Purcell Consort of Voices, Elizabethan Consort of Viols, Grayston Burgess - The Eton Choirbook (2020)
- Title: The Eton Choirbook
- Year Of Release: 2020
- Label: Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless
- Total Time: 02:20:46
- Total Size: 576 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
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01. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Matthaeum
02. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Cum autem esset Jesus in Bethania
03. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Tunc abiit unus de duodecim, qui dicebatur Judas Scarioth
04. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Prima autem die azymorum accesserunt discipuli ad Jesum
05. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Vespere autem facto, discumbebat cum duodecim discipulis suis
06. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Coenantibus autem eis, accepit Jesum panem
07. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Tunc dixit illis Jesus: Omnes vos scandalum
08. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Tunc venit Jesum cum illis in villam, quae dicitur Gethsemani
09. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Tunc venit ad discipulos suos, et dixit illis: Dormite iam et requiescite
10. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Et ecce unus ex his, qui erant cum Jesu, extendens manum
11. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-At illi tenentes Jesum
12. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Petrus autem sedebat foris in atrio
13. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Mane autem facto
14. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Jesus autem stetit ante praesidem, et interrogavit eum praeses
15. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Per diem autem solemnem consueverat praeses dimittere populo unum vinctum
16. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Sedente autem illo per tribunali, misit ad eum uxor eius
17. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Principes autem sacerdotum et seniores persuaserunt populis ut peterent Barrabam
18. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Videns autem Pilatus qui nihil proficeret
19. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Tunc milites praesidis suscipientes Jesum in praetorium
20. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Exeuntes autem, invenerunt hominem Cyrenaeum, nomine Simonem
21. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Tunc crucifixi sunt cum eo duo latrones
22. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-A sexta autem hora, tenebrae factae sunt super universam terram
23. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Et ecce velum templum scissum est in duas partes
24. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Cum autem sero factum esset
25. Josquin Des Prez: Petite camusette
26. Josquin Des Prez: Coeurs désolés
27. Josquin Des Prez: La déploration sur la mort de Johan Okeghem
28. Josquin Des Prez: Vive le Roy
29. Josquin Des Prez: El grillo
30. Josquin Des Prez: La Bernardina
31. Josquin Des Prez: Baisiez moy
32. Josquin Des Prez: Fortuna desperata
33. Josquin Des Prez: Ave Maria
34. Lambe: Nesciens Mater
35. Browne: Stabat Mater
36. Nesbett: Magnificat
37. Wylkynson: Salve Regina
38. Cornyshe: Ave Maria, mater Dei
39. Fawkyner: Gaude rosa sine spina
40. Dunstable: O rosa bella
41. Dunstable: Ave maris stella
42. Dunstable: Alma redemptoris Mater
43. Dunstable: Sancta Maria succurre miseris
44. Dunstable: Veni Sancte Spiritus
The first substantial survey of the Eton Choirbooks treasures on record, newly remastered, compiled and reissued on CD for the first time. Copied out between 1490 and 1502, the Eton Choirbook is the most substantial extant source of English liturgical polyphony from the late 15th and very early 16th centuries. The architectural historian Nicholas Pevsner described the late-perpendicular style of buildings like the chapels of Eton and Kings College, Cambridge, as a union of practical, matter-of-fact spirit with a sense of mystery, and an almost oriental effusion of ornament. What we contemplate in these buildings we may hear mirrored by the music of the Eton Choirbook. From the 1920s onwards attempts were made to perform and record pieces from the Eton Choirbook but they were hampered both by the technical demands of the music often as thrilling as it is rhythmically complex and metrically unstable and by its relative unfamiliarity to English cathedral choirs. Only in 1968 was a successful attempt madeby Argo to record a selection on two albums, which are united here. The performers constituted an astute combination of an all-male choral foundation (from St Margaret Street in London) with the professional ensemble of the Purcell Consort of Voices, directed by their founder Grayston Burgess, who died in 2019. The first album documented the setting of the St Matthew Passion by Richard Davy and the second included a selection of motets compact (the Ave Maria of Cornysh and Nesciens Mater of Lambe) and spacious, most notably Brownes Stabat Mater and Fawkners Gaude Rosa. The singing is robust rather than ethereal, and the albums blazed a trail both for this repertoire and style of performance which has been emulated by many professional early-music groups during the past half-century. Filling out this 2CD set is a third Purcell Consort of Voices album of 15th-century repertoire recorded by Argo and never previously issued complete on CD. The flowing polyphonic style of John Dunstable and the sublime reach of Josquin des Prez are surveyed with both sacred and secular, instrumental and vocal works; highlights include the courtly elegance of Dunstables O Rosa Bella and Josquins affecting tribute to his teacher in the Dploration sur la Mort de Okeghem. 'A very moving and beautiful presentation, and the level of choral and solo singing is quite extraordinary... The recorded sound is faultless.' Stereo Review, December 1969 (Davy) 'The performances are a model of how this music should sound; they are marvellously stylish and very courtly in "affect"... The sound is spectacular.' Stereo Review, October 1972 (Dunstable/Josquin) 'Burgess has clearly shot for the most gorgeous sound obtainable by his group and he has got it. O rosa bella... is one of the loveliest performances of this wonderful song I have ever heard.' High Fidelity, December 1972 (Dunstable/Josquin) 'The singing is robust, not ethereal or grisaille ... these recordings are in some ways the most successful of all Eton Choirbook issues.' Musical Times, May 1997
