sanctus [2'40]  
  6.   RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Mass in G minor - Benedictus [2'17]  
  7.   RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Mass in G minor - Agnus Dei [3'54]  
  8.   RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS O vos omnes [5'51]  
  9.   RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Valiant-for-Truth [5'57]  
10.   RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A vision of aeroplanes [10'06]  
11.   JUDITH BINGHAM (b1952) Mass [26'50] - Preamble The road to Emmaeus [6'47] organ solo  
12.   JUDITH BINGHAM Mass - Kyrie [2'30]  
13.   JUDITH BINGHAM Mass - Gloria [5'08]  
14.   JUDITH BINGHAM Mass - Offertory Et aperti sunt oculi [2'12]  
15.   JUDITH BINGHAM Mass - Sanctus and Benedictus [1'34]  
16.   JUDITH BINGHAM Mass - Agnus Dei [3'29]  
17.   JUDITH BINGHAM Mass - Voluntary Et cognoverunt eum [5'01] organ solo  
Available at   Crotchet
Available at   Hyperion
Review at   The Daily Telegraph
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Lassus: Missa Bell' Amfitrit' Altera
Lassus: Missa Bell' Amfitrit' Altera (Hyperion , CD) 2005
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Victoria: Ave Regina caelorum
Victoria: Ave Regina caelorum (Hyperion CDA 67479, CD) October 2004
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Amazon UK
Available at   Hyperion
Available at   Tower Records
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Maxwell Davies: Mass - Missa Parvula
Maxwell Davies: Mass - Missa Parvula (Hyperion CDA 67454, CD) May 2004
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Hyperion
Available at   Tower Records
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Palestrina: Music for Advent and Christmas
Palestrina: Music for Advent and Christmas (Hyperion CDA 67396, CD) September 2003
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Hyperion Records
Available at   Tower Records
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Resurrexit - The complete Easter Sunday Mass from Westminster Cathedral
Resurrexit - The complete Easter Sunday Mass from Westminster Cathedral (Herald HAVP 284, CD) March 2003
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Recorded July 2002, directed by Martin Baker.
  Herald AV
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Palestrina: Missa Dum Complerentur
Palestrina: Missa Dum Complerentur (Hyperion CDA 67353, CD) January 2003
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - MacMillan: Mass & Other Sacred Music
MacMillan: Mass & Other Sacred Music (Hyperion CDA 67219, CD) May 2001
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Hyperion
Available at   Tower Records
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Kodály and Janácek: Masses
Kodály and Janácek: Masses (Hyperion , CD) 2000
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Hyperion
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Guerrero: Missa de la Batalla Escoutez (Hyperion , CD) 1999
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Palestrina: Missa Ecce Ego Johannes
Palestrina: Missa Ecce Ego Johannes (Hyperion , CD) 1999
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Martin & Pizzetti: Sacred Choral Music
Martin & Pizzetti: Sacred Choral Music (Hyperion , CD) 1998
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - The Music of Westminster Cathedral Choir
The Music of Westminster Cathedral Choir (Hyperion , CD) 1998
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - French Cathedral Music - Vierne, Dupre & Widor
French Cathedral Music - Vierne, Dupre & Widor (Hyperion , CD) 1997
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
  1.   Kyrie   1-5 Louis Vierne: Messe solennelle in C sharp minor, Op 16
  2.   Gloria  
  3.   Sanctus  
  4.   Benedictus  
  5.   Agnus Dei  
  6.   Tantum ergo (Louis Vierne)  
  7.   Ave Maria (Louis Vierne)  
  8.   O salustaris hostia   8-11 Marcel Dupré: Quatre motets, Opus 9
  9.   Tantum ergo  
10.   Ave Maria  
11.   Laudate Dominum  
12.   Kyrie   12-16 Charles-Marie Vidor: Messe à deux choeurs et deux orgues, Op 36
13.   Gloria  
14.   Sanctus  
15.   Benedictus  
16.   Agnus Dei  
17.   Tu es Petrus   Charles-Marie Vidor, Opus 23 No 2
18.   Tantum ergo   Charles-Marie Vidor Op 18 No 1
19.   Surrexit a mortuis   Charles-Marie Vidor Op 23 No 3
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Guerrero: Missa Sancta et Immaculata
Guerrero: Missa Sancta et Immaculata (Hyperion , CD) 1997
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Amazon UK
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Victoria: Missa Dum Complerentur
Victoria: Missa Dum Complerentur (Hyperion , CD) 1996
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Durufle: Requiem
Durufle: Requiem (Hyperion CDA 66757, CD) 1995
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir   Aaron Webber  
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Poulenc: Mass in G
Poulenc: Mass in G (Hyperion CDA66664, CD) July 1994
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir   Mark Kennedy   Eamon O'Dwyer  
The choral singing on this disc is quite outstanding, but the solo soprano in the Mass is not as sweet toned or technically accomplished as Jonathon Bond (with the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge under George Guest) in the other recommended recording. All the music is from Francis Poulenc.
