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Modern music in the Gregorian chant tradition, July 23, 2008
This review is from: Maxwell Davies: Mass; Missa parvula (Audio CD)
The missa parvula has a sparse texture, very much modelled on Gregorian chant whereas the other mass in this recording is less so, more complex with echoes of French music including Messiaen in the organ parts. This is an altogether very listenable CD. It did not engage me as much as MacMillan's Westminster Mass or indeed the masses of Roxanna Panufnik, but maybe thats because "Max" is an outsider to catholic liturgy whereas the latter are very much insiders and understand the inner workings of the liturgy.
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