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This CD features some of the most touching English music from the 16th and 17th centuries. The renowned early music ensemble Les Voix Baroques is directed by Alexander Weimann who has been a member of Tragicomedia and performed with Tafelmusik and the Gesualdo Consort.
Martin Peerson: O Let Me at Thy Footstoole Fall
O Let Me at Thy Footstoole Fall
John Coprario: Songs of Mourning: O Poore Distracted World
Songs of Mourning: O Poore Distracted World
Henry Purcell: Let Mine Eyes Run Down with Tears, Z. 24
Let Mine Eyes Run Down with Tears, Z. 24
Robert Ramsey: In Guilty Night
In Guilty Night
Thomas Lupo: O Lord, Give Ear to My Complaint
O Lord, Give Ear to My Complaint
Matthew Locke: The Lord Hear Thee in the Day of Trouble
The Lord Hear Thee in the Day of Trouble
Henry Purcell: In guilty night, Z. 134
In guilty night, Z. 134
John Blow: I Said in the Cutting Off of My Days
I Said in the Cutting Off of My Days
John Milton: If That a Sinner's Sighs
If That a Sinner's Sighs
Henry Purcell: I Will Give Thanks Unto Thee, O Lord, Z. 20
I Will Give Thanks Unto Thee, O Lord, Z. 20
William Croft: Rejoice in the Lord
Rejoice in the Lord
Thomas Weelkes: O Happy He
O Happy He
January 2013
“The use of single voices takes on the atmosphere of refined domestic devotional music, ideal for In guilty night by Robert Ramsey...Les Voix Baroques also excel in Purcell's more famous setting that offers greater dramatic intensity.”
December 2012
“The performances are almost ideal. The singers generally avoid vibrato - except Yulia Van Doren and Robert MacDonald now and then, mainly in solo episodes - and that results in the often daring harmony coming across perfectly...Without wanting to wrong any of the singers, for me Charles Daniels especially stands out for his subtle expression, also due to his immaculate diction and stylish ornamentation.”
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O Let Me at Thy Footstoole Fall