  1.   Kyrie   1-5: Mass in G
  2.   Gloria  
  3.   Sanctus  
  4.   Benedictus  
  5.   Agnus Dei   treble solo Mark Kennedy
  6.   O magnum mysterium   6-9 Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël
  7.   Quem vidistis pastores dicite  
  8.   Videntes stellam  
  9.   Hodie Christus natus est  
10.   Litanies à la Vierge Noire   Notre-Dame de Rocamadour
11.   Salut, Dame sainte   11-14 Quatre petites prières de Saint François d'Assise
12.   Tout puissant, très saint  
13.   Seigneur, je vous en prie  
14.   O mes très chers frères  
15.   Timor et tremor   15-18 Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence
16.   Vinea mea electa  
17.   Tenebrae factae sunt  
18.   Tristis est anima mea   treble solo Eamonn O'Dwyer
19.   Exultate Deo  
20.   Salve Regina  
Available at   Amazon.co.uk
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Victoria: Trahe Me Post Te
Victoria: Trahe Me Post Te (Hyperion , CD) 1994
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Adeste Fideles
Adeste Fideles (Hyperion CDA66668, CD) 1993
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir   Aaron Webber  
Christmas Music From Westminster Cathedral
Aaron Webber soloist in "In the bleak winter" (track 9)
  9.   In the Bleak Midwinter   Treble soloist: Aaron Webber
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Morales: Missa Queramus Cum Pastoribus
Morales: Missa Queramus Cum Pastoribus (Hyperion , CD) 1993
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Panis Angelicus
Panis Angelicus (Hyperion , CD) 1993
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
  1.   Ave Maria   Mendelssohn
  2.   Jesu, joy of man's desiring  
  3.   Panis angelicus   Franck, arr. Andrew Gant
  4.   Ave verum corpus  
  5.   O salutaris hostia  
  6.   Faire is the heaven  
  7.   Ave Maria   Holst
  8.   Ave Maria   Gounod, arr. Colin Mawby
  9.   Maria Mater gratiae op47 no 2   Fauré
10.   Ave Maria corpus op2 no 1   Elgar
11.   Ave verum K618 (L)   Mozart
12.   Ave maris stella   Grieg
13.   Tantum ergo   de Séverac
14.   Hymne à la Vierge  
15.   The Lord is my Shepherd   Schubert
16.   I waited for the Lord   from The Hymns of Praise, op52, Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
17.   Cantique de Jean Racine   op 11, Fauré
18.   Nunc dimittis   H127, Holst
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Penalosa: Masses
Penalosa: Masses (Hyperion , CD) 1993
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Josquin des Pres - Missa Pange Lingua
Josquin des Pres - Missa Pange Lingua (Hyperion , CD) 1992
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
  1.   Kyrie (L)   1-6: Missa Pange Lingua
  2.   Gloria (L)  
  3.   Credo (L)  
  4.   Sanctus (L)  
  5.   Benedictus (L)  
  6.   Agnus Dei (L)  
  7.   Planxit autem David (L)   7-10 Planxit autem David
  8.   ... Montes Gelboe (L)  
  9.   ... sagitta Jonathae (L)  
10.   ... Doleo super te (L)  
11.   Vultum tuum (Introit substitute) (L)   11-19: Vultum tuum
12.   Sancta Dei Genetrix (Gloria substitute) (L)  
13.   Intemerata virgo (Credo substitute) (L)  
14.   Ave Maria (Offertory substitute) (L)  
15.   O Maria (Sanctus substitute) (L)  
16.   Te lumen (Elevation motoet) (L)  
17.   Mente tota (after Elevation) (L)  
18.   Christe, Fili Dei (Agnus Dei substitute) (L)  
19.   Ora pro nobis (Deo Gracias sutsbitute) (L)  
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Palestrina: Missa Aeterna Christi Munera
Palestrina: Missa Aeterna Christi Munera (Hyperion CDA66490, CD) 1991
