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English Choral Music 1514-1682
Christ Church Cathedral ChoirStephen Darlington, director |
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| Disc 1 | ||||
| 1 | Thomas Weelkes (c. 1576 - 1623), Alleluja, I heard a voice | 2.56 | ||
| 2 | Give ear O lord | 5.31 | ||
| 3 | Evening Service for five voices | Magnificat | 6.20 | |
| 4 | Nunc Dimittis | 3.10 | ||
| 5 | Hosanna to the Son of David | 1.51 | ||
| 6 | When David Heard | 4.56 | ||
| 7 | O Lord, Grant the King a long life | 2.01 | ||
| 8 | Give the King Thy Judgements | 5.31 | ||
| 9 | Gloria in Excelsis Deo | 3.01 | ||
| 10 | Ninth Service | Magnificat | 8.37 | |
| 11 | Nunc Dimittis | 6.48 | ||
| Disc 2 | ||||
| 1 | John Taverner, Missa Mater Christi | Introitus: Rorate coeli desuper | 3.43 | |
| 2 | Kyrie: Rex splendens | 2.37 | ||
| 3 | GLORIA (Taverner) | 7.47 | ![]() | |
| 4 | Oratio:Deus, qui de beatae Mariae | 1.14 | ||
| 5 | Epistola: Lectio Esaie prophete | 1.32 | ||
| 6 | Alleluya, Ave Maria, Alleluya, Christus resurgens | 2.44 | ||
| 7 | Sequentia: Ave mundi spes Maria | 3.26 | ||
| 8 | Evangelium: Sequentia sancti evangelii secundum Lucam | 4.03 | ||
| 9 | CREDO (Taverner) | 7.15 | ||
| 10 | Offertorium: Ave Maria | 1.53 | ||
| 11 | Oratio Secreta/Praefatio | 2.35 | ||
| 12 | SANCTUS/BENEDICTUS (Taverner) | 10.21 | ||
| 13 | Canon/Pater noster/Pax Domini | 1.59 | ||
| 14 | AGNUS DEI (Taverner) | 5.47 | ||
| 15 | Communio: Ecce virgo concipies | 0.54 | ||
| 16 | Post communio: Gratiam tuum quaesumus Domine | 1.15 | ||
| 17 | Ite missa est | 0.45 | ||
| 18 | Antiphon: O Wilhelme, pastor bone | 3.26 | ![]() | |
| 19 | Antiphon: Mater Christi sanctissima | 7.10 | ||
| Disc 3 | ||||
| 1 | William Byrd (c. 1543 - 1623), Introitus | Gaudeamus omnes | 4.31 | ![]() |
| 2 | Mass for Five Voices | Kyrie | 1.34 | |
| 3 | Gloria | 5.42 | ||
| 4 | Gradualis | Timete Dominum | 4.00 | |
| 5 | Mass for Five Voices | Credo | 10.11 | |
| 6 | Offertorium | Justorum animae | 2.50 | |
| 7 | Mass for Five Voices | Sanctus | 4.14 | |
| 8 | Communio | Beati mundo corde | 2.55 | |
| 9 | Mass for Five Voices | Agnus Dei | 4.12 | |
| 10 | Motet | Laudibus in Sanctis | 5.44 | ![]() |
| 11 | Laudate pueri Dominum | 3.42 | ||
| 12 | Laudate Dominum | 2.37 | ||
| Disc 4 | ||||
| 1 | William Byrd (c. 1543 - 1623), Introitus | Cibavit eos | 3.41 | |
| 2 | Mass for Four Voices | Kyrie | 2.04 | |
| 3 | Gloria | 5.44 | ||
| 4 | Gradualis | Oculi omnium | 4.07 | |
| 5 | Sequentia | Lauda Sion salvatorem (plainsong) | 6.36 | |
| 6 | Mass for Four Voices | Credo | 7.45 | |
| 7 | Offertorium | Sacerdotes Domini | 1.44 | |
| 8 | Mass for Four Voices | Sanctus; Benedictus | 3.49 | |
| 9 | Communio | Quotiescunque manducabitis | 3.04 | |
| 10 | Mass for Four Voices | Agnus Dei | 3.35 | |
| 11 | Processional Hymn | Pange lingua gloriosi (Gradualia, 1605) | 7.34 | |
| 12 | Hymn to the Blessed Sacrament | Ave verum corpus (Gradualia, 1605) | 4.16 | |
