This album presents the finest choral works of Renaissance composer William Mundy, centered on his masterwork Vox patris caelestis—a 20-minute polyphonic monument to the Virgin Mary, richly evocative and possibly linked to Queen Mary Tudor’s coronation.
Other highlights include the strikingly lyrical A solis ortus cardine, the meditative Videte miraculum, and the plainchant-inspired Kyrie and Magnificat. The recording concludes with the English-texted miniature O Lord, the maker of all thing, pointing to Mundy's influence on future Anglican liturgy.
Performed at A=466 Hz by the acclaimed Choir of New College Oxford under Robert Quinney, this album blends historical insight with radiant vocal clarity.
Includes the premiere recording of A solis ortus cardine.