When I first encountered Robert's music, I was delighted to be immersed in and exposed to the great riches of the Faith in song. In the almost two decades since then, I have sung his hymns and Psalm settings in parishes and on retreats, as a solo cantor and with choirs, for weddings, ordinations, baptisms and funerals. I have sent copies to relatives and friends involved in parish music across the world.
By using classic melodies and in his own compositions, Robert's hymns stand out for their intuitive singability and their eminent suitability for congregational singing. His setting of the responsorial Psalms for Sunday Mass using the traditional Gregorian Psalm tones is an especial gift to parish musicians. They are a simple, accessible way to reintegrate this great treasure of our liturgical heritage into parish liturgy.
The purpose of liturgical music is the glory to God and sanctification of the faithful (Sacrosanctum Concilium 112). In drawing on the riches of the musical heritage of the Church and her treasury of liturgical and theological texts, Robert's compositions are an answer to the call of the second Vatican council for modern compositions that serve this threefold aim, "add delight to prayer, foster unity of minds, [and confer] greater solemnity upon the sacred rites" (SC 112).
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O Beauty Ever Ancient (Excerpt)
Sleep Now, Gentle Jesus (Excerpt)
Joseph, Embrace Me Now (Excerpt)
All Highest Glorious God (Excerpt)
Holy Spirit Fill Our Hearts (Excerpt)
God Loved The World So Much (Excerpt)
No More Lord May We Walk Apart (Excerpt)
The Lamb His Sheep Redeems (Excerpt)
Let Us Sing to You O Mary (Excerpt)
Mary What You Lived in Your Heart (Excerpt)
Though You are God (Excerpt) - Maria Treadaway and Robert Loretz
Gather Lord Your People (Excerpt)
That God Might Be All in All (Excerpt) - Robert Loretz
Cause of Our Delight (Excerpt)
O Hail, Holy Virgin (Excerpt)
Soul Of Christ (Excerpt)
Holy Spirit Lord of Light (Excerpt)
Lauda Sion (Excerpt)
To Love God Above All Things (Excerpt)
Most Holy Trinity (Excerpt)
Lo, A Great Sign Appeared In Heav'n (Excerpt)
Peter, Our Rock (Excerpt)
God Alone Suffices - Let Nothing Disturb You (Excerpt)
I Have Surrendered (Excerpt)
Where Your Heart Is, There Will Be Your Treasure (Excerpt)
Hail Mary (Excerpt)
A Glory Yet Unseen (Excerpt)
Loving God (Excerpt) - Wedding Song
Gaudete (Excerpt)
Gaudeat Ecclesia (Excerpt)
Eternal Priest (Excerpt)
O Wonderful Exchange (Excerpt)
O Filii et Filiae (Excerpt)
Know the Word (Excerpt) - Round
Come Holy Spirit (Excerpt) - Gather Us In
Gaudeat Ecclesia (Excerpt) - Christmas Time
Gaudeat Ecclesia (Excerpt) - Ordinary Time
A Woman Trapped in Darkness (Excerpt)
Let us Come to You O Lord (Excerpt)
If You But Knew The Gift Of God (Excerpt)
Glory Be (Excerpt) - 3 Part Round
Lully Lulla (Excerpt)
Lord have Mercy / Kyrie (Excerpt) - Mass Parts
Glory to God / Gloria (Excerpt) - Mass Parts
Memorial Acclamation I (Excerpt) Mass Parts
Memorial Acclamation II (Excerpt) Mass Parts
Memorial Acclamation III (Excerpt) Mass Parts
Holy Holy / Sanctus (Excerpt) Mass Parts
Lamb of God / Agnus Dei (Excerpt) Mass Parts
Chanel Mass - E Te Ariki (Kyrie) (Excerpt)
Chanel Mass - He Tapu (Sanctus) (Excerpt)
Chanel Mass - Kapanui Matou (Acclamation) (Excerpt)
Chanel Mass - E Te Reme A te Atua (Agnus Dei) (Excerpt)
Ascent to Mt Carmel (Excerpt)
A Love for You Alone (Excerpt)
Christ our Lord has Ascended on High (Excerpt)
May the Angels Lead You into Paradise (Excerpt)
O Cross, Our Only Hope (Excerpt)
O Cross, Our Only Trophy (Excerpt)
O God of Truth (Excerpt)
Te Deum (Excerpt)
God Alone is my Maker (Excerpt)
Now is the Dawn of Grace (Excerpt)
I Will Hold Him (Excerpt)
The King is Your Bridegroom (Excerpt)
O Beauty Ever Ancient
Sleep Now, Gentle Jesus
Joseph, Embrace Me Now
All Highest Glorious God
Holy Spirit Fill Our Hearts
God Loved The World So Much
No More Lord May We Walk Apart
The Lamb His Sheep Redeems
Let Us Sing to You O Mary
Mary What You Lived in Your Heart
Though You are God - Maria Treadaway and Robert Loretz
Gather Lord Your People
That God Might Be All in All - Robert Loretz
Cause of Our Delight
O Hail, Holy Virgin
Soul Of Christ
Holy Spirit Lord of Light
Lauda Sion
To Love God Above All Things
Most Holy Trinity
Lo, A Great Sign Appeared In Heav'n
Peter, Our Rock
God Alone Suffices - Let Nothing Disturb You
I Have Surrendered
Where Your Heart Is, There Will Be Your Treasure
Hail Mary
A Glory Yet Unseen
Loving God - Wedding Song
Gaudete
Gaudeat Ecclesia
Eternal Priest
O Wonderful Exchange
O Filii et Filiae
Know the Word - Round
Come Holy Spirit - Gather Us In
Gaudeat Ecclesia - Christmas Time
Gaudeat Ecclesia - Ordinary Time
A Woman Trapped in Darkness
Let us Come to You O Lord
If You But Knew The Gift Of God
Glory Be - 3 Part Round
Lully Lulla
Lord have Mercy / Kyrie - Mass Parts
Glory to God / Gloria - Mass Parts
Memorial Acclamation I Mass Parts
Memorial Acclamation II Mass Parts
Memorial Acclamation III Mass Parts
Holy Holy / Sanctus Mass Parts
Lamb of God / Agnus Dei (Excerpt) Mass Parts
Chanel Mass - E Te Ariki (Kyrie)
Chanel Mass - He Tapu (Sanctus)
Chanel Mass - Kapanui Matou (Acclamation)
Chanel Mass - E Te Reme A te Atua (Agnus Dei)
Ascent to Mt Carmel
A Love for You Alone
Christ our Lord has Ascended on High
May the Angels Lead You into Paradise
O Cross, Our Only Hope
O Cross, Our Only Trophy
O God of Truth
Te Deum
God Alone is my Maker
Now is the Dawn of Grace
I Will Hold Him
The King is Your Bridegroom
