Martin Baker: Westminster Cathedral Choir - Victoria: Ave regina caelorum & other sacred music

Westminster Cathedral continue their survey of the music of Tom�s Luis de Victoria�begun in triumphant style with a Gramophone Award-winning disc of the Missa O quam gloriosum�with this new recording of the Missa Ave Regina caelorum, an opulent double-choir setting based on Victoria�s two eponymous motets.Also included are a four-voice Magnificat, two Ave Maria settings (for four and eight voices), the double-choir Ave Regina caelorum, and five Vesper Psalms, all composed for double-choir as if to underline their significance in the liturgy. The performances do full justice to the ambition of Victoria�s intentions, as Martin Baker firmly cements his position as worthy successor to the glories achieved by this choir under James O�Donnell and, before him, David Hill.