A Song Of Farewell - Music Of Mourning & Consolation

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Label
Signum Classics
Release Date
January 1, 2012
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      GIBBONS WALTON WHITE MACMIL
    • PERFORMER
      Mccreesh, Gabrieli Consort
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 01, 2012
    • UPC
      635212028124
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SIGCD281
    • LABEL
      Signum Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Drop, drop, slow tears (arr. P. Dearmer)

      Composer: Orlando Gibbons

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort and Players

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    2. A Litany: Drop, drop slow tears

      Composer: William Walton

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort and Players

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    3. Christe qui lux es dies

      Composer: Robert White

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort and Players

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    4. A Child's Prayer

      Composer: James MacMillan

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort and Players

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    5. In manus tuas I

      Composer: John Sheppard

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort and Players

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    6. Into thy hands

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort and Players

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    7. First Dirge Anthem (Funeral Sentences)

      Composer: Thomas Morley

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort and Players

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    8. They are at rest

      Composer: Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort and Players

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    9. Salvatore mundi

      Composer: Herbert Howells

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort and Players

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    10. Psalm 23, "The Lord is my shepherd"

      Composer: Herbert Howells

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort and Players

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    11. Requiem aeternam I

      Composer: Herbert Howells

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort and Players

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    12. Psalm 121, "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills"

      Composer: Herbert Howells

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort and Players

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    13. Requiem aeternam II

      Composer: Herbert Howells

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort and Players

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    14. I heard a voice from heaven

      Composer: Herbert Howells

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort and Players

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    15. Songs of Farewell: Lord, let Me Know Mine End

      Composer: Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort and Players

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh


Continuing Signum’s new partnership with Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort following the triumphant success of Berlioz’s 'Grande Messe des Morts' (SIGCD280 –, their next release will be a recording of the groups' renowned a cappella programme of music for mourning and consolation. This is a beautifully poignant programme of British choral music, including works by composers as diverse as Morley and Dove, Sheppard and Walton and featuring Howells’ sublime 'Requiem'.