Marking the quadricentenary of Byrd's death in 2023, the Men & Boys Choir of Saint Thomas, Fifth Avenue, New York, recreates the Catholic Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi as Byrd might have experienced it in the late 16th century. This new recording includes various Latin motets written by Byrd for the feast, along with the remarkable Mass setting in four parts. Part of this album is a recording, originally released on LP only in 1981, of the Saint Thomas Choir under the late Gerre Hancock, singing Byrd's complete Great Service, written in the vernacular for the reformed Anglican liturgy - the flip side of Byrd's Latinate expression.

Tracklist:

Clarifica me Pater I
Cibavit eos
Mass for Four Voices~Kyrie eleison
Mass for Four Voices~Gloria in excelsis
Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi~Collect
Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi~Epistle
Occuli omnium
Alleluia: Cognoverunt discipuli
Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi~Gospel
Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi~Clarifica me Pater
Clarifica me Pater II
Mass for Four Voices~Credo
Sacerdotes Domini
Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi~Sursum Corda ; Proper Preface
Mass for Four Voices~Sanctus
Mass for Four Voices~Benedictus
Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi~Pater noster ; Pax vobiscum
Mass for Four Voices~Agnus Dei
Quotiescumque manducabitis
Ego sum panis
Salvator Mundi I
O sacrum convivium
Ave verum corpus
Salvator Mundi II
Pange lingua
Sacris solemnis
Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi~Dominus vobiscum
O Salutaris hostia
Fantasia in D minor
Great Service~Venite
Great Service~Te Deum
Great Service~Benedictus
Great Service~Kyrie
Great Service~Credo
Great Service~Magnificat
Great Service~Nunc Dimittis

UPC: 635212077627
Label: Signum Classics
Release Date: 1.5.24
Format: CD

Byrd / Haigh / Filsell - Sacred Works (CD)