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In the form of letters, I have received many nice comments about the CD (from customers), but I do not have permission to post these here. However, below you will find a review of DIGNUS EST AGNUS from the 2003 winter edition of the journal Sacred Music. — Jeff Ostrowski, producer "Here are fresh, young voices singing a variety of chants and motets for Holy Week and Eastertide. Here is also proof that small parishes and chapels can have genuine musica sacra on a regular basis, if only there is good will, sufficient energy, and a modicum of creative imagination. "Most of the forces on this recording are involved in liturgical music-making at the St. John Vianney Latin Mass chapel in Maple Hill, Kansas, an outpost of the Fraternity of St. Peter. Jeff Ostrowski, the director of music there, is a senior at the University of Kansas. "This artfully selected, tastefully performed sampling of Renaissance polyphony and Gregorian chant includes a complete votive Mass for the Kingship of Christ in Paschaltide, as well as several well-played organ pieces by Bach and Mendelssohn. Mr. Ostrowski’s own compositional work, especially his “Paschal Gloria” in a consciously 16th century style, is quite impressive. "One would hardly expect professional standards on this CD, but the performance level is consistently high, and the musicianship is quite speckless. This is an endearing recording, giving one renewed hope for the future of liturgical music." - Calvert Shenk |
