Performer: Ora Singers
Conductor: Suzi Digby
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: 90266970DI2
Release: 2020
Size: 1.06 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Tallis: Spem in alium (The Forty-Part Motet)
02. Gerarde: O Souverain Pasteur et Maistre
03. Ferrasbosco: In Monte Oliveti
04. Byrd: Domine, salva nos
05. anon.: Fructum salutiferum
06. Gerarde: Tua est potentia
07. Wilder: Pater noster
08. Tallis: In ieiunio et fletu
09. Ferrasbosco: Decantabat populus Israel
10. anon.: Ex altari tuo, Domine
11. Ferrasbosco: Judica me, Domine
12. Byrd: Fac cum servo tuo
13. Tallis: Derelinquat impius
14. Wilder: Vidi civitatem
15. MacMillan: Vidi aquam (Forty-Part Motet)
A musical banquet from the Golden Age. This programme brings together a true choral landmark from the sixteenth century, with its present-day reflection, a commission by Sir James MacMillan. These two monumental, large-scale pieces bookend a ‘tasting menu’ of Renaissance works by Byrd, Tallis and many other composers. Common to them all is a link to Nonsuch Palace, arguably the location of the first performance of Spem in alium, and the centre of a rich vein of Tudor musical patronage.