Victoria: Masses Ave Maris Stella & O Quam Gloriosum / Hill [Import]

Tomas Luis de Victoria (Composer), David Hill (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: David Hill
• Composer: Tomas Luis de Victoria
• Audio CD (February 16, 1993)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B000002ZHC
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #153,094 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Motet O Quam Gloriosum

2. Missa O Quam Gloriosum: Kyrie

3. Missa O Quam Gloriosum: Gloria

4. Missa O Quam Gloriosum: Credo

5. Missa O Quam Gloriosum: Sanctus

6. Missa O Quam Gloriosum: Agnus Dei

7. MISSA AVE MARIS STELLA: Kyrie

8. MISSA AVE MARIS STELLA: Gloria

9. MISSA AVE MARIS STELLA: Credo

10. MISSA AVE MARIS STELLA: Sanctus

11. MISSA AVE MARIS STELLA: Agnus Dei

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Wonderful, July 11, 2000

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Richard B Snyder (Kent, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Victoria: Masses Ave Maris Stella & O Quam Gloriosum / Hill (Audio CD)

This is my favorite of all the Westminster Cathedral Choir CDs. It is the only one I know of that has earned an award, and it certainly deserves it. I have several CDs of Victoria's masses by this choir, but this one is the best! The music is just magnificent; the melodies are wonderful; the blending of voices absolutely delightful, etc etc. Listen to the samples above and you will see ..uhh, that is, hear for yourself!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heavenly., October 25, 1999

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Cristina Garcia ([e-mail]) (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Victoria: Masses Ave Maris Stella & O Quam Gloriosum / Hill (Audio CD)

"Our family plays this CD almost daily. It's a taste of heaven on earth. A surge of bliss shoots through our spine each time we play it.Victoria, the composer, could well be a member of the choir of angels in heaven. Definitely a must in any sacred music collection."

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of a Series of Victoria CDs by Hill and the Westminsters, February 14, 2005

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J Scott Morrison (Middlebury VT, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Victoria: Masses Ave Maris Stella & O Quam Gloriosum / Hill (Audio CD)

Over the years, from the mid-1980s, beginning (I believe) with 'O Magnum Misterium' and 'Ascendens Christus in Altum,' David Hill and the Westminster Cathedral Choir have recorded a good number of Victoria's motets and masses. All of the performances I've heard, including this CD of 'O Quam Gloriosum' and 'Ave Maris Stella,' some of Victoria's most beloved music, are stunningly sung and recorded. The Westminster Choir's boy trebles give these performances an ethereal quality that raises these performances above the usual level. This is astonishingly beautiful music in remarkably effective performances by these forces. I would also heartily recommend the others in the series.

This is music and these are performances that people who don't ordinarily like classical music, or people who aren't particularly religious, can listen to and enjoy endlessly.

Highly recommended.

Scott Morrison