Cover: Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris (1986) by Charlotte Johnson Wahl (b1942)
Hyperion CDA67808 · June 2010
Briggs - Mass for Notre Dame
The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, Stephen Layton (conductor)
- GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE
- BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE AWARDS 2011 - JURY AWARD FOR TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE
- BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE 5 STARS
Press
Classical Music Sentinel2010All of you who have become convinced that any new music being written these days is only going to be either boring formulaic minimalism, atonal noise, eletronic manipulation, or worst of all, tepid crossover attempts to draw a…Read the review 
Gramophone Magazine2010Editor's Choice These works give the lie to the old adage that the natural enemy of the Brits is the French (actually, I think that was in an old episode of Yes, Prime Minister). David Briggs is deeply influenced both by his…Read the review 
BBC Music Magazine2010This is a mass with a difference: not only does it have four interpolated organ improvisations as part and parcel of the setting, but also composer David Briggs estimates that 15 per cent of the scored material is 'sampled' from…Read the review 
International Record Review2010There's only one word for this. Spectacular. Let's start with the recording. Gloucester Cathedral is an eminently sensible choice of location, for not only is its generous acoustic far more suited to music on this expansive scale…Read the review 
Choir and Organ2010David Briggs has spent much time and persistent care in transcribing improvisations by Pierre Ccochereau, organist at Notre-Dame until his death in 1984. These he has folded into his own rich, harmonically adventurous and…Read the review 
The Oldie2010Our own great latter-day improviser, a man who in his fantasy organ world David Hyde Pierce would probably love to be, is the 47-year-old former organist of Truro and Gloucester cathedrals, David Briggs. From the age of nine…Read the review
Recorded: July 2009
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by David Hinitt
Release date: June 2010
Total duration: 72 minutes 20 seconds
Track list
- IntroïtDavid Briggs (b1962)2'48
- Messe pour Notre-Dame: KyrieDavid Briggs (b1962)5'11
- Messe pour Notre-Dame: GloriaDavid Briggs (b1962)7'10
- OffertoireDavid Briggs (b1962)1'49
- Ubi caritas et amor (unaccompanied setting)David Briggs (b1962)3'09
- Messe pour Notre-Dame: SanctusDavid Briggs (b1962)3'05
- Messe pour Notre-Dame: BenedictusDavid Briggs (b1962)4'02
- ÉlévationDavid Briggs (b1962)2'54
- Messe pour Notre-Dame: Agnus DeiDavid Briggs (b1962)5'44
- SortieDavid Briggs (b1962)3'59
- I will lift up mine eyesDavid Briggs (b1962)3'45
- The Trinity College Service: MagnificatDavid Briggs (b1962)7'19
- The Trinity College Service: Nunc dimittisDavid Briggs (b1962)5'19
- Te Deum laudamusDavid Briggs (b1962)7'16
- Toccata on Te Deum laudamusDavid Briggs (b1962)2'50
- O Lord, support usDavid Briggs (b1962)6'00
Recording details from Hyperion Records.