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November 16th, 2012
HAVPCD256 – Totus Tuus sum, Maria

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HAVPCD256 - Totus Tuus sum, Maria Music in honour of Our Lady
Disk Title Totus Tuus sum, Maria
Music in honour of Our Lady
Choir The Choir of the London Oratory
Conductor Patrick Russill
Location St Alban’s Church, Holborn
Date Recorded September 2002
Audio Tracks 19
Trk. Title Audio Sample
4 Magnificat for double choir (Tone 8)
12 Regina cæli

Down the centuries, the Virgin Mary has inspired a depth of devotion which, in its turn, has produced a huge range of liturgical text, poetry, and music, much of it intended for the cycle of great feasts in her honour throughout the year. Most important are the celebration of her own conception without sin at the feast of the Immaculate Conception (8 December), the announcement of the Angel Gabriel that in her virginity she had conceived the Son of God at the feast of the Annunciation (25 March), the birth of her Redeemer Son at Christmas (25 December), her own role as Mother of God (1 January – a modern feast), and her Assumption into Heaven (15 August). At other times, especially at Holy Week and Easter, her presence is more shadowy, though still gently pervasive.

Trk. Duration Track Title Composer
1
03:00 Ave maris stella Gregorian chant
2
03:24 Ave maris stella Lajos Bárdos
3
01:07 Ave Maris Gregorian chant
4
05:17 Magnificat for double choir (Tone 8) Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia
5
01:09 Alma Redemptoris Mater Gregorian chant
6
02:34 Alma Redemptoris Mater attrib. Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina
7
07:57 O magnum mysterium Morten Lauridsen
8
00:54 Ave Regina cælorum Gregorian chant
9
05:08 Ave Regina cælorum (à 5) Tomás Luis de Victoria
10
02:03 Alleluia: Stabat sancta Maria Gregorian chant
11
04:23 O vos omnes Pablo Casals
12
00:45 Regina cæli Gregorian chant
13
02:09 Regina cæli Gregor Aichinger
14
03:11 Regina cæli Herbert Howells
15
06:28 Assumpta est Maria Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina
16
03:45 Vidi speciosam Jacob Handl
17
03:35 Salve Regina Pierre Villette
18
01:49 Salve Regina Gregorian chant
19
10:21 Totus Tuus sum, Maria Henryk Górecki

The Choir of the London Oratory is England’s senior professional Catholic church choir. Since the Oratory was established on its present Brompton Road site in 1854, the Oratory Fathers have been noted for the zealous maintenance of their musical establishment and of the proper place of music within the liturgical celebrations for which the Oratory is now internationally famed. The choir sings at Solemn Mass and Vespers on all the Sundays and great feasts of the year, as well as on many other important occasions, chief amongst them the solemn liturgies of Holy Week and Easter. Patrick Russill combines the posts of Director of Music of the London Oratory with that of Head of Choral Direction and Church Music at the Royal Academy of Music, London, where he is also professor of organ. He is noted equally as an organist, choral director, teacher, and scholar.

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