Best and Worst Mass Settings

[dells_of_bittersweet]

What mass settings do people like? and hate? 

I just finished up a review of mass settings, from the perspective of a parish looking for one that will be beautiful while encouraging congregational singing. I considered settings within the genres of traditional, blended, and contemporary. 

Good traditional settings:

1. Psallite Mass from the Collegeville Composers

2. Mass in Honor of St. Isaac Jogues by Jeff Ostrowski

Good blended settings:

1. Mass of Wisdom by Steven Janco

2. Revised Mass of Creation by Marty Haugen

3. Mass of Christ the Savior by Dan Schutte

Good contemporary settings:

1. Mass of Renewal by Curtis Stephan

2. Mass of Communion by Matt Maher

3. Mass of St. Anne by Ed Bolduc

 

Bad mass settings:

1. Storrington Mass by Marty Haugen

2. Mass of Joy and Peace by Tony Alonso

Here is my full review, with youTube videos of all the masses!

http://contemporaryorthodoxy.weebly.com/blog/best-catholic-mass-settings

[DominicanHeart]

Missa de Angelis is the best

[dUSt]

I'm a huge fan of a silent mass myself.

[dells_of_bittersweet]

39 minutes ago, dUSt said:

I'm a huge fan of a silent mass myself.

You should, like, read Musicam Sacram. The ideal mass is fully sung!

[dUSt]

14 hours ago, dells_of_bittersweet said:

You should, like, read Musicam Sacram. The ideal mass is fully sung!

You should, like, listen to the singing in 90% of churches, and then tell me how said singing is better than silence. lol

[Jack4]

11 hours ago, dells_of_bittersweet said:

What mass settings do people like? and hate? 

I just finished up a review of mass settings, from the perspective of a parish looking for one that will be beautiful while encouraging congregational singing. I considered settings within the genres of traditional, blended, and contemporary. 

As a son of the East, I don't completely know what these actually are, but I've heard the best praise being given to Missa de Angelis. 

6 hours ago, dUSt said:

You should, like, listen to the singing in 90% of churches, and then tell me how said singing is better the silence. lol

Cardinal Sarah? Is that you?

[Amppax]

http://www.ccwatershed.org/blog/2015/jan/5/marty-haugen-mass-of-creation-revised/

Also, never forget the Missa My Little Pony. Always a classic.