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms; Mass; Canticum Sacrum
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms; Mass; Canticum Sacrum (Hyperion CDA66437, CD) 1991
Featuring Robin Schmidt   Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Here's a Symphony of Psalms that successfully captures the spirit and letter of the work--reverence, jubilation, and celebration, as well as specifics of orchestral color and texture. Boys' voices--supposedly Stravinsky's original choice--contribute their share to the bright choral timbre, an effect that works very well. We also get first-rate performances of the Mass and the rarely recorded Canticum sacrum. --David Vernier
  1.   Symphony of Psalms - Psalm XXXIX  
  2.   Symphony of Psalms - Psalm XL  
  3.   Symphony of Psalms - Psalm CL  
  4.   Pater Noster  
  5.   Credo  
  6.   Ave Maria  
  7.   Mass - I Kyrie  
  8.   Mass - II Gloria   Oliver Harding, treble; Stephen Jeffs, alto
  9.   Mass - III Credo  
10.   Mass - IV Sanctus   Robin Schmidt, treble; Robert Lewis, alto
11.   Mass - V Agnus Dei  
12.   Canticum Sacrum - I Dedicatio  
13.   Canticum Sacrum - II Euntes in mundum  
14.   Canticum Sacrum - III Surge, aquilo  
15.   Canticum Sacrum - IV Diliges Dominum  
16.   Canticum Sacrum - V Qui confidunt  
17.   Canticum Sacrum - VI Credidi, propter quod locutus sum  
18.   Canticum Sacrum - VII Jesus autem ait illi  
19.   Canticum Sacrum - VIII Illi autem profecti  
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Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Anerio Requiem (1614)
Anerio Requiem (1614) (hyperion CDA66417, CD) 1990
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
  1.   Missa Pro Defunctis - Introitus  
  2.   Missa Pro Defunctis - Kyrie  
  3.   Missa Pro Defunctis - Sequentia: Dies irae  
  4.   Missa Pro Defunctis - Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe  
  5.   Missa Pro Defunctis - Sanctus  
  6.   Missa Pro Defunctis - Agnus Dei I, II, III  
  7.   Missa Pro Defunctis - Communio: Lux aeterna  
  8.   Missa Pro Defunctis - Responsorium: Libera me  
  9.   Missa Pro Defunctis - Kyrie in absolutione  
10.   Vidi Speciosam  
11.   Ad Te Levavi  
12.   Christe Redemptor Omnium  
13.   Salve Regina III  
14.   Christus Factus Est  
15.   Magnificat Quinti Toni  
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Palestrina: Missae De Beata Virgine & Ave Maria
Palestrina: Missae De Beata Virgine & Ave Maria (Hyperion , CD) 1990
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Palestrina: Missa O Rex Gloriae, Missa Viri Galilaei
Palestrina: Missa O Rex Gloriae, Missa Viri Galilaei (Hyperion CDA66316, CD) 1989
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Directed by James O'Donnell
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories
Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories (Hyperion , CD) 1989
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Langlais: Messe Solennelle
Langlais: Messe Solennelle (Hyperion , CD) 1988
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli
Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli (Hyperion , CD) 1988
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Victoria: Requiem
Victoria: Requiem (Hyperion , CD) 1987
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols (Hyperion , CD) 1986
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir   Jeremy "Jez" Unwin  
Recorded in 1986. Directed by David Hill.
