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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Mary and Elizabeth at Westminster Abbey‘Sisters in hope of the Resurrection’
The Choir of Westminster Abbey, James O’Donnell Our second October release from Westminster Abbey tells the story of the religious and political turmoil that engulfed England in the sixteenth century, and from which composers of liturgical music could find no escape. They were forced to follow the changing edicts about permitted texts as the pendulum of power oscillated between traditional and reformed religion. Interestingly, this period saw the greatest flowering of church music in England’s history; some of the most magnificent works of the age are recorded here. November 1558 is the chronological centrepoint of this disc. The first half of the programme consists of music performed (not necessarily in all cases composed) during Mary’s reign; the second half, beginning with the evening canticles from Sheppard’s Second Service, explores something of the immense variety of sacred music produced during the subsequent, much longer and more celebrated reign of Mary’s Protestant half-sister. | 
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| |  | The Tallis Scholars Sing Tudor Church Music - Volume 2Marking the 500th Anniversary of the Coronation of King Henry VIII on June 24th, 1509
Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips “Of all the polyphony we have recorded, this early English style with its dazzling high treble parts and luminous sonorities is, for me, as good as it gets. Henry VIII would have known this sound from childhood and may well have included some of the music recorded here at his Coronation.” Peter Phillips |
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| |  | Renaissance - Music For Inner Peace
The Sixteen, Harry Christopers | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | John Sheppard - Media vita
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | John Sheppard - Cantate Massand other sacred choral music
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Anthology of English Anthems 1540-1870
Attwood, T: | Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire | Battishill: | O Lord, look down from heaven | Blow: | My God, My God, Look Upon Me | Boyce: | O where shall wisdom be found? | Byrd: | O Lord Turn Thy Wrath Teach me, O Lord Exalt Thyself, O God Sing joyfully | Croft: | God is Gone Up | Farmer: | The Lord's Prayer Hide Not Thy Face | Gibbons, O: | O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not O Lord, I Lift My Heart To Thee | Greene, M: | Lord, Let Me Know Mine End | Morley: | Out of the Deep Nolo mortem peccatoris | Ouseley: | Is it Nothing to You? O Saviour of the world | Purcell: | I was glad when they said unto me, Z19 Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15 O God, thou hast cast us out, Z36 Remember not, O Lord, our offences, Z50 | Sheppard, J: | The Lord's Prayer | Stainer: | I saw the Lord | Tallis: | I call and cry to thee, O Lord Purge me, O Lord O Lord, give thy holy spirit | Tomkins: | Then David mourned O Praise the Lord, All Ye Heathen | Tye: | I Will Exalt Thee | Weelkes: | Hosanna to the Son of David O Lord Arise | Wesley, S S: | Blessed be the God and Father The Wilderness | Wilder, P: | Blessed Art Thou |
Magdalen College Choir, Oxford, John Harper | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The English Anthem CollectionAn Anthology of English Anthems 1540-1990
Attwood, T: | Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire | Bairstow: | Blessed City, heavenly Salem Let all mortal flesh keep silence | Battishill: | O Lord, look down from heaven | Bennett, R R: | Verses | Berkeley, L: | Thou Hast Made Me | Blow: | My God, My God, Look Upon Me | Boyce: | O where shall wisdom be found? | Britten: | Hymn to St. Peter, Op. 56a | Byrd: | O Lord Turn Thy Wrath Teach me, O Lord Exalt Thyself, O God Sing joyfully | Croft: | God is Gone Up | Farmer: | The Lord's Prayer Hide Not Thy Face | Finzi: | Welcome Sweet and Sacred Feast, Op. 27 No. 3 | Gibbons, O: | O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not O Lord, I Lift My Heart To Thee | Greene, M: | Lord, Let Me Know Mine End | Harper, J: | Salve Regina Ubi Caritas | Harris, W: | Bring us, O Lord God | Harvey, J: | Come, Holy Ghost The Tree | Holst: | The Evening-watch, H159 | Howells: | Like as the Hart Thee will I love Come, my soul | Ireland: | Greater love hath no man | Joubert: | O Lorde, the maker of al thing | Leighton: | Drop, Drop Slow Tears Give me the wings of faith | Morley: | Out of the Deep Nolo mortem peccatoris | Ouseley: | Is it Nothing to You? O Saviour of the world | Parry: | My soul, there is a country | Purcell: | I was glad when they said unto me, Z19 Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15 O God, thou hast cast us out, Z36 Remember not, O Lord, our offences, Z50 | Rose, B: | Praise Ye the Lord | Sheppard, J: | The Lord's Prayer | Stainer: | I saw the Lord | Stanford: | The Lord is my shepherd Glorious and Powerful God, Op. 135 No. 3 | Tallis: | I call and cry to thee, O Lord Purge me, O Lord O Lord, give thy holy spirit | Tavener: | Hymn to the Mother of God | Tomkins: | Then David mourned O Praise the Lord, All Ye Heathen | Tye: | I Will Exalt Thee | Vaughan Williams: | Whitsunday Hymn | Walton: | Set me as a seal upon thine heart | Weelkes: | Hosanna to the Son of David O Lord Arise | Wesley, S S: | Blessed be the God and Father The Wilderness | Wilder, P: | Blessed Art Thou | Wood, C: | O thou the central orb Hail, gladdening Light Expectans Expectavi |
Magdalen College Choir, John Harper | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | English Renaissance MusicA recital which contrasts the inspirational work of Thomas Tallis, Christopher Tye and John Sheppard
David James (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Steven Harrold (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone) & Robert Macdonald (bass) The Hilliard Ensemble After the enormous success last year of their recording of Bach Motets (476 5776), the Hilliard Ensemble turn their attention to music of the English Renaissance and specifically, works by three 16th century composers, Tallis, Tye and Sheppard. While Christopher Tye might be branded one of the lesser-known figures of the English Renaissance, and John Sheppard perhaps the more esoteric, Thomas Tallis stands as the most important and accomplished musician of the Tudor period. All three, however, were masters of polyphony, associated with the Chapel Royal.
The music here is not a sampling of the (much-recorded) music for the new Prayer Book but a survey of the earliest examples of the impact of reform on musical composition, namely from the last decades of Henry VIII’s reign. The works of Tallis, Tye and Sheppard are alternated and contrasted throughout this beautifully constructed recital, recorded, like many of the Hilliard Ensemble’s CDs, in the splendid, crystal-clear acoustics of the Sankt Gerold monastery in the Austrian Alps. Tallis has long been an inspirational figure for the Hilliards, who had a huge success with their recording of his Lamentations of Jeremiah (833 3082) in 1986 - one of their first ECM New Series discs - and also brought his music into their collaboration with Jan Garbarek on Mnemosyne (465 1222). “The ensemble is flawless and the sound reproduction crystalline.” BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008 *** “…beautifully blended performances…” Gramophone Magazine, October 2008 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| The Road to Paradise
Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh A cappella choral music by English composers of the 16th is contrasted with works by 20th-century composers – this unique programme depicts the desire for spiritual enlightenment that was the driving force behind the medieval pilgrimage. In medieval times, making a pilgrimage to a holy place was the ambition of many Christians, for whom it was regarded as the symbolic enactment of a lifetime’s journey to a sacred resting place, undertaken through considerable physical effort.  BBC Music Magazine
Choral & Song Choice - July 2007 |
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| |  | Music from MagdalenThe Magdalen Collection
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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