The Phoenix Rising - The Carnegie UK Trust & the revival of Tudor church music

The Phoenix Rising
The Carnegie UK Trust & the revival of Tudor church music
Stile Antico
Harmonia Mundi USA HMU 807572 [SACD-H]

Contents:

    William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)
  1. Ave verum corpus

    2. Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
  2. Salvator mundi [I] (14th-century Eucharistic Hymn, attributed to Pope Innocent VI)

    3. William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)
  3. Mass for five voices: Kyrie eleison
  4. Mass for five voices: Gloria in excelsis Deo

    5. Thomas Morley (1557-1602)
  5. Nolo mortem peccatoris (John Redford (1540); perhaps after Medieval original)

    6. Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
  6. O clap your hands together (Psalm 47, Book of Common Prayer+Gloria)

    7. William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)
  7. Mass for five voices: Credo

    8. Robert White (c. 1538-1574)
  8. Portio mea (Psalm 119,57-64)
  9. Hymn: Christe, qui lux es et dies, (Complete hymn, 4th setting)

    10. Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
  10. Almighty and everlastig God (Book of Common Prayer, Collect, 3d Sunday after Epiphany)

    11. William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)
  11. Mass for five voices: Sanctus & Benedictus

    12. Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)
  12. In ieiunio et fletu (Matin Responsory, first Sunday in Lent (after Joel 2,17)

    13. William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)
  13. Mass for five voices: Agnus Dei

    14. John Taverner (c. 1490-1545)
  14. O splendor gloriae (Anonym (afger Geb 1,3; 2,8, Ps. 145,5, 1 Pet. 2,24 etc.)

    15. Bonus Track, iTunes store
    William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)
  15. O Lord, make thy servant Elisabeth

Performing editions prepared by Stile Antico, except as follows.
William Byrd Mass, Ave verum corpus: editions prepared by David Fraser
Orlando Gibbons, Almighty and everlasting God, O clap your hands together: The Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems
Thomas Tallis, In ieiunio et fletu, edition prepared by David Fraser
Robert White, Christe qui lux es et dies [IV]: reconstructe & edited by Edward Tambling
Robert White, Portio me, edition prepared by David Fraser

Playing time: 74'34" (+ 3:11 for the Bonus Track)

Performers:
stile antico:
Helen Ashby, Kate Ashby, Rebecca Hickey Rebecca Hickey, sopranos
Emma Ashby, Eleanor Harries, Katie Schofield altos
Jim Clements, Andrewe Griffith, Benedic Hymas, Benjamin Clark (3-4, 7,8, 9, 11-14), tenors
Will Dawes. Timothy Murphy, Matthew O'Donovan, Graham Bier (9,12) basses

Recording site and date:
St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England [November 2012];
Rel.: July 2013

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Richard C. Vervoorn