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Thomas Ashwell (c.1482 – after 1513) - Missa Jesu Christe
Hugh Aston (ca. 1485-1558) - Missa Videte manus meas
Two festal masses from the Forrest-Heather Partbooks, compiled at the behest of Cardinal Wolsey for the Choir of his great foundation at Christ Church Oxford (formerly Cardinal College)
"Darlington’s singers here give a finely balanced account of Ashwell’s Missa Jesu Christe with bright recording underlining the composer’s clear delineation of text and vocal arrangement [...] Christ Church Choir’s controlled virtuosity throughout this repertoire’s long-breathed melodic lines makes a deep impression, bringing vividly to life striking Mass settings by two all-but-forgotten Tudor masters."
(Nicholas Rast for BBC Music Magazine, January 2012)
"What I can say is that both of these masses are extraordinarily beautiful. The writing is expressive and very long-lined, and the harmonies are luxurious. They are as inspiring now as they must have been in the early 1500s."
(Raymond Tuttle for Classical Net, 1999)
"Wolsey would have rejoiced to hear these two great Easter Masses sung, as he may have done in his own College of Christ Church, which he had founded with such magnificence."
(Gramophone)
Hugh Aston (ca. 1485-1558) - Missa Videte manus meas
Two festal masses from the Forrest-Heather Partbooks, compiled at the behest of Cardinal Wolsey for the Choir of his great foundation at Christ Church Oxford (formerly Cardinal College)
"Darlington’s singers here give a finely balanced account of Ashwell’s Missa Jesu Christe with bright recording underlining the composer’s clear delineation of text and vocal arrangement [...] Christ Church Choir’s controlled virtuosity throughout this repertoire’s long-breathed melodic lines makes a deep impression, bringing vividly to life striking Mass settings by two all-but-forgotten Tudor masters."
(Nicholas Rast for BBC Music Magazine, January 2012)
"What I can say is that both of these masses are extraordinarily beautiful. The writing is expressive and very long-lined, and the harmonies are luxurious. They are as inspiring now as they must have been in the early 1500s."
(Raymond Tuttle for Classical Net, 1999)
"Wolsey would have rejoiced to hear these two great Easter Masses sung, as he may have done in his own College of Christ Church, which he had founded with such magnificence."
(Gramophone)