Anne Boleyn's Songbook

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Label
Obsidian
Release Date
October 9, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DESPREZ MOULTON
    • PERFORMER
      Alamire, Wilkinson, Heringman, Whatley
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 09, 2015
    • UPC
      658592071528
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CD715
    • LABEL
      Obsidian
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    Works ⌄

    1. Tota pulchra es

      Composer: Jean Mouton

      Ensemble: Alamire

      Conductor: David Skinner

    2. Venes regrets, venes tous [Anne Boleyn Songbook: Royal College of Music, MS 1070]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Clare Wilkinson, Jacob Heringman, Kirsty Whatley

      Conductor: David Skinner

    3. Fer pietatis opem miseris mater [Anne Boleyn Songbook: Royal College of Music, MS 1070]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Alamire

      Conductor: David Skinner

    4. Stabat mater

      Composer: Josquin des Prez

      Ensemble: Alamire

      Conductor: David Skinner

    5. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes [Anne Boleyn Songbook: Royal College of Music, MS 1070] (arr. D. Skinner for choir)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Alamire

      Conductor: David Skinner

    6. Maria Magdalena et altera Maria [Anne Boleyn Songbook: Royal College of Music, MS 1070]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Alamire

      Conductor: David Skinner

    7. Forte si dulci Stigium boantem [Anne Boleyn Songbook: Royal College of Music, MS 1070]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Alamire

      Conductor: David Skinner

    8. O virgo virginum [Anne Boleyn Songbook: Royal College of Music, MS 1070]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Clare Wilkinson, Kirsty Whatley

    9. Paranimphus salutat virginem (arr. D. Skinner for choir)

      Composer: Loyset Compère

      Ensemble: Alamire

      Performer: Jacob Heringman, Kirsty Whatley

    10. Gentilz galans compaingnons [Anne Boleyn Songbook: Royal College of Music, MS 1070] (arr. D. Skinner for choir)

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Alamire

      Conductor: David Skinner

    11. Tempus meum est (arr. D. Skinner for choir)

      Composer: Antoine de Févin

      Ensemble: Alamire

      Conductor: David Skinner

    12. Quae est ista (arr. D. Skinner for choir)

      Composer: Antoine Brumel

      Ensemble: Alamire

      Conductor: David Skinner

    13. Liber generationis Jesu Christi (arr. D. Skinner for choir)

      Composer: Josquin des Prez

      Ensemble: Alamire

      Conductor: David Skinner

    14. Jouyssance vous donneray

      Composer: Claudin de Sermisy

      Performer: Clare Wilkinson, Jacob Heringman, Kirsty Whatley

    15. Improperia, "Popule meus, quid feci tibi?" [Anne Boleyn Songbook: Royal College of Music, MS 1070]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Alamire

      Conductor: David Skinner

    16. In illo tempore: Accesserunt ad Jesum (arr. D. Skinner for choir)

      Composer: Jean Mouton

      Ensemble: Alamire

      Conductor: David Skinner

    17. Sicut lilium inter spinas (arr. D. Skinner for choir)

      Composer: Antoine Brumel

      Ensemble: Alamire

      Conductor: David Skinner

    18. Praeter rerum seriem

      Composer: Josquin des Prez

      Ensemble: Alamire

      Conductor: David Skinner

    19. O Deathe, Rock Me A-Sleepe [Anne Boleyn Songbook: Royal College of Music, MS 1070]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Alamire

      Performer: Jacob Heringman, Kirsty Whatley

      Conductor: David Skinner


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 Compère, 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.