The Hilliard Ensemble: Transeamus (English Carols and Motets)

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The accounts are intimate and subtly coloured, the Hilliards' distinctive sound still unsullied, four decades on.The singers' faultless clarity of diction, highlighted by the close recording... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 13th Oct 2014
Catalogue No: 4811106
Label: ECM
Series: New Series
Length: 67 minutes

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anon.: Thomas gemma Cantuariae / Thomas cesus in Doveria

Work length2:39

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David James (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Steven Harrold (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone)
The Hilliard Ensemble
Recorded: 2012-11
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

anon.: St Thomas honour we

Work length3:19

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David James (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Steven Harrold (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone)
The Hilliard Ensemble
Recorded: 2012-11
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

anon.: Clangat tuba

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David James (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Steven Harrold (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone)
The Hilliard Ensemble
Recorded: 2012-11
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

Plummer: Anna Mater Matris Christi

Work length6:52

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David James (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Steven Harrold (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone)
The Hilliard Ensemble
Recorded: 2012-11
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

anon.: Lullay, I Saw

Work length2:41

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David James (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Steven Harrold (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone)
The Hilliard Ensemble
Recorded: 2012-11
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

Plummer: O pulcherrima mulierum

Work length3:17

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David James (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Steven Harrold (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone)
The Hilliard Ensemble
Recorded: 2012-11
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

anon.: There is no rose

Work length4:43

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David James (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Steven Harrold (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone)
The Hilliard Ensemble
Recorded: 2012-11
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

Lambe: Stella Caeli

Work length6:40

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David James (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Steven Harrold (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone)
The Hilliard Ensemble
Recorded: 2012-11
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

anon.: Marvel not Joseph

Work length4:45

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David James (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Steven Harrold (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone)
The Hilliard Ensemble
Recorded: 2012-11
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

anon.: Ecce quod natura

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David James (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Steven Harrold (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone)
The Hilliard Ensemble
Recorded: 2012-11
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

William Cornysh II: Ave Maria, Mater Dei

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David James (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Steven Harrold (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone)
The Hilliard Ensemble
Recorded: 2012-11
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

anon.: Ah! My dear Son

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David James (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Steven Harrold (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone)
The Hilliard Ensemble
Recorded: 2012-11
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

anon.: Sancta mater graciae

Work length2:36

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David James (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Steven Harrold (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone)
The Hilliard Ensemble
Recorded: 2012-11
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

Sheryngham: Ah, gentle Jesu

Work length8:27

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David James (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Steven Harrold (tenor), Gordon Jones (baritone)
The Hilliard Ensemble
Recorded: 2012-11
Recording Venue: Propstei St. Gerold

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Having recorded more than twenty albums for ECM since the mid-80s, The Hilliard Ensemble caps its discography before retirement (at the end of 2014) with a final release: ‘Transeamus’, a collection of polyphony - in two, three and four parts - from 15th-century England.

The British vocal ensemble’s very first ECM recording included music from the court of Henry VIII, and ‘Transeamus’ brings their odyssey through the ages full circle. The album includes many of the group’s favourite pieces from this era, including previously unrecorded items from its concert programmes by the likes of John Plummer, Walter Lambe and William Cornysh. More of the album’s works are by composers rendered anonymous by time, yet all of this music is rich with enduring personality.

Tenor David James says: “The sweet harmonies might appear uncomplicated, but this transparency of sound creates a cumulative effect that is mesmerising. The album ends with ‘Ah gentle Jesu’. We know the composer’s name, Sheryngham, but virtually nothing else. On paper, it is a simple dialogue between Christ on the cross and a penitent sinner; however, the intensity of the music is so overwhelming that, from our experience in concert, both listener and performer are left in stunned silence.”

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March 2015

The accounts are intimate and subtly coloured, the Hilliards' distinctive sound still unsullied, four decades on.The singers' faultless clarity of diction, highlighted by the close recording perspective, sheds light on the words and their, tender, Marian sentiments.

January 2015

it is fitting that they should return to this repertory in this, their final recording...The tone is not quite so bold now but the interplay between voices is as absorbing as ever...This is an impressive legacy for which the members of The Hilliard Ensemble past and present have earned our enduring gratitude.

23rd November 2014

It’s a euphonious, expressive music, and the Hilliard's four voices, as always, perform it with affecting poise and directness.

2nd November 2014

it’s three decades since they began their recordings for ECM, always atmospherically recorded and presented...they have admirably decided to quit while they’re ahead, and take their leave with this subtle, underplayed collection of carols and motets from the English repertory.

Early Music Today May 2015

a model of refinement and ensemble singing

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