Scores and Recordings received

The following scores and recordings have been obtained in the last month and should receive a notice or review in due course.

[CD] [Various Composers] El nou orgue de Montserrat. Works by Bach, Viola, Casanoves, Handel, Civil. Liszt. Segarra and Widor. Miguel Gonzalez, organ of Montserrat Abbey, Catalonia. Discos Abadia de Montserrat 2010.  DAM 5017. Playing time 1' 14":36. 

[CD] Macmillan, James. Tenebrae: New Choral Music by James MacMillan. Capella Nova directed by Alan Tavener. Linn Records 2007 CKD 301. Playing time: 70' 19"

[Scores] MacMillan, James. Missa Brevis. London: Boosey & Hawkes, 2007. Tenebrae Responsories. London: Boosey & Hawkes, 2008. From the series 'The Strathclyde Motets'; Christus Vincit (1995), In Splendoribus Sanctorum (2008), Pascha nostrum immolatus est (2008), O Radiant Dawn (2008), Sedebit Dominus Rex (2008), Dominus Dabit Benignitatem (2008), The Canticle of Zachariah (2008), Factus est repente (2008), Data est mihi omnis potestas (2008), Os mutorum (2008), Videns Dominus (2008), Mitte manum tuam (2008), Lux Aeterna (2009) & Qui meditabitur (2010). [all Boosey & Hawkes].

[Score] Rota, Nino. Custodi nos, Domine. (s.a./ organ) Mainz: Schott, 2010.

[Scores] Wilton, Nicholas. In manus tuas, Domine (1990), Cor Meum and Beata Viscera Mariae (1995), O Salutaris, Ave Verum, Tantum Ergo, (1996); Requiem Aeternam (1999), Optimam Partem (1999), Ave in aeternum (2000), Ave Maria [saattbb] (2000), Panis Angelicus (2000), Felix namque est (2000), O Sacrum Convivium [ssaa] (2003),  Missa Brevis, O Sacrum Convivium [satb] (2004); Sancta et Immaculata (2006),  Locus Iste (2008), Ave Maria [ssaa] (2009). All available from Catholic Music or Banks Music. St Paul's Bookshop at Westminster stocks all titles.

Scores and Recordings received

The following scores and recordings have been received in the last month and should receive a notice or review in due course.

[CD] Sweeney, Eric. Circle of Light: Music for choir and organ. The Lassus Scholars and Piccolo Lasso directed by Ite O'Donovan with Eric Sweeney, organ. Dublin Choral Foundation DCF CD004 (DDD)
[CD] Macmillan, James. Visitatio Sepulchri and Sun Dogs. Netherlands Radio Choir/ Netherlands Chamber Philharmonic directed by James Macmillan and Celso Antunes. BIS SACD 1719

These last three items, found abandoned outside Travis & Emery, might be considered of archival interest.

[Score] Camilleri, Charles. Requiem for unnacompanied male voice choir. Roberton Publications 53152

[Score] Dalby, Martin. Missa Fi-Fi. Chester Contemporary Music Series.

[Score] Nystedt, Knut. De Profundis for chorus of mixed voices a capella. Associated Music Publishers.

Books Received

The following recent books of interest are on the desk at the moment awaiting review or short notice.

Christopher Page, The Christian West and it's Singers. The First Thousand Years. (New Haven: Yale, 2010) 691 pp + illustrations.

Dom Daniel Saulnier, Gregorian Chant. A Guide to the History and Liturgy, trans. Mary Berry. (Brewster: Paraclete Press, 2009) 147 pp + illustrations.

David Hiley, Gregorian Chant [Cambridge Introductions to Music]. (Cambridge: CUP, 2009) 250 pp + illustrations.

Christopher Page's book is an extensive work covering an area largely where scholars have nor dared to go. Dom Saunier's book is a translation of his French text of 2003 which was in the final stages of preparation when Dr Berry died. David Hiley's book should not be confused with his previous magnum opus Western Plainchant. It contains much new material.