'Laude' were short mediaeval devotional songs to the Virgin Mary, and Gavin Bryars has kept to the pure, lyrical style of the originals. Following the successful publication of Bryars' first volume of laude which singers around the world have added to their repertoire, this second volume for various combinations of a cappella voices provides new opportunities for performers and audiences to experience these devastatingly beautiful works.

Lauda 4 (Oi me lasso), ST Lauda 6 (Da Ciel venne messo novello), ST Lauda 9 (Ave Dei genitrix), ST Lauda 11 (Salve, salve, virgo pia), ST Lauda 14 (Jesu Cristo glorioso), STB Lauda 16 (Laudamo la resurrectione), STB Lauda 19 (Omne homo), STB Lauda 20 (Vergene donçella), SSAT Lauda 33 (Spirito sancto), SSATB Lauda 34 (Faciamo laude a tutt'i sancti), SSAT