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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Missa Dum Complerentur.(Sound Recording Review)
Veni Sancte Spiritus. Other Music for Whitsuntide. Westminster Cathedral Choir/Martin Baker. Hyperion CDA67353, 2003.
Apart from the Tallis Scholars--which is, of course, a very different sort of ensemble--there is probably no choir in the world performing the works of Palestrina as beautifully as that of Westminster Cathedral. The group's consistency is remarkable; despite a constantly shifting complement of boys' voices and the replacement, in 2000, of Master of Music James O'Donnell by Martin Baker (formerly an organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey), the choir's warm, creamy ensemble sound remains instantly recognizable and is one of the most attractive on record. It remains particularly well suited to Palestrina's lush and cascading vocal ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Missa Dum Complerentur.(Sound...