Periods

Sacred choral

Choral settings of sacred texts from the seventeenth century to today: motets, anthems, psalms and liturgical music from Eastern and Western churches.

8 recordings

The Penitent Magdalen by Georges de La Tour — Georges de La Tour
The Penitent Magdalen, ca. 1640
The Met

Recordings

8 recordings, by composer

Sep 27
Locus iste, WAB 23
Anton Bruckner. 3:05
Polyphony, Stephen Layton
3:05Listen
Sep 29
Factum est silentium
Richard Dering. 3:12
Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell, Robert Quinney (organ)
3:12Listen
Oct 23
Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens, Op. 10: No. 1, Ubi caritas
Maurice Duruflé. 2:48
Houston Chamber Choir, Robert Simpson
2:48Listen
Nov 8
They are at rest
Edward Elgar. 2:56
Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell
2:56Listen
Oct 19
O sacrum convivium
Olivier Messiaen. 4:54
Choir of Clare College, Graham Ross
4:54Listen
Sep 23
All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: Bogoroditse Devo
Sergei Rachmaninoff. 3:14
Corydon Singers, Matthew Best
3:14Listen
Oct 6
Drei geistliche Gesänge, Op. 69: No. 3, Abendlied
Josef Rheinberger. 3:17
The Gesualdo Six, Owain Park
3:17Listen
Oct 30
Three Latin Motets, Op. 38: No. 1, Justorum animae
Charles Villiers Stanford. 3:23
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton
3:23Listen