English Choral Music 1514-1682

Christ Church Cathedral Choir
Stephen Darlington, director








Disc 1
1Thomas Weelkes (c. 1576 - 1623), Alleluja, I heard a voice2.56
2Give ear O lord5.31
3Evening Service for five voicesMagnificat6.20
4Nunc Dimittis3.10
5Hosanna to the Son of David1.51
6When David Heard4.56
7O Lord, Grant the King a long life2.01
8Give the King Thy Judgements5.31
9Gloria in Excelsis Deo3.01
10Ninth ServiceMagnificat8.37
11Nunc Dimittis6.48
Disc 2
1John Taverner, Missa Mater ChristiIntroitus: Rorate coeli desuper3.43
2Kyrie: Rex splendens2.37
3GLORIA (Taverner)7.47
4Oratio:Deus, qui de beatae Mariae1.14
5Epistola: Lectio Esaie prophete1.32
6Alleluya, Ave Maria, Alleluya, Christus resurgens2.44
7Sequentia: Ave mundi spes Maria3.26
8Evangelium: Sequentia sancti evangelii secundum Lucam4.03
9CREDO (Taverner)7.15
10Offertorium: Ave Maria1.53
11Oratio Secreta/Praefatio2.35
12SANCTUS/BENEDICTUS (Taverner)10.21
13Canon/Pater noster/Pax Domini1.59
14AGNUS DEI (Taverner)5.47
15Communio: Ecce virgo concipies0.54
16Post communio: Gratiam tuum quaesumus Domine1.15
17Ite missa est0.45
18Antiphon: O Wilhelme, pastor bone3.26
19Antiphon: Mater Christi sanctissima7.10
Disc 3
1William Byrd (c. 1543 - 1623), IntroitusGaudeamus omnes4.31
2Mass for Five VoicesKyrie1.34
3Gloria5.42
4GradualisTimete Dominum4.00
5Mass for Five VoicesCredo10.11
6OffertoriumJustorum animae2.50
7Mass for Five VoicesSanctus4.14
8CommunioBeati mundo corde2.55
9Mass for Five VoicesAgnus Dei4.12
10MotetLaudibus in Sanctis5.44
11Laudate pueri Dominum3.42
12Laudate Dominum2.37
Disc 4
1William Byrd (c. 1543 - 1623), IntroitusCibavit eos3.41
2Mass for Four VoicesKyrie2.04
3Gloria5.44
4GradualisOculi omnium4.07
5SequentiaLauda Sion salvatorem (plainsong)6.36
6Mass for Four VoicesCredo7.45
7OffertoriumSacerdotes Domini1.44
8Mass for Four VoicesSanctus; Benedictus3.49
9CommunioQuotiescunque manducabitis3.04
10Mass for Four VoicesAgnus Dei3.35
11Processional HymnPange lingua gloriosi (Gradualia, 1605)7.34
12Hymn to the Blessed SacramentAve verum corpus (Gradualia, 1605)4.16
13O salutaris hostia (Gradualia, 1605)2.15
Disc 5
1William Byrd (c. 1543 - 1623), IntroitusPuer natus est nobis5.15
2Mass for Three VoicesKyrie0.41
3Gloria4.49
4GradualisViderunt omnes fines terrae; Dies sanctificatus3.19
5Mass for Three VoicesCredo7.31
6OffertoriumTui sunt coeli1.20
7Mass for Three VoicesSanctus; Benedictus2.47
8CommunioViderunt omnes fines terrae1.16
9Mass for Three VoicesAgnus Dei3.40
10AntiphonHodie Christus Natus est2.18
11HymnChriste redemptor omnium3.55
12AntiphonO admirabile Commertium4.31
13HymnA solis ortus cardine4.40
14ResponseO magnum misterium5.49
Disc 6
1John Taverner (1490-1545), Ex eius tumba: Sospitati dedit aegros13.16
2Dum transisset sabbatum (I)7.21
3Audivi vocem de caelo4.13
4Dum transisset sabbatum (II)3.45
5Kyrie le Roy5.19
6Alleluya V. Veni electa mea3.38
7Magnificat a 512.05
8Ave Dei Patris filia13.55
Disc 7
1John Blow, The Lord even the most mighty7.53
2O Lord, thou hast searched me6.14
3Henry Purcell, I will love Thee5.52
4O Lord our Governor8.51
5Matthew Locke, How doth the city8.36
6Henry Purcell, Blessed is he whose righteousness8.53
7Pelham Humfrey, Hear, O Heav'ns5.00
8Henry Purcell, Who hath believed8.54
9Out of the deep7.07
10Hear me O Lord7.07
Disc 8
1John Sheppard (c. 1515-1559), The Lord's Prayer3.41
2The Second ServiceMagnificat6.12
3Nunc Dimittis3.12
4Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria12.32
5Filie Ierusalem7.13
6Reges Tharsis et insule5.49
7Spiritus sanctus procedens8.24
8Laudem dicite Deo nostro8.48
9Hec dies2.48
10Impetum fecerunt unanimes5.51
11Libera nos, salva nos2.26
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

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