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Track(s) taken from CDA66994

Mattins Responsory

First line:
I look from afar
composer
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/6-1594)
(after Palestrina) adaptation of the Magnificat
arranger
Sir David Valentine Willcocks (1919-2015)
author of text
Anonymous - liturgical
First Responsory of Advent from Office of Mattins (early medieval Roman rite)

St Paul's Cathedral Choir, John Scott (conductor)
Recording details: June 1997
St Paul's Cathedral, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Arthur Johnson
Engineered by Julian Millard
Release date: September 1997
Total duration: 3 minutes 17 seconds

Cover artwork: The Nativity (detail). Stefan Lochner (c1410-1451)
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen , Alte Pinakotek, Munich / Artothek
 

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‘This truly rich advent feast is performed wonderfully well on all counts and can be highly recommended’ (Organists' Review)

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