Composers as varied as Palestrina, Poulenc and Maxwell Davies have set it to music, but perhaps the best known is the haunting setting for unaccompanied choir by Morten Lauridsen, the American ...
A service around Victoria's 'Missa O magnum mysterium'; and Motet: 'O magnum mysterium'. Sung by Cantandum directed by Gilly French, with organist Rosemary Field. The celebrant is the Revd Philip ...
Tomas Luis de Victoria is one of those Renaissance composers whom everyone thinks they know, because his motet "O Magnum Mysterium" is such a staple of the Christmastime church choir diet. It's a ...