℗ 2019 Delphian Records
| Released | April 26, 2019 |
| Duration | 1h 03m 35s |
| Record Label | Delphian Records |
| Catalogue No. | DCD34211 |
| Genre | Classical (Choral) |
Frank Martin, Kenneth Leighton: Masses for Double Choir
The Choir of King's College London, Joseph Fort
Available in 48 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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Mass, Op. 44
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1.1
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I. Kyrie
Kenneth Leighton; The Choir of King’s College London; Joseph Fort |
5:47 | |||
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1.2
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II. Gloria
Kenneth Leighton; The Choir of King’s College London; Joseph Fort |
5:48 | |||
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1.3
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III. Credo
Kenneth Leighton; The Choir of King’s College London; James Orford; Joseph Fort |
3:30 | |||
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1.4
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IV. Sanctus
Kenneth Leighton; The Choir of King’s College London; Joseph Fort |
5:04 | |||
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1.5
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V. Benedictus
Kenneth Leighton; The Choir of King’s College London; Joseph Fort |
2:35 | |||
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1.6
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VI. Agnus Dei
Kenneth Leighton; The Choir of King’s College London; Joseph Fort |
6:14 | |||
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Mass for double choir
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1.7
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Kyrie
Frank Martin; The Choir of King’s College London; Joseph Fort |
5:34 | |||
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1.8
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Gloria
Frank Martin; The Choir of King’s College London; Joseph Fort |
6:53 | |||
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1.9
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Credo
Frank Martin; The Choir of King’s College London; Joseph Fort |
6:30 | |||
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1.10
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Sanctus
Frank Martin; The Choir of King’s College London; Joseph Fort |
4:49 | |||
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1.11
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Agnus Dei
Frank Martin; The Choir of King’s College London; Joseph Fort |
4:51 | |||
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1.12
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Postlude pour l’office de Complies
Jehan Alain; James Orford |
6:00 | |||
In the 1920s Frank Martin, a Swiss Calvinist by upbringing, created a radiant Latin setting of the Mass for double choir, only to return it to the bottom drawer, considering it to be ‘a matter between God and myself’.
It was finally released for performance forty years later, around the same time that the Edinburgh- based composer Kenneth Leighton made his own double-choir setting – a work with moments of striking stillness, delightful to choral singers and yet rarely recorded.
Contrasts and comparisons abound at every point in this fascinating pairing of Masses from the supposedly godless twentieth century, and are brought out to the full by The Choir of King’s College London’s impassioned performances. A short organ postlude by the teenage Jehan Alain, written on retreat in a monastery in 1930, follows like a voluntary concluding the liturgy.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Delphian Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -2.50 -19.11 to -0.32 | -24.92 -36.77 to -20.61 | -19.85 -35.40 to -15.80 | 13 8 to 14 | |
| 1 | I. Kyrie | -2.84 | -25.30 | -19.2 | 12 |
| 2 | II. Gloria | -0.43 | -20.61 | -16.3 | 12 |
| 3 | III. Credo | -1.07 | -20.86 | -15.8 | 11 |
| 4 | IV. Sanctus | -1.25 | -23.87 | -17.6 | 13 |
| 5 | V. Benedictus | -0.53 | -23.38 | -16.9 | 12 |
| 6 | VI. Agnus Dei | -1.53 | -25.04 | -19.5 | 14 |
| 7 | Kyrie | -0.37 | -25.13 | -19.5 | 14 |
| 8 | Gloria | -1.66 | -26.53 | -21.8 | 14 |
| 9 | Credo | -0.53 | -24.47 | -19.6 | 14 |
| 10 | Sanctus | -0.32 | -22.55 | -17.3 | 13 |
| 11 | Agnus Dei | -0.34 | -24.49 | -19.3 | 13 |
| 12 | Postlude pour l’office de Complies | -19.11 | -36.77 | -35.4 | 8 |