| 13 | O salutaris hostia (Gradualia, 1605) | 2.15 | ||
| Disc 5 | ||||
| 1 | William Byrd (c. 1543 - 1623), Introitus | Puer natus est nobis | 5.15 | |
| 2 | Mass for Three Voices | Kyrie | 0.41 | |
| 3 | Gloria | 4.49 | ||
| 4 | Gradualis | Viderunt omnes fines terrae; Dies sanctificatus | 3.19 | |
| 5 | Mass for Three Voices | Credo | 7.31 | |
| 6 | Offertorium | Tui sunt coeli | 1.20 | |
| 7 | Mass for Three Voices | Sanctus; Benedictus | 2.47 | |
| 8 | Communio | Viderunt omnes fines terrae | 1.16 | |
| 9 | Mass for Three Voices | Agnus Dei | 3.40 | |
| 10 | Antiphon | Hodie Christus Natus est | 2.18 | |
| 11 | Hymn | Christe redemptor omnium | 3.55 | |
| 12 | Antiphon | O admirabile Commertium | 4.31 | |
| 13 | Hymn | A solis ortus cardine | 4.40 | |
| 14 | Response | O magnum misterium | 5.49 | |
| Disc 6 | ||||
| 1 | John Taverner (1490-1545), Ex eius tumba: Sospitati dedit aegros | 13.16 | ||
| 2 | Dum transisset sabbatum (I) | 7.21 | ![]() | |
| 3 | Audivi vocem de caelo | 4.13 | ||
| 4 | Dum transisset sabbatum (II) | 3.45 | ||
| 5 | Kyrie le Roy | 5.19 | ||
| 6 | Alleluya V. Veni electa mea | 3.38 | ![]() | |
| 7 | Magnificat a 5 | 12.05 | ||
| 8 | Ave Dei Patris filia | 13.55 | ||
| Disc 7 | ||||
| 1 | John Blow, | The Lord even the most mighty | 7.53 | |
| 2 | O Lord, thou hast searched me | 6.14 | ||
| 3 | Henry Purcell, | I will love Thee | 5.52 | ![]() |
| 4 | O Lord our Governor | 8.51 | ||
| 5 | Matthew Locke, | How doth the city | 8.36 | |
| 6 | Henry Purcell, | Blessed is he whose righteousness | 8.53 | |
| 7 | Pelham Humfrey, | Hear, O Heav'ns | 5.00 | ![]() |
| 8 | Henry Purcell, | Who hath believed | 8.54 | |
| 9 | Out of the deep | 7.07 | ||
| 10 | Hear me O Lord | 7.07 | ||
| Disc 8 | ||||
| 1 | John Sheppard (c. 1515-1559), The Lord's Prayer | 3.41 | ||
| 2 | The Second Service | Magnificat | 6.12 | ![]() |
| 3 | Nunc Dimittis | 3.12 | ||
| 4 | Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria | 12.32 | ||
| 5 | Filie Ierusalem | 7.13 | ||
| 6 | Reges Tharsis et insule | 5.49 | ||
| 7 | Spiritus sanctus procedens | 8.24 | ||
| 8 | Laudem dicite Deo nostro | 8.48 | ||
| 9 | Hec dies | 2.48 | ||
| 10 | Impetum fecerunt unanimes | 5.51 | ![]() | |
| 11 | Libera nos, salva nos | 2.26 | ||
| All discs recorded at Dorchester Abbey, Oxford | ||||
| Disc 1: 13th and 14th March, 1988. Disc 2: 15-16 May, 1989. | ||||
| Disc 3: November 13-14, 1989. Disc 4: 29th-30th October 1990. Disc 5: 13th & 14th May 1991. | ||||
| Disc 6: 11th & 12th May 1992. Disc 7: 13th & 14th March 1995. Disc 8: 3rd & 4th July 1995. | ||||
| Music for discs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 edited by David Skinner and published by The Cardinall's Musick: http://www.cardinall.demon.co.uk | ||||
All rights of the producer and of the owner of the recorded work reserved. Unauthorised copying, public performance and broadcasting of this recording prohibited. | ||||