Ad Fontes

05/10/2025

Over the weekend, the upper voices of the Choir of Buckfast Abbey have been making a new album. They are joined by a string quartet, Lloyd Hampton (flute) and Charles Maxtone-Smith (organ). The only question is…what are they recording? 👀

14/09/2025

Some new organ videos from Charles Maxtone-Smith coming to our YouTube channel soon… The only question is, what is he playing? 👀

20/08/2025

🏆 Congratulations to Westminster Cathedral Choir on some fantastic reviews of their latest album! Listen now: https://lnk.to/VeniCreatorSpiritus

19/08/2025

Thanks to Presto Music for this interview with Martin Baker about his new Mass, recorded by the Choir of Buckfast Abbey. Read below 👇

The organist and composer talks about his newly-commissioned Mass for Buckfast Abbey, and some of the age-old strands of liturgical music that partly inspired it.

16/08/2025

A lovely ⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review from Choir & Organ for Buckfast Abbey Choir’s latest recording!

04/06/2025

We are thrilled to be listed as part of Gramophone's 'Best Classical Albums of 2025 (So Far)' with Peter Stevens' album of Franck and Tournemiere! https://bit.ly/4jC8Csq

🎧 Listen now: https://lnk.to/lorguespirituel

If you are searching for an inspirational new recording, look no further. All of these outstanding classical albums were Editor's Choices in Gramophone magazine and are highly recommended.

30/05/2025

🔊 A single from Westminster Cathedral Choir's new album, released next week, is available now! Listen to their recording of Herbert Howells' Regina cæli, written for the choir 110 years ago, in 1915: https://spoti.fi/3HdKa31

🎧Pre-save the full album on Spotify: https://bit.ly/4kmTyQO
💿 Pre-order the physical album: https://bit.ly/3Fxi1TP

19/05/2025

👏 “In an age where digital precision often trumps atmospheric authenticity, Ad Fontes latest release arrives as a testament to the enduring power of masterful organ recording." We'll take that! Thanks to Organists' Review for another lovely review of Peter Stevens' new album on the grand organ of Westminster Cathedral.

🎧 Listen now: https://lnk.to/lorguespirituel

13/05/2025

📣 Today’s Gramophone Video of the Day is the Sanctus from Martin Baker’s new Missa O sacrum convivium!

🔗 https://bit.ly/3Fca8mQ

12/05/2025

“Especially striking for me is the accompanied plainchant and hymns... They've beautifully captured the atmosphere of the service, the choir and the organ, and the acoustic of Buckfast Abbey".

Thanks to Andrew McGregor for playing some of the Abbey Choir's new album on BBC Radio 3 Record Review on Saturday!

Listen on BBC Sounds (50:00) here:

Roger Parker chooses his favourite recording of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor.

08/05/2025

🎼 A new edition of the complete organ works of Dom Sebastian Wolff is now available to purchase on our website. Prepared by Richard Lea as a companion to his recent recording, this new edition is presented as an authoritative account of the works following extensive consultation with the composer before his death in 2022. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/3RQ2Mbt

06/05/2025

🎼 The score of Martin Baker's new Mass is now available to purchase on our website, just in time to learn and perform it at Corpus Christi! Quantity discounts are available. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/4bUpdFE