Favorite Mass settings (Novus Ordo edition)

ServiamScores

Since there is a wonderful thread detailing some of everyone's favorite traditional / latin / polyphonic mass ordinaries, I'm curious to know what your favorite vernacular / novus ordo ordinaries are.

One of my absolute favorites is Michæl Olbash's Mass in Honor of Our Lady, Star of the Sea which is available for free on CCW. There are some nice recordings of the Gloria
https://youtu.be/uYQ1fYikfZM?si=YcTK0FXHlrW2_0Ut
and Sanctus of a boy's choir singing it on Olbash's YT channel which are phenomenal.
https://youtu.be/ZJKU1eN11Q4?si=gy6PfkyOFJYcy9q5

To me, it strikes that fantastic balance of being modern, but still having the "spirit" of chant.

Last year I inherited Proulx's Missa Simplex, which has a particularly accessible Gloria, IMHO. In a similar-but-different vein, Walker's Belmont Mass is also rather nice.

For a particularly lush setting of traditional chant, but set in a modern way intended for novus ordo high masses, I don't know if you can do any better than Normand Gouin's Mass of the Transfiguration. It is truly stunning, and I'm genuinely contemplating teaching it to the diocesan choir for ordination in the spring.
https://youtu.be/bur4ja2xahg?si=q_-kXK78omOHHRmY

(And for a polyphonic setting that I've used successfully multiple times in a novus ordo and vetus ordo setting, Dalitz's Missa Tribus Vocibus cannot be beat. It feels every bit old-world but is succinct enough to use in the N.O. Here's the Sanctus: https://youtu.be/OLpGoeiWBz8?si=2OG_1VGFOjYoMs8p)

So, now your turn. What are some other wonderful mass settings worth considering for a novus ordo context.

francis

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davido

All of the ones Serviam had mentioned
Also
Mass of St Francis by Horst Buchholz (workhorse setting; balanced melodies, 4 part harmony that matches well with traditional hymnody - similar ethos to Heritage Mass, but much better music) - I really think this should be a baseline English mass for any organ-based Catholic music program

Mass of the Immaculate Conception by Peter Latona (psalm tone style melodies, easy to pick up, good use of modal harmony and melody, maintains musical interest through techniques such as contrasting harmonic centers)

Mass in Honor of Pope St John Paul II by Richard Clark (free rhythm chant style, choral harmonies, advanced harmonic palette)

Joseph Michael

Kyrie and Gloria from Mass in Honor of Saint Ignatius by Russell Weismann.
Sanctus from Weismann's All Saints Mass. Both Weismann masses are written in a chant style.

Sanctus from David Hurd's New Plainchant Mass

Sanctus and Mystery of Faith from Paul Jernberg's Mass in Honor of St Philip Neri
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Mass in F by William Endicott--written in a chant style reminiscent of Theodore Marier.

irishtenor

Lots of good recommendations already here: I'll say that I did use Mass of the Transfiguration with a 10-12 voice (semi-pro) parish choir with success. It's nicely done and I think would generally be accepted by most parishes even though it's mostly **gasp** in Latin. For a purist or academic, you're probably not going to love it, though.

I also used Chris Mueller's Mass successfully. It is lovely! https://www.benesonarium.com/roman-missal/

smt

Oh, the Olbash Sanctus is lovely! I wonder whether I could/should translate it to German.

Viola

Here in the UK there are several splendid late 19th early 20th century polyphonic Masses by people such as Sir Richard Terry, Fr Joseph Turner OSB (I have put his Mass of St Cecilia on CPDL) and Alphonse Cary. All very accessible, and not too long.

AnimaVocis

My favorites are:

Mass of the Immaculate Conception (Latona)
Mass of St. Michael (O'Connor; St. Michael Hymnal)
Tribus Vocibus (Dalitz)
Missa Orientalis (Sykulski; no Gloria)

I also adore Willan's Mass of St. Mary Magdalene, but it's not in the public domain, nor is it set to the proper mass translation... So some work would need to be done to adapt this (I haven't yet).

trentonjconn

We use the Willan throughout Eastertide and for higher feasts. I work for the Ordinariate, so we can use it without manipulating the text. On which note, if I recall correctly, someone at St. John Cantius in Chicago did indeed set the OF texts to Willan's setting. I'm not sure if it is available anywhere, but you can find recordings of it in this form on YouTube.

TCJ

@trentonjconn

It is available with the Ignatius Pew Missal.

liampmcdonough

My Mass of Mary, Mystic Rose has been a workhorse setting for our parish for 3 years and the congregation really sings it (in an edition for the Ordinariate Use-the Mass for Our Lady of Walsingham). See this thread: https://forum.musicasacra.com/forum/discussion/19495/mass-for-our-lady-of-walsingham-mass-of-mary-mystic-rose-english-chant-mass-ordinary#Item_1

haquino126

Mass of St. Philip Neri by Paul Jernberg has to be one of my favorites. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XGfV7gYrd8

Additionally, Paul has a Mass of Saint Monica which I used for my wedding Mass which happened to fall on the feast of Saint Monica! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNeu09lhM1E

I know the Mass of St. Philip Neri can be found in the Source and Summit Missal and I believe it is also in the St. Michael Hymnal 5th edition.

emac3183

Mass in Honor of Saint Thomas More by Fr. Weber is our parish's favorite. Very Mode 8 melody, so it's a good transition to a Missa de Angelis (exactly what we did in our NO parish). I use it for school Masses and OT generally speaking. A gentle introduction to 2s and 3s. Here is a practice video I made for my parish (with Fr. Weber's permission): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5cMU97a8yA&list=PLcnBKA4wJ5zO36eYKn3M0_Es8DW_f7nC5

For weddings I generally suggest Missa Simplex if they aren't open to Latin. It has gone over very well every time.

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