Disc Details

Contents

Work Title	Composer
Dum Complerentur	Peter Maxwell Davies	Listen
Missa Parvula	Peter Maxwell Davies	Listen
Reliqui Domum Meum	Peter Maxwell Davies	Listen
Veni Sancte Spiritus	Peter Maxwell Davies	Listen

Reviews

• 'The stripped down sonorities of the Missa Parvula, with its unison vocal line threaded through clouds of organ chords, have a Gregorian austerity and a chaste coolness which the Westminster Cathedral performance catches authentically.'
  Andrew Clements, BBC Music Magazine, 01 July 2004
• '…Hyperion's recording captures the full effect of Maxwell Davies' astonishing writing. A revelatory disc for those keen to know what sort of 'establishment' music we might expect from the new Master of the Queen's Music.'
  Marc Rochester, Gramophone, 01 July 2004
• '…A lack of cliché ad conventional responses to the text is refreshing…the Gloria is a stormy, angular chorus of praise, with the two organs adding a sense of tremendous power held in reserve.'
  Simon Heighes, International Record Review, 01 June 2004
• 'The lyrical directness of the Missa Parvula, wiht the final Agnus Dei sounding almost like a carol, is immediately attractive, touching in its simplicity. Maxwell Davies, with roots in medieval music, tends to avoid making the liturgy dramatic, so that even the Et Resurrexit in the Credo hardly stands out from the lyrical flow.'
  Edward Greenfield, Guardian, 14 May 2004