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Music from the Chirk Castle Part-Books | Hyperion CDA67695

Music from the Chirk Castle Part-Books

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Label: Hyperion

Cat No: CDA67695

Barcode: 0034571176956

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 30th March 2009

Contents

Works

Mundy
Te Deum ‘for trebles’ ’We praise thee, O God’

Mundy
Benedictus ‘for trebles’

Byrd
O God give ear and do apply

R Parsons
Deliver me from mine enemies

R Parsons
Burial Service ’I am the resurrection and the life saith the Lord’

Tallis
Christ rising again

Tallis
With all our hearts and mouths

Tallis
Not every one that saith unto me

Hooper
Behold it is Christ

Tye
Blessed are all they that fear the Lord

Deane
O Lord, thou hast dealt graciously

Deane
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ

Caustun
Yield unto God the mighty Lord

Sheppard
Submit yourselves one to another

Sheppard
O God be merciful unto us, and bless us

W Parsons
The Litany ‘for trebles’ ’O God the Father of heav’n’

Artists

Brabant Ensemble

Conductor

Stephen Rice

Works

Mundy
Te Deum ‘for trebles’ ’We praise thee, O God’

Mundy
Benedictus ‘for trebles’

Byrd
O God give ear and do apply

R Parsons
Deliver me from mine enemies

R Parsons
Burial Service ’I am the resurrection and the life saith the Lord’

Tallis
Christ rising again

Tallis
With all our hearts and mouths

Tallis
Not every one that saith unto me

Hooper
Behold it is Christ

Tye
Blessed are all they that fear the Lord

Deane
O Lord, thou hast dealt graciously

Deane
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ

Caustun
Yield unto God the mighty Lord

Sheppard
Submit yourselves one to another

Sheppard
O God be merciful unto us, and bless us

W Parsons
The Litany ‘for trebles’ ’O God the Father of heav’n’

Artists

Brabant Ensemble

Conductor

Stephen Rice

About

This disc presents a selection of works from the Chirk Castle part-books, a fascinating collection of devotional music from the Tudor period that remained hidden in the castle library for three hundred years.

The Chirk manuscripts contain works for unaccompanied voices as well as verse anthems and services, scored for solo voices, chorus and organ. This recording focuses on the unaccompanied items, presenting for the first time a selection of the ‘full’ services and anthems found in the manuscripts, including seven unique to the Chirk collection.

Among the ‘new finds’, the most significant are the Te Deum and Benedictus ‘for trebles’ by William Mundy. The two settings are designed on a large scale, exploiting the use of high trebles, and Mundy cleverly employs choral groupings of various types to provide maximum contrast. The textures throughout are reminiscent of Sheppard’s best Latin compositions and by intensifying the contrapuntal activity in the closing sections of both canticles, Mundy takes the music to an even higher level. This is the first recording of these important canticles.

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