Ceremony And Devotion: Music For The Tudors

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Label
Coro
Release Date
February 1, 2010
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BYRD SHEPPARD TALLIS
    • PERFORMER
      Ceremony & Devotion
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 01, 2010
    • UPC
      828021607721
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      COR16077
    • LABEL
      Coro
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Veni Creator Spiritus

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    2. Laudibus in sanctis

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    3. Sacris solemniis iuncta sit gaudia

      Composer: John Sheppard

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    4. Jesu salvator saeculi

      Composer: Thomas Tallis

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    5. Media vita in morte sumus … Nunc dimittis

      Composer: John Sheppard

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    6. Miserere nostri

      Composer: Thomas Tallis, William Byrd

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    7. Liber primus sacrarum cantionum (Cantiones sacrae): Domine, praestolamur

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    8. Jam Christus astra ascenderat

      Composer: Thomas Tallis

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    9. Sacred songs (Cantiones Sacrae), Book II: Haec Dies

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    10. Infelix ego

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir

      Conductor: Harry Christophers


2011 Grammy Nomination for Best Small Ensemble Performance. "Christopher's choir, The Sixteen, is arguably the most visible professional choral ensemble in Britain" The Times (London) Sixteenth-century England was a place of much religious change. It was a dangerous and confusing time as Henry VIII, who had split with Rome, was succeeded by his young son Edward VI, then by the ardent Catholic, Mary, and finally by the Protestant, Elizabeth I. Composers of the day, such as William Byrd, John Sheppard and Thomas Tallis, were required to adapt to rapidly changing musical requirements and it is testament to their incredible skill and musical mastery that they produced such magnificent works in such troubled times. At the heart of this programme are Sheppard's monumental Media vita in morte sumus and Byrd's deeply personal setting of Infelix ego. Set amongst these exceptional masterpieces are Byrd's joyful motets Laudibus in sanctis and Haec dies, and one of the gems of this recording - Tallis' Miserere nostri.