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  • Buckfast Abbey Choir – Messe Modale: Upper Voices Music For Mass By Alain (CD)
  • Buckfast Abbey Choir – Messe Modale: Upper Voices Music For Mass By Alain (CD)

Buckfast Abbey Choir – Messe Modale: Upper Voices Music For Mass By Alain (CD)

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Est. 1974, Curated by Heads
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This recording from the sopranos and altos of Buckfast Abbey Choir captures the unique sound world of upper voices for the Mass. Drawing on repertoire from a short, yet vibrant, period in early twentieth-century France, the program showcases Masses by Gabriel Fauré, Jehan Alain, and Jean Langlais, three significant figures in the evolving tradition of French church music. These works are interspersed with Gregorian chants in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary, patron of the Abbey Church at Buckfast, in whose radiant acoustic this album was recorded. Fauré's Messe basse, with it's intimate lyricism, is paired with a contemporary Gloria by David Davies. Alain's Messe modale en septuor reveals his rhythmic vitality and chant-inspired style, while Langlais' Missa in simplicitate embodies an effortless spiritual purity. Rooted in the Benedictine tradition - restored at Buckfast by French monks in 1882 - and French inspiration, this album offers music of beauty, simplicity, and prayerful intensity.

Tracklist:

  1. Anonymous: Introitus: Gaudeamus
  2. Faure: Messe Basse: I. Kyrie
  3. Faure: Messe Basse: Gloria (By David Davies)
  4. Faure: Messe Basse: II. Sanctus
  5. Faure: Messe Basse: III. Benedictus
  6. Faure: Messe Basse: O Salutaris Hostia (By Andre Messager)
  7. Faure: Messe Basse: IV. Agnus Dei
  8. Anonymous: Alleluia: Ave Maria
  9. Alain: Messe Modale en Septuor, Ja 136, Awv 110 I. Kyrie
  10. Alain: Messe Modale en Septuor, Ja 136, Awv 110 II. Gloria
  11. Alain: Messe Modale en Septuor, Ja 136, Awv 110 III. Sanctus
  12. Alain: Messe Modale en Septuor, Ja 136, Awv 110 IV. Agnus Dei
  13. Alain: Choral Cistercien Pour Une Elevation, Ja 134, Awv 62
  14. Alain: O Quam Suavis Est, Ja 35, Awv 39
  15. Langlais: Trois Prieres, Op65 I. Ave Verum
  16. Langlais: Trois Prieres, Op65 II. Ave Maris Stella
  17. Langlais: Trois Prieres, Op65 III. Tantum Ergo
  18. Anonymous: Communio: Beata Viscera
  19. Langlais: Missa in Simplicitate I. Kyrie
  20. Langlais: Missa in Simplicitate II. Gloria
  21. Langlais: Missa in Simplicitate III. Credo
  22. Langlais: Missa in Simplicitate IV. Sanctus
  23. Langlais: Missa in Simplicitate V. Agnus Dei
  24. Roth: Ain Karim, Fantaisie Pour Flute Et Orgue

UPC: 5061115741825
Label: Ad Fontes
Release Date: 7.10.26
Format: CD