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. Into Thy Hands

      Composer: Jonathan Dove

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    2. They are at Rest

      Composer: Sir Edward Elgar

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    3. Drop, drop, slow tears

      Composer: Orlando Gibbons

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    4. Requiem

      Composer: Herbert Howells

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    5. A Child's Prayer

      Composer: James MacMillan

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    6. Funeral Sentences

      Composer: Thomas Morley

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    7. Songs (6) of Farewell: no 6, Lord, let me know mine end

      Composer: Charles Hubert Parry

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    8. In manus tuas Domine no 1

      Composer: John Sheppard

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    9. A Litany

      Composer: Sir William Walton

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort

      Conductor: Paul McCreesh

    10. Christe qui lux es

      Composer: Robert White

      Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort

      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'.