Tune thy Musicke of thy Hart - Tudor Music for Advent & Christmas

Tune thy Musicke of thy Hart
Tudor & Jacobean music for private devotion
Stile Antico / Fretwork
Harmonia Mundi USA HMU 807554 [SACD-H]

Contents:

    Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
  1. O praise the Lord (Psalm 117)

    2. John Ammer (?-1641)
  2. O ye little flock

    3. John Taverner (c. 1490-1545)
  3. In nomine (Missa Gloria tibi Trinitatis)

    4. Robert Ramsey (1590-1644)
  4. How are the mighty fall'n (2 Samuel 1:25-27)

    5. Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
  5. Purge me, O Lord

    6. John Ammer (?-1641)
  6. A stranger here

    7. Robert Parsons (c. 1530-1570)
  7. In nomine a 4 no. 1

    8. John Browne (fl. 1480-1505)
  8. Jesu, mercy, how may this be?

    9. Robert Parsons (c. 1530-1570)
  9. In nomine a 4 no. 2

    10. Giovanni Croce (c. 1557-1609)
  10. From profound centre of my heart (version of Psalm 130)

    11. John Dowland (1562/63-1626)
  11. I shame at my unworthiness (Metrical paraphrase of Psalm 30:10-11)

    12. Thomas Campion (c. 1567-1619)
  12. Never weather-beaten sail (Thomas Campion (c. 1567-1619))

    13. William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)
  13. Why do I use my paper, ink and pen? (Attributed to Henry Walpole (1585-95))

    14. Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
  14. When David heard (2 Samuel 18:33)

    15. Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
  15. See, see, the Word is incarnate (Bishop Godfrey Goodman)

Performing editions prepared by Stile Antico (Amner, track 6; Browne, Croce, Gibbons) and Fretwork Editions (Taverner, Parsons).
Publishers: Oxford University Press (Tomkins; Amner, track 2), Stainer & Bell Ltd (Ramsey; Dowland)

Playing time: 64' 45"

Performers:
stile antico:
Helen Ashby, Kate Ashby, Rebecca Hickey, sopranos
Emma Ashby, Eleanor Harries, Carris Jones, altos
Jim Clements, Andrewe Griffith, Benedic Hymas*, tenors
(soloist on Track 13)
James Arthur, Will Dawes, baritones
Will Dawes, Oliver Hunt, Matthew O'Donovan, basses
Fretwork: (on Tracks 2, 3, 7, 9, 13, 15
Asako Morikawa, Ric hard Campbell, Reiko Ichise, Richard Tunnicliffe, Richard Boothby, viols
with Emilia Benjamin, viol (on Track 2)

Recording site and date:
Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London, England [February 2011];
Rel.: February 2012

Awards:
Choc de Classica, March 2012
Gramophone Editor's Choice, April 2012

Comments:
Information from CD.

This was the final recording that Richard Campbell made with the group he helped found, recorded shortly before his untimely death in March 2011.

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