Frank Martin's compositional style is characterized by elements of French Impressionism, modern tonality, and a haunting musical language. His double-choir a cappella Mass was composed between 1922 an...
This spiritual, extended work uses the liturgical Latin text. The four movements bring us on a metaphysical journey from the heavens to earth, from the echo of The Spheres (Kyrie) to Identity & The Gr...
This superb Latin mass setting for choir and organ demonstrates the composer's strong melodic sense and innate feeling for the sound of choral worship. The atmospheric Kyrie leads to a Gloria that con...
This Latin mass for choir and wind band was composed in honour of Saint Cecilia's feast day, Saint Cecilia being the patroness of musicians. For this reason, many ensembles have annual concerts dedica...
Commissioned for the millennium by Britain's Royal Armouries and dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo crisis, this work is a contemporary example of a mass based on the 15th-century French song L'ho...
Will Todd's 'Jazz Missa Brevis' gives new life to the sung Latin Mass texts in an accessible, short setting which embraces a variety of jazz styles, from the swinging jazz waltz 'Kyrie' to the up-beat...
As featured on the best-selling CD, this is a powerful and compelling account of the descent into and terrible consequences of war. Commissioned for the millennium by the Royal Armouries and dedicated...
For soprano and baritone soloists, children's choir, adult choir, and orchestra or chamber ensemble. The text is that of a standard Latin Missa brevis, to which several relevant English poetic texts h...