  1.   A Ceremony Of Carols, Op 28  
  2.   A Ceremony Of Carols, Op 28  
  3.   A Ceremony Of Carols, Op 28  
  4.   A Ceremony Of Carols, Op 28  
  5.   A Ceremony Of Carols, Op 28  
  6.   A Ceremony Of Carols, Op 28  
  7.   A Ceremony Of Carols, Op 28  
  8.   A Ceremony Of Carols, Op 28  
  9.   A Ceremony Of Carols, Op 28  
10.   A Ceremony Of Carols, Op 28  
11.   A Ceremony Of Carols, Op 28  
12.   A Ceremony Of Carols, Op 28  
13.   Missa Brevis In D, Op 63  
14.   Missa Brevis In D, Op 63  
15.   Missa Brevis In D, Op 63  
16.   Missa Brevis In D, Op 63  
17.   A Hymn To The Virgin  
18.   A Hymn Of St Columba  
19.   Deus In Adjutorium Meum  
20.   Jubilate Deo In E Flat  
Available at   Amazon US
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Praetorius: Christmas Music
Praetorius: Christmas Music (Hyperion , CD) 1986
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Victoria: O Magnum Mysterium
Victoria: O Magnum Mysterium (Hyperion CDA66190, CD) 1986
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Recorded in January and May 1985.
  1.   O Magnum Mysterium (Motet)  
  2.   O Magnum Mysterium: Kyrie  
  3.   O Magnum Mysterium: Gloria  
  4.   O Magnum Mysterium: Credo  
  5.   O Magnum Mysterium: Sanctus  
  6.   O Magnum Mysterium: Benedictus  
  7.   O Magnum Mysterium: Agnus Dei  
  8.   Acendens Christus in Altum (Motet)  
  9.   Acendens Christus in Altum: Kyrie  
10.   Acendens Christus in Altum: Gloria  
11.   Acendens Christus in Altum: Credo  
12.   Acendens Christus in Altum: Sanctus  
13.   Acendens Christus in Altum: Benedictus  
14.   Acendens Christus in Altum: Agnus Dei  
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Treasures of the Spanish Renaissance
Treasures of the Spanish Renaissance (Hyperion , CD) 1985
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Victoria: Ave Maris Stella and O Quam Gloriosum
Victoria: Ave Maris Stella and O Quam Gloriosum (Hyperion CDA 66114, CD) 1985
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Choir of Westminster Cathedral sings masses of Tomas Luis de Victoria. Conductor: David Hill. Gramophone award winner 1985.
  1.   Motet O Quam Gloriosum  
  2.   Mass O Quam Gloriosum  
  3.   Mass Ave Maris Stella  
Available at   Hyperion Records
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Victoria: Vidi Speciosam
Victoria: Vidi Speciosam (Hyperion , CD) 1984
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
  1.   Motet O Quam Gloriosum  
  2.   Missa O Quam Gloriosum - Kyrie  
  3.   Missa O Quam Gloriosum - Gloria  
  4.   Missa O Quam Gloriosum - Credo  
  5.   Missa O Quam Gloriosum - Sanctus  
  6.   Missa O Quam Gloriosum - Agnus Dei  
  7.   Missa Ave Maris Stella - Kyrie  
  8.   Missa Ave Maris Stella - Gloria  
  9.   Missa Ave Maris Stella - Credo  
10.   Missa Ave Maris Stella - Sanctus  
11.   Missa Ave Maris Stella - Agnus Dei  
Available at   Hyperion
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Mozart: Requiem
Mozart: Requiem ( , LP) 1983
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Directed by Christopher Hogwood. Also featuring the Chorus & Orchestra of The Academy of Ancient Music.
