Composer: Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Tomkins, Thomas Weelkes
Performer: Robin Blaze, James Grimwood, Nicholas Mulroy, Chapel Choir of Trinity Hall Cambridge, Newe Vialles, Orpheus Britannicus Vocal Consort
Conductor: Andrew Arthur
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Resonus Classics
Catalogue: RES10295
Release: 2021
Size: 1.18 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Gibbons: This is the Record of John
02. Tomkins: Voluntary in C
03. Gibbons: ‘Short’ Evening Service: I. Magnificat
04. Weelkes: In Nomine a 5
05. Gibbons: ‘Short’ Evening Service: II. Nunc dimittis
06. Tomkins: A Substantial Verse
07. Tomkins: My shepherd is the living Lord
08. Tomkins: Fantasia a 3, No. 7
09. Tomkins: Verse in a
10. Gibbons: O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not
11. Weelkes: Voluntary I
12. Weelkes: Evening Verse Service ‘for Trebles’: I. Magnificat
13. Tomkins: Voluntary in D
14. Weelkes: Evening Verse Service ‘for Trebles’: II. Nunc dimittis
15. Gibbons: Fantasia No. 1 ‘for the great double bass’
16. Tomkins: Voluntary in A
17. Gibbons: See, see, the Word is incarnate
In succession to the Tudors, the flourishing court culture of the Stuart royal dynasty fostered one of the greatest periods in the history of British music. Director and organist Andrew Arthur unites his forces in this compelling programme of works by three composers who flourished in the Jacobean period – Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Weelkes and Thomas Tomkins – around the theme of the Word of God. The choral items on this disc exemplify a rhetorically-aware sense of what it means to sound the Word enriched with music in order to teach, move and delight.