English Royal Funeral Music

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one might call it a classically 'English' choral sound - but any suspicions of coolness are easily dispelled by the commitment shown to the meaning of both music and text...Once again, Vox Luminis... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2013 More…

Release Date: 22nd Apr 2013
Catalogue No: RIC332
Label: Ricercar
Length: 62 minutes

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Purcell: Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15

Work length2:12

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Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
Recorded: September 2011, September 2012
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Jean Baptiste, Beaufays, Belgium

Paisible: The Queen's Farewell - The Queen's Farewell

Work length4:31

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Benoît Laurent, Lingua Franca
Recorded: September 2011, September 2012
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Jean Baptiste, Beaufays, Belgium

Purcell: March and Canzona in C minor

Work length2:47

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Les Trompettes des Plaisirs, Jean-François Madeuf
Recorded: September 2011, September 2012
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Jean Baptiste, Beaufays, Belgium

March

Track length2:47

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Morley: I am the resurrection

Work length5:02

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Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
Recorded: September 2011, September 2012
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Jean Baptiste, Beaufays, Belgium

I am the resurrection - I know that my Redeemer liveth - We brought nothing into this world

Track length5:02

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Morley: Man that is born of a woman

Work length5:31

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Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
Recorded: September 2011, September 2012
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Jean Baptiste, Beaufays, Belgium

Man that is born of a woman - In the midst of life - Thou knowest, Lord, Z. 58C (Purcell)

Track length5:31

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Purcell: March and Canzona in C minor

Work length2:24

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Les Trompettes des Plaisirs, Jean-François Madeuf
Recorded: September 2011, September 2012
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Jean Baptiste, Beaufays, Belgium

Canzona

Track length2:24

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Morley: I heard a voice from heaven

Work length1:56

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Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier, Les Trompettes des Plaisirs, Jean-François Madeuf
Recorded: September 2011, September 2012
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Jean Baptiste, Beaufays, Belgium

Weelkes: Death hath deprived me

Work length3:13

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Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
Recorded: September 2011, September 2012
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Jean Baptiste, Beaufays, Belgium

Tomkins: A sad Pavan for these distracted times

Work length5:41

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Guy Penson
Recorded: September 2011, September 2012
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Jean Baptiste, Beaufays, Belgium

Tomkins: Burial Sentences

Work length7:51

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Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
Recorded: September 2011, September 2012
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Jean Baptiste, Beaufays, Belgium

Purcell: O dive custos Auriacae domus, Z504

Work length7:35

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Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
Recorded: September 2011, September 2012
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Jean Baptiste, Beaufays, Belgium

Purcell: Man that is born of a woman, Z27

Work length10:40

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Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
Recorded: September 2011, September 2012
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Jean Baptiste, Beaufays, Belgium

Purcell: Remember not, O Lord, our offences, Z50

Work length2:59

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Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
Recorded: September 2011, September 2012
Recording Venue: Eglise Saint-Jean Baptiste, Beaufays, Belgium

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Much anticipated new release from the Gramophone Record of the Year winning Vox Luminis!

We know now that Purcell’s three Funeral Sentences were not written for the funeral of Queen Mary in 1695. Following the tradition of the English court, it was pieces by Thomas Morley, originally written for the funeral of Elizabeth I, that were sung there. Purcell’s only contribution to the ceremony was the composition of two pieces for slide trumpets (March and Canzona), and the anthem in the archaic style Thou knowest, Lord. During the funeral procession to Westminster Abbey, a band of oboes played two marches written by John Paisible and Thomas Tollet.

This recording assembles the music composed for the funeral of Queen Mary and that used at the funeral of Elizabeth I in 1603. The programme is completed by Purcell’s sublime a cappella anthems and a moving anthem by Weelkes on the death of Thomas Morley.

After the success of the recording of Schütz’s Musicalische Exequien (RIC311), voted Record of the Year by Gramophone magazine, this disc will be one of the major events of spring 2013.

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June 2013

one might call it a classically 'English' choral sound - but any suspicions of coolness are easily dispelled by the commitment shown to the meaning of both music and text...Once again, Vox Luminis have touched the heart with their calm interpretative intelligence and vocal beauty.

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