English Choral Music: 1514-1682

English Choral Music: 1514-1682

Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford - Stephen Darlington
Nimbus 1762 (8 CDs)

Contents:

Thomas Weelkes (c.1576-1623)

1. Alleluja, I heard a voice
2. Give ear O lord

Evening Service for five voices

3. Magnificat
4. Nunc Dimittis
5. Hosanna to the Son of David
6. When David Heard
7. O Lord, Grant the King a long life
8. Give the King Thy Judgements
9. Gloria in Excelsis Deo

Ninth Service

10. Magnificat
11. Nunc Dimittis

John Taverner (1490-1545)
Missa Mater Christi

1. Introitus: Rorate coeli desuper
2. Kyrie: Rex splendens
3. Gloria "Mater Christi"
4. Oratio: Deus, qui de beatae Mariae
5. Epistola: Lectio Esaie prophete
6. Alleluya, Ave Maria, Alleluya, Christus resurgens
7. Sequentia: Ave mundi spes Maria
8. Evangelium: Sequentia sancti evangelii secundum Lucam
9. Credo "Mater Christi"
10. Offertorium: Ave Maria
11. Oratio Secreta / Praefatio
12. Sanctus / Benedictus "Mater Christi"
13. Canon / Pater noster / Pax Domini
14. Agnus Dei "Mater Christi"
15. Communio: Ecce virgo concipies
16. Post communio: Gratiam tuum quaesumus Domine
17. Ite missa est
18. Antiphon: O Wilhelme, pastor bone
19. Antiphon: Mater Christi sanctissima

William Byrd (c.1543-1623)

1. Introitus: Gaudeamus omnes
2. Mass for Five Voices - Kyrie
3. Mass for Five Voices - Gloria
4. Gradualis: Timete Dominum
5. Mass for Five Voices - Credo
6. Offertorium: Justorum animae
7. Mass for Five Voices - Sanctus
8. Communio: Beati mundo corde
9. Mass for Five Voices - Agnus Dei
10. Motet: Laudibus in Sanctis
11. Motet: Laudate pueri Dominum
12. Motet: Laudate Dominum

William Byrd (c.1543-1623)

1. Introitus: Cibavit eos
2. Mass for Four Voices - Kyrie
3. Mass for Four Voices - Gloria
4. Gradualis: Oculi omnium
5. Sequentia: Lauda Sion salvatorem (plainsong)
6. Mass for Four Voices - Credo
7. Offertorium: Sacerdotes Domini
8. Mass for Four Voices - Sanctus & Benedictus
9. Communio: Quotiescunque manducabitis
10. Mass for Four Voices - Agnus Dei
11. Processional Hymn: Pange lingua gloriosi (Gradualia, 1605)
12. Hymn to the Blessed Sacrament: Ave verum corpus (Gradualia, 1605)
13. Hymn to the Blessed Sacrament: O salutaris hostia (Gradualia, 1605)

William Byrd (c.1543-1623)

1. Introitus: Puer natus est nobis
2. Mass for Three Voices - Kyrie
3. Mass for Three Voices - Gloria
4. Gradualis: Viderunt omnes fines terrae / Dies sanctificatus
5. Mass for Three Voices - Credo
6. Offertorium: Tui sunt coeli
7. Mass for Three Voices - Sanctus & Benedictus
8. Communio: Viderunt omnes fines terrae
9. Mass for Three Voices - Agnus Dei
10. Antiphon: Hodie Christus Natus est
11. Hymn: Christe redemptor omnium
12. Antiphon: O admirabile Commertium
13. Hymn: A solis ortus cardine
14. Responsory: O magnum misterium

John Taverner (1490-1545)

1. Ex eius tumba: Sospitati dedit aegros
2. Dum transisset sabbatum I
3. Audivi vocem de caelo
4. Dum transisset sabbatum II
5. Kyrie le Roy
6. Alleluya V. Veni electa mea
7. Magnificat a 5
8. Ave Dei Patris filia

1. Blow: The Lord even the most mighty
2. Blow: O Lord, thou hast searched me
3. Purcell: I will love Thee
4. Purcell: O Lord our Governor
5. Locke: How doth the city
6. Purcell: Blessed is he whose righteousness
7. Pelham Humfrey: Hear, O Heav'ns
8. Purcell: Who hath believed
9. Purcell: Out of the deep
10. Purcell: Hear me O Lord

John Sheppard (c.1515-1559)

1. The Lord's Prayer

The Second Service

2. Magnificat
3. Nunc Dimittis
4. Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria
5. Filie Ierusalem
6. Reges Tharsis et insule
7. Spiritus sanctus procedens
8. Laudem dicite Deo nostro
9. Hec dies
10. Impetum fecerunt unanimes
11. Libera nos, salva nos

Playing time: 486'

Recording dates: March 1988, May 1989, November 1989, October 1990, May 1991, May 1992, March 1995, July 1995 (Dorchester Abbey, Oxford)

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European Choral Music: 1525-1751

Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford - Stephen Darlington
Nimbus 1758 (5 CDs)

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