An English St Luke Passion from the early 15th-century 'Windsor' Manuscript is one of the earliest complete polyphonic Passion settings known.
This album was recorded at the Abbey Church of St Peter & St Paul, Dorchester-on-Thames, UK, in May 2001.
The Mass of Tournai combines both older 'ars antiqua' and more modern 'ars nova' musical practices.
The St Luke Passion features a characteristic 'English sweetness' in its harmony and dramatic responses to the events of the Passion.
Both the Mass of Tournai and the St Luke Passion are anonymous works composed in three-voice polyphony.
The Mass of Tournai, from what is now Belgium, is one of the earliest complete polyphonic settings of the Mass that has survived.
