Anne Boleyn's Songbook

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Anne Boleyn is without doubt the most famous of Henry VIII's six wives. She was brought up for a time under the guardianship of Margaret...
Anne Boleyn is without doubt the most famous of Henry VIII's six wives. She was brought up for a time under the guardianship of Margaret of Austria, who was patron to some of the most famous composers in all of Europe, and then in the French court before her return to England in 1522. It was in France where the young Anne developed her keen musical tastes, and when a collection of her favorite works began to be assembled into what is now known as the Anne Boleyn Songbook (Royal College of Music, MS 1070). The book probably remained in her possession until her execution in 1536, when she was accused of adultery with no less than five men including her own brother, George, and luteplayer Mark Smeaton. Here Alamire explores the finest works in the Songbook by the greatest composers of the early 16th century, including Comp�re, Brumel, Mouton, and Josquin. Performances by Alamire are interspersed with French chansons and instrumental items for lute, harp and voice. The program concludes with a most haunting setting of 'O Deathe rock me asleep', not from the Songbook but possibly linked to Anne's fate while awaiting her execution in the Tower of London.


Product Description:

  • Release Date: October 09, 2015


  • UPC: 658592071528


  • Catalog Number: CD715


  • Label: Obsidian


  • Number of Discs: 2


  • Composer: Anonymous, Antoine Brumel, Antoine de Févin, Claude de Sermisy, Jean Mouton, Josquin Des Préz, Loyset Compère


  • Conductor: David Skinner


  • Performer: Jacob Heringman, Kirsty Whatley



Works:

  1. Tota pulchra es, motet

    Composer: Jean Mouton

    Performer: Jacob Heringman (Lute), Kirsty Whatley (Harp )

    Conductor: David Skinner


  2. Venez, regrets

    Composer: Claude de Sermisy

    Performer: Jacob Heringman (Lute), Kirsty Whatley (Harp )

    Conductor: David Skinner


  3. Fer pietatis opem miseris mater, motet (Anne Boleyn Songbook)

    Composer: Anonymous

    Performer: Jacob Heringman (Lute), Kirsty Whatley (Harp )

    Conductor: David Skinner


  4. Stabat mater dolorosa

    Composer: Josquin Des Préz

    Performer: Jacob Heringman (Lute), Kirsty Whatley (Harp )

    Conductor: David Skinner


  5. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes, Antiphon and Psalm 116

    Composer: Anonymous

    Performer: Jacob Heringman (Lute), Kirsty Whatley (Harp )

    Conductor: David Skinner


  6. Maria Magdalena et altera Maria, motet (Anne Boleyn Songbook)

    Composer: Anonymous

    Performer: Jacob Heringman (Lute), Kirsty Whatley (Harp )

    Conductor: David Skinner


  7. Forte si dulci Stigium boantem, motet (Anne Boleyn Songbook)

    Composer: Anonymous

    Performer: Jacob Heringman (Lute), Kirsty Whatley (Harp )

    Conductor: David Skinner


  8. O virgo virginum, motet (Anne Boleyn Songbook)

    Composer: Anonymous

    Performer: Jacob Heringman (Lute), Kirsty Whatley (Harp )

    Conductor: David Skinner


  9. Paranimphus salutat virginem

    Composer: Loyset Compère

    Performer: Jacob Heringman (Lute), Kirsty Whatley (Harp )

    Conductor: David Skinner


  10. Gentilz galans compaingnous, chanson (Anne Boleyn Songbook)

    Composer: Anonymous

    Performer: Jacob Heringman (Lute), Kirsty Whatley (Harp )

    Conductor: David Skinner


  11. Tempus meum est ut revertar, motet (Anne Boleyn Songbook)

    Composer: Antoine de Févin

    Performer: Jacob Heringman (Lute), Kirsty Whatley (Harp )

    Conductor: David Skinner


  12. Quae est ista, for 4 voices

    Composer: Antoine Brumel

    Performer: Jacob Heringman (Lute), Kirsty Whatley (Harp )

    Conductor: David Skinner


  13. Liber generationes Jesu Christi, motet for 4 parts

    Composer: Josquin Des Préz

    Performer: Jacob Heringman (Lute), Kirsty Whatley (Harp )

    Conductor: David Skinner


  14. Jouyssance vous donneray

    Composer: Claude de Sermisy

    Performer: Jacob Heringman (Lute), Kirsty Whatley (Harp )

    Conductor: David Skinner


  15. Popule meus quid feci tibi, motet (Anne Boleyn Songbook)

    Composer: Anonymous

    Performer: Jacob Heringman (Lute), Kirsty Whatley (Harp )

    Conductor: David Skinner


  16. In illo tempore, motet (Anne Boleyn Songbook)

    Composer: Jean Mouton

    Performer: Jacob Heringman (Lute), Kirsty Whatley (Harp )

    Conductor: David Skinner


  17. Sicut lilium inter spinas

    Composer: Antoine Brumel

    Performer: Jacob Heringman (Lute), Kirsty Whatley (Harp )

    Conductor: David Skinner


  18. Praeter rerum seriem

    Composer: Josquin Des Préz

    Performer: Jacob Heringman (Lute), Kirsty Whatley (Harp )

    Conductor: David Skinner


  19. O Deathe, Rock Me A-Sleepe

    Composer: Anonymous

    Performer: Jacob Heringman (Lute), Kirsty Whatley (Harp )

    Conductor: David Skinner