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Victoria: Responsories for Tenebrae
Victoria: Responsories for Tenebrae (Argo ZRG 5149, LP) 1960
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir   John Hahessy   Michael Ronayne   Kenneth Willes  
Later releases:
Decca 425 078-2, CD; Argo Eclipse ECS 747, LP 1975; Double Decca 433 914-2, CD 1992
Second Soprano soloist in Victoria's Responsories for Tenebrae recorded in Westminster Cathedral in April 1959 with the Cathedral Choir under the inspired conducting of George Malcolm.

Hahessy is not credited on the CD liner or notes, but was identified in the LP issue on Argo Eclipse ECS 747 (1975), with Michael Ronayne as First Soprano soloist.
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Faure: Requiem, Messe Basse
Faure: Requiem, Messe Basse (Pickwick IMP PCD 2015, CD)
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir   Harry Escott   Aidan Oliver  
David Hill. Reissued as Regis 1028.
  1.   Requiem / Introit & Kyrie  
  2.   Requiem / Offertoire  
  3.   Requiem / Sanctus  
  4.   Requiem / Pie Jesu  
  5.   Requiem / Agnus Dei  
  6.   Requiem / Libera Me  
  7.   Requiem / In Paradisum  
  8.   Tantum Ergo, Op 65 No 2  
  9.   Messe Basse / Kyrie Eleison  
10.   Messe Basse / Sanctus  
11.   Messe Basse / Benedictus  
12.   Messe Basse / Agnus Dei  
13.   Marie, Mater Gratiae, Op 47 No 2  
Available at   Arkiv
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Miserere - Religious Choral Music
Miserere - Religious Choral Music (Decca 467 431-2, CD)
Featuring King's College Choir, Cambridge   Westminster Cathedral Choir   Saul Quirke  
Saul Quirke - treble - Miserere Mei
Choir of Westminister Cathedral 1-4 8-11
Choir of King´s College, Cambridge 5-7 12 13
1-4 8-11 recorded 1983 - 5 rec. 1987 - 6-7 rec. 1984 12 recorded 1960 and 13 in 1965
  1.   Miserere Mei - Gregorio Allegri  
  2.   Excultate Deo - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina  
  3.   Peccantem me quotidie - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina  
  4.   Crucifixus - Antonio Lotti  
  5.   O magnum mysterium - Giovanni Gabrieli  
  6.   Tu es Petrus - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina  
  7.   Agnus Dei - Tomas Luis de Victoria  
  8.   Adoramus te - Claudio Monteverdi  
  9.   Cantate Domino - Claudio Monteverdi  
10.   Salve Regina - Francesco Cavalli  
11.   Jubilate Deo - Giovanni Gabrieli  
12.   Nunc dimittis - William Byrd  
13.   Spem in alium - Thomas Tallis  
Singles Compact | Full
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Britten: Missa Brevis
Britten: Missa Brevis (Decca CEP 654, 45rpm Single) 1960
Featuring John Hahessy   Michael Ronayne   Westminster Cathedral Choir   Kenneth Willes  
Director: George Malcolm At Christmas in 1958, Benjamin Britten went to hear the boys of the Westminster Cathedral Choir sing his Ceremony of Carols conducted by George Malcolm. He was so impressed by their voices, he wanted to write something for them. The result is the Missa Brevis, recorded here for the first time.
Other Recordings Compact | Full
Westminster Cathedral Choir - World Of Boy Soprano
World Of Boy Soprano (PolyGram K.K. (London) POCL 4373, CD) 1996
Featuring Jonathon Bond   Haberdashers Aske's School Choir   James Hopkins   Thomas Hunt   Robert King   Werner Perch   Saul Quirke   Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge   Michael Turner   Patirzio Veronelli   Anthony Way   Westminster Cathedral Choir   Die Wiener Sängerknaben  
Japanese Compilation CD of music on the Decca Label from 1951-1996.