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01. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Matthaeum
02. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Cum autem esset Jesus in Bethania
03. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Tunc abiit unus de duodecim, qui dicebatur Judas Scarioth
04. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Prima autem die azymorum accesserunt discipuli ad Jesum
05. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Vespere autem facto, discumbebat cum duodecim discipulis suis
06. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Coenantibus autem eis, accepit Jesum panem
07. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Tunc dixit illis Jesus: Omnes vos scandalum
08. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Tunc venit Jesum cum illis in villam, quae dicitur Gethsemani
09. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Tunc venit ad discipulos suos, et dixit illis: Dormite iam et requiescite
10. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Et ecce unus ex his, qui erant cum Jesu, extendens manum
11. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-At illi tenentes Jesum
12. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Petrus autem sedebat foris in atrio
13. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Mane autem facto
14. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Jesus autem stetit ante praesidem, et interrogavit eum praeses
15. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Per diem autem solemnem consueverat praeses dimittere populo unum vinctum
16. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Sedente autem illo per tribunali, misit ad eum uxor eius
17. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Principes autem sacerdotum et seniores persuaserunt populis ut peterent Barrabam
18. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Videns autem Pilatus qui nihil proficeret
19. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Tunc milites praesidis suscipientes Jesum in praetorium
20. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Exeuntes autem, invenerunt hominem Cyrenaeum, nomine Simonem
21. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Tunc crucifixi sunt cum eo duo latrones
22. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-A sexta autem hora, tenebrae factae sunt super universam terram
23. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Et ecce velum templum scissum est in duas partes
24. Davy: The Passion according to St. Matthew-Cum autem sero factum esset
25. Josquin Des Prez: Petite camusette
26. Josquin Des Prez: Coeurs désolés
27. Josquin Des Prez: La déploration sur la mort de Johan Okeghem
28. Josquin Des Prez: Vive le Roy
29. Josquin Des Prez: El grillo
30. Josquin Des Prez: La Bernardina
31. Josquin Des Prez: Baisiez moy
32. Josquin Des Prez: Fortuna desperata
33. Josquin Des Prez: Ave Maria
34. Lambe: Nesciens Mater
35. Browne: Stabat Mater
36. Nesbett: Magnificat
37. Wylkynson: Salve Regina
38. Cornyshe: Ave Maria, mater Dei
39. Fawkyner: Gaude rosa sine spina
40. Dunstable: O rosa bella
41. Dunstable: Ave maris stella
42. Dunstable: Alma redemptoris Mater
43. Dunstable: Sancta Maria succurre miseris
44. Dunstable: Veni Sancte Spiritus
The first substantial survey of the Eton Choirbooks treasures on record, newly remastered, compiled and reissued on CD for the first time. Copied out between 1490 and 1502, the Eton Choirbook is the most substantial extant source of English liturgical polyphony from the late 15th and very early 16th centuries. The architectural historian Nicholas Pevsner described the late-perpendicular style of buildings like the chapels of Eton and Kings College, Cambridge, as a union of practical, matter-of-fact spirit with a sense of mystery, and an almost oriental effusion of ornament. What we contemplate in these buildings we may hear mirrored by the music of the Eton Choirbook. From the 1920s onwards attempts were made to perform and record pieces from the Eton Choirbook but they were hampered both by the technical demands of the music often as thrilling as it is rhythmically complex and metrically unstable and by its relative unfamiliarity to English cathedral choirs. Only in 1968 was a successful attempt madeby Argo to record a selection on two albums, which are united here. The performers constituted an astute combination of an all-male choral foundation (from St Margaret Street in London) with the professional ensemble of the Purcell Consort of Voices, directed by their founder Grayston Burgess, who died in 2019. The first album documented the setting of the St Matthew Passion by Richard Davy and the second included a selection of motets compact (the Ave Maria of Cornysh and Nesciens Mater of Lambe) and spacious, most notably Brownes Stabat Mater and Fawkners Gaude Rosa. The singing is robust rather than ethereal, and the albums blazed a trail both for this repertoire and style of performance which has been emulated by many professional early-music groups during the past half-century. Filling out this 2CD set is a third Purcell Consort of Voices album of 15th-century repertoire recorded by Argo and never previously issued complete on CD. The flowing polyphonic style of John Dunstable and the sublime reach of Josquin des Prez are surveyed with both sacred and secular, instrumental and vocal works; highlights include the courtly elegance of Dunstables O Rosa Bella and Josquins affecting tribute to his teacher in the Dploration sur la Mort de Okeghem. 'A very moving and beautiful presentation, and the level of choral and solo singing is quite extraordinary... The recorded sound is faultless.' Stereo Review, December 1969 (Davy) 'The performances are a model of how this music should sound; they are marvellously stylish and very courtly in "affect"... The sound is spectacular.' Stereo Review, October 1972 (Dunstable/Josquin) 'Burgess has clearly shot for the most gorgeous sound obtainable by his group and he has got it. O rosa bella... is one of the loveliest performances of this wonderful song I have ever heard.' High Fidelity, December 1972 (Dunstable/Josquin) 'The singing is robust, not ethereal or grisaille ... these recordings are in some ways the most successful of all Eton Choirbook issues.' Musical Times, May 1997
Year 2020 | Classical | FLAC / APE
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