Cover: Ely Cathedral (detail) by Thomas Lound (1802-1861)
Hyperion CDA67629 · October 2007
Bruckner - Mass & Motets
Polyphony, Stephen Layton (conductor)
- GRAMOPHONE EDITOR'S CHOICE
- DAILY TELEGRAPH CLASSICAL CD OF THE YEAR
Press
American Record Guide2007I’ve had nothing but good things to say about Polyphony in works by Rutter, Whitacre, and maybe a few others. Still, I wasn’t prepared for the excellence of this program. Bruckner, of course, is grandly symphonic even when he’s…Read the review 
Bay Area Reporter2007Hyperion is on a roll. Its superb new CD of Anton Bruckner's choral music, with the chorus Polyphony under the direction of Stephen Layton, includes both a mass, the second in E minor, and seven of the composer's motets. Here…Read the review 
BBC Music Magazine2007Read the review 
Classic FM Magazine2007Read the review 
The Daily Telegraph2007With its refracted echoes of Palestrina, Bruckner's E minor Mass for choir and wind band stands as a sublime anachronism in a worldly, sceptical age. Recorded in the sumptuous acoustics of Ely Cathedral, Polyphony and the Britten…Read the review 
The Observer2007Bruckner lovers will be familiar with his motets, but may not know his glorious Mass No 2, which shares their daring modulations and sensual chromatic harmonies. Stephen Layton and Polyphony really understand this music and…Read the review 
The Observer2007This recording done in the resonant acoustic of Ely Cathedral has much to recommend it. Polyphony is one of the finest ensembles of its type, now about 20 years on the scene, and Stephen Layton needs no introduction to choral…Read the review 
The Sunday Times2007Read the review
Recorded: January 2007
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by Simon Eadon
Release date: October 2007
Total duration: 69 minutes 7 seconds
Track list
- Ave MariaAnton Bruckner (1824-1896)4'06
- Locus iste a Deo factus estAnton Bruckner (1824-1896)3'02
- Mass No 2 in E minor: KyrieAnton Bruckner (1824-1896)6'10
- Mass No 2 in E minor: GloriaAnton Bruckner (1824-1896)5'47
- Mass No 2 in E minor: CredoAnton Bruckner (1824-1896)9'05
- Mass No 2 in E minor: SanctusAnton Bruckner (1824-1896)3'28
- Mass No 2 in E minor: BenedictusAnton Bruckner (1824-1896)6'02
- Mass No 2 in E minor: Agnus DeiAnton Bruckner (1824-1896)6'20
- Christus factus estAnton Bruckner (1824-1896)6'06
- Vexilla regisAnton Bruckner (1824-1896)5'01
- Os iusti meditabiturAnton Bruckner (1824-1896)5'02
- Virga Jesse floruitAnton Bruckner (1824-1896)3'49
- Pange linguaAnton Bruckner (1824-1896)5'09
Recording details from Hyperion Records.