English Royal Funeral Music: Purcell, Morley, Tomkins

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Label
Ricercar
Release Date
April 9, 2013
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      PURCELL MORLEY TOMKINS
    • PERFORMER
      Meunier, Vox Luminis
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 09, 2013
    • UPC
      5400439003323
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      RIC332
    • LABEL
      Ricercar
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z. 15

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    2. The Queen's Farewell - The Queen's Farewell

      Composer: James Paisible, Thomas Tollett

      Ensemble: Lingua Franca

      Conductor: Benoît Laurent

    3. March

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Les Trompettes des Plaisirs

      Conductor: Jean-François Madeuf

    4. I am the resurrection: I am the resurrection - I know that my Redeemer liveth - We brought nothing into this world

      Composer: Thomas Morley

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    5. I am the resurrection: Man that is born of a woman - In the midst of life - Thou knowest, Lord, Z. 58C

      Composer: Thomas Morley, Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis, Les Trompettes des Plaisirs

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    6. Canzona

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Les Trompettes des Plaisirs

      Conductor: Jean-François Madeuf

    7. I am the resurrection: I heard a voice from heaven

      Composer: Thomas Morley

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    8. Death hath deprived me

      Composer: Thomas Weelkes

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    9. A Sad Pavan for these distracted times

      Composer: Thomas Tomkins

      Performer: Guy Penson

    10. I am the resurrection

      Composer: Thomas Tomkins

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    11. O dive custos Auriacae domus, Z. 504

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    12. Burial Service, Z. 27

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    13. Remember not, Lord, our offences, Z. 50

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier


We know now that Purcell's three Funeral Sentences were not written for the funeral of Queen Mary in 1695. Following the tradition of the English court, it was pieces by Thomas Morley, originally written for the funeral of Elizabeth I, that were sung there. Purcell's only contribution to the ceremony was the composition of two pieces for slide trumpets (March and Canzona), and the anthem in the archaic style Thou knowest, Lord. During the funeral procession to Westminster Abbey, a band of oboes played two marches written by John Paisible and Thomas Tollet. This recording assembles the music composed for the funeral of Queen Mary and that used at the funeral of Elizabeth I in 1603. The programme is completed by Purcell's sublime a cappella anthems and a moving anthem by Weelkes on the death of Thomas Morley. After the success of the recording of Schütz's Musicalische Exequien, voted Record of the Year by Gramophone magazine, this disc will be one of the major events of spring 2013.