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Choir Information
Performance Information
Only a short fragment of the Miserere is heard in the recording.
Recording Information
It is assumed that the recording was made in Westminster Cathedral, although it is possible that the recording was made in a BBC studio.
Release Information
The following is included:
- Laudate Domino (Giuseppe Pitoni)
- Miserere mei Deus (Gregorio Allegri) *
- Christus factus est (Anerio, attr. Victoria)
- Pange lingua (Plainsong)
- Ubi caritas (Plainsong)
- Tanquam et latronem (Tomas Luis de Victoria)
- Ecce lignum crucis (Plainsong) **
- Popule meus (Palestrina) *
- Vexilla regis (Plainsong with fauxbourdon by Richard R Terry)
- O vos omnes (Tomas Luis de Victoria)
- Easter Alleluia (Plainsong) **
- Regina coeli laetare (Gregor Aichinger)
* = Starts at 1:34 – incomplete
** = cantor: George Malcolm
Audio restoration of the gramophone records undertaken by David Lord, who also maintains the website about George Malcolm included in the links below.
Details as supplied by ARCM to accompany this recording on YouTube.
Online References
Physical Archive Details
Media Samples
ARCM has published this recording on YouTube. Note – Miserere begins at 1:34.