The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice - Music from the Chirk Castle Part-Books: Devotional Works from the Tudor Period (2009)
BAND/ARTIST: The Brabant Ensemble, Stephen Rice
- Title: Music from the Chirk Castle Part-Books: Devotional Works from the Tudor Period
- Year Of Release: 2009
- Label: Hyperion
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:11:01
- Total Size: 266 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Te Deum "for Trebles"
02. Benedictus "for Trebles"
03. O God Give Ear and Do Apply
04. Deliver Me from Mine Enemies
05. Christ Rising Again
06. Behold It Is Christ
07. Blessed Are All They That Fear the Lord
08. Burial Service
09. O Lord, Thou Hast Dealt Graciously
10. With All Our Hearts and Mouths
11. Yield Unto God the Mighty Lord
12. Not Every One That Saith Unto Me
13. Submit Yourselves One to Another
14. The Litany "for Trebles"
15. O God Be Merciful Unto Us, and Bless Us
16. The Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ
This disc presents a selection of works from the Chirk Castle part-books, a fascinating collection of devotional music from the Tudor period that remained hidden in the castle library for three hundred years.
The Chirk manuscripts contain works for unaccompanied voices as well as verse anthems and services, scored for solo voices, chorus and organ. This recording focuses on the unaccompanied items, presenting for the first time a selection of the ‘full’ services and anthems found in the manuscripts, including seven unique to the Chirk collection. (Scores of many of the pieces from the Chirk part-books are available from Cathedral Press.)
Among the ‘new finds’, the most significant are the Te Deum and Benedictus ‘for trebles’ by William Mundy. The two settings are designed on a large scale, exploiting the use of high trebles, and Mundy cleverly employs choral groupings of various types to provide maximum contrast. The textures throughout are reminiscent of Sheppard’s best Latin compositions and by intensifying the contrapuntal activity in the closing sections of both canticles, Mundy takes the music to an even higher level. This is the first recording of these important canticles.
01. Te Deum "for Trebles"
02. Benedictus "for Trebles"
03. O God Give Ear and Do Apply
04. Deliver Me from Mine Enemies
05. Christ Rising Again
06. Behold It Is Christ
07. Blessed Are All They That Fear the Lord
08. Burial Service
09. O Lord, Thou Hast Dealt Graciously
10. With All Our Hearts and Mouths
11. Yield Unto God the Mighty Lord
12. Not Every One That Saith Unto Me
13. Submit Yourselves One to Another
14. The Litany "for Trebles"
15. O God Be Merciful Unto Us, and Bless Us
16. The Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ
This disc presents a selection of works from the Chirk Castle part-books, a fascinating collection of devotional music from the Tudor period that remained hidden in the castle library for three hundred years.
The Chirk manuscripts contain works for unaccompanied voices as well as verse anthems and services, scored for solo voices, chorus and organ. This recording focuses on the unaccompanied items, presenting for the first time a selection of the ‘full’ services and anthems found in the manuscripts, including seven unique to the Chirk collection. (Scores of many of the pieces from the Chirk part-books are available from Cathedral Press.)
Among the ‘new finds’, the most significant are the Te Deum and Benedictus ‘for trebles’ by William Mundy. The two settings are designed on a large scale, exploiting the use of high trebles, and Mundy cleverly employs choral groupings of various types to provide maximum contrast. The textures throughout are reminiscent of Sheppard’s best Latin compositions and by intensifying the contrapuntal activity in the closing sections of both canticles, Mundy takes the music to an even higher level. This is the first recording of these important canticles.
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