  1.   Panis Angelicus (Franck)   Soloist Anthony Way (Treble)
  2.   Cradle Song (Brahms)   Soloist Anthony Way (Treble)
  3.   Ave Maria (Bach)   Soloist Anthony Way (Treble)
  4.   Love One Another (Wesley)   Soloists Anthony Way and James Hopkins (Trebles)
  5.   Pie Jesu (Faure)   Soloist Jonathon Bond (Treble)
  6.   Pie Jesu (Durufle)   Soloist Robert King (Treble)
  7.   Miserere (Allegri)   Soloist Saul Quirk (Treble) with the choir of Westminster Cathedral
  8.   Antiphon Missa Assumpta Est Maria   Soloist Thomas Hunt (Treble) with the choir of St John's College Cambridge
  9.   Kyrie from Missa Assumpta Est Maria (Palestrina)   Choir Of St Johns College Cambridge
10.   Antiphon from Missa Veni Sponsa Christi (Palestrina)   Soloist Michael Turner (Treble) with the Choir Of st John's Cambridge
11.   Kyrie from Missa Veni Sponsa Christi (Palestrina)   St Johns Cambridge
12.   Benedictus from Requiem (Mozart)   Soloists Werner Perch (Treble) and Hans Breitschopf (Bass) withchorus of Vienna Hofmusikkapelle
14.   Seid Uns Zum Zweitenmal Willkommen (Mozart)   Sung by the Vienna Boys Choir
15.   Avec La Garde Montante (Bizet)   Sung by Haberdashers Aske School Choir
Available at   PlusOne available from Mr S.Seiichi at Plusone Japan.
Films and Videos Compact | Full
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Westminster Cathedral: A Series Of Surprises
Westminster Cathedral: A Series Of Surprises (Maudelene Television Productions , VHS) 1994
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
A Video Guide to the art, architecture and social mission of Westminster Cathedral. With large section about the Choir and Choir School.
Westminster Cathedral Choir - New Born King, The (1986)
New Born King, The (1986) (Beckman Home Video , VHS) 1992
Featuring Aled Jones   Westminster Cathedral Choir  
60 min, Baritone Benjamin Luxon, Boy Soprano Aled Jones, actor Emlyn Williams and the Westminster Cathedral Choir perform "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing," "Adeste Fidelis," and "Good King Wenceslas," in this celebration of the holiday season filmed at Westminster Cathedral.
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Christmas Eve at Westminster Cathedral
Christmas Eve at Westminster Cathedral (BVV Westminster , VHS) 1991
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Video recording of Christmas Midnight Mass 1991. Mass Ordinary is Mozart's "Krönungsmesse" (Coronation Mass)
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Britten: Owen Wingrave (Film version) (Arthaus Musik 100372, DVD)
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Starring Gerald Finley. Features the Choristers of Westminster Cathedral.
Available at   Naxos
Books Compact | Full
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Westminster Chorister, The (Westminster Abbey Old Choristers Association , Book)
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
Published four times a year. Edited by James Wilkinson. The Summer 2007 edition is 64 pages and richly illustrated. The cost is £3 per issue and it may be obtained from: James Wilkinson, 31 Elm Bank Gardens, Barnes, London, SW13 ONU
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Cathedral Trilogy with Intermezzo (Cliffe Publications 0952292912, Book) 1994
Featuring Bristol Cathedral Choir   Westminster Cathedral Choir  
by Gregory C. Atkin. The View of a Former Cathedral Chorister of Choral Life in the Twentieth Century. Atkin throws a considerable amount of light on what was encountered by cathedral choristers and lay clerks at Bristol Cathedral and Westminster Cathedral in the middle of the twentieth century. The book is written from personal observations and experience in these establishments at that time.
Available at   Amazon UK
Westminster Cathedral Choir - Westminster Pilgrim, A; being a record of service
Westminster Pilgrim, A; being a record of service (Novello , Book) 1919
Featuring Westminster Cathedral Choir  
by Sir Frederick Bridge, 1919. xiii, 363 pages 8vo. John Frederick Bridge (1844-1924) served as organist at Westminster Abbey for the 43 years 1875-1918; he was knighted in 1897.
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