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How Are The Mighty Fallen - Choral Music by Giovanni Bononci

Baroque Dramatic Romantic Virtuosic
$19.99

Details

Composer
Giovanni Bononcini
Artist
Elizabeth Nurse, Esther Lay, Helen Charlston, Rowan Pierce, Giles Underwood, Colin Danskin, Guy Cutt
Format
CD
Label
Signum Classics
Released
May 24, 2024
Catalog #
SIGCD905
UPC
635212090527

About

This is the first recording not only of Ave Maris stella and Laudate pueri but also the original D-major version of Bononcini's Te Deum. The work has been newly edited here from it's English eighteenth-century sources. These works were written during Bononcini's time in London, and a few months after his arrival the country was ravaged by a smallpox epidemic, which also saw the first introduction of inoculation against disease in England. It's fitting therefore that this recording was made in the early summer of 2021, six months after the COVID-19 vaccination programme began in the UK. Despite the challenges that this caused, director Owen Rees says "it was heart-lifting to be able to bring this project to fruition after many months during which singing was silenced".

Tracklist 27 tracks

  1. 1 Ave maris stella 08:23
    Track
    1
    Title
    Ave maris stella
    Duration
    08:23
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  2. 2 Te Deum laudamus 05:14
    Track
    2
    Title
    Te Deum laudamus
    Duration
    05:14
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  3. 3 Te gloriosus apostolorum chorus 01:50
    Track
    3
    Title
    Te gloriosus apostolorum chorus
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  4. 4 Te per orbem terrarum 02:22
    Track
    4
    Title
    Te per orbem terrarum
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  5. 5 Patrem immensæ maiestatis 02:03
    Track
    5
    Title
    Patrem immensæ maiestatis
    Duration
    02:03
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  6. 6 Tu rex gloriæ Christe 01:43
    Track
    6
    Title
    Tu rex gloriæ Christe
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  7. 7 Tu ad liberandum 01:51
    Track
    7
    Title
    Tu ad liberandum
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  8. 8 Tu ad dexteram Dei sedes 03:07
    Track
    8
    Title
    Tu ad dexteram Dei sedes
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  9. 9 Æterna fac cum sanctis tuis 03:00
    Track
    9
    Title
    Æterna fac cum sanctis tuis
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  10. 10 Per singulos dies 01:25
    Track
    10
    Title
    Per singulos dies
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  11. 11 Dignare Domine 02:38
    Track
    11
    Title
    Dignare Domine
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  12. 12 Miserere nostri 01:18
    Track
    12
    Title
    Miserere nostri
    Duration
    01:18
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  13. 13 Fiat misericordia tua 03:25
    Track
    13
    Title
    Fiat misericordia tua
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  14. 14 In te Domine speravi 03:36
    Track
    14
    Title
    In te Domine speravi
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  15. 15 Laudate pueri 03:16
    Track
    15
    Title
    Laudate pueri
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  16. 16 A solis ortu 01:37
    Track
    16
    Title
    A solis ortu
    Duration
    01:37
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  17. 17 Excelsus super omnes 02:09
    Track
    17
    Title
    Excelsus super omnes
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  18. 18 Quis sicut Dominus 01:56
    Track
    18
    Title
    Quis sicut Dominus
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  19. 19 Suscitans a terra 01:34
    Track
    19
    Title
    Suscitans a terra
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  20. 20 Ut collocet eum 03:36
    Track
    20
    Title
    Ut collocet eum
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  21. 21 Gloria Patri 02:08
    Track
    21
    Title
    Gloria Patri
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  22. 22 Sicut erat 02:29
    Track
    22
    Title
    Sicut erat
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  23. 23 When Saul was King 03:03
    Track
    23
    Title
    When Saul was King
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  24. 24 How are the mighty fallen 01:54
    Track
    24
    Title
    How are the mighty fallen
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  25. 25 How doth the city solitary sit 00:41
    Track
    25
    Title
    How doth the city solitary sit
    Duration
    00:41
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  26. 26 All the night she weepeth sore 02:39
    Track
    26
    Title
    All the night she weepeth sore
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees
  27. 27 Howl, O ye fir-trees 02:00
    Track
    27
    Title
    Howl, O ye fir-trees
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Giovanni Bononcini
    Ensemble
    Queen's College Oxford Choir, Academy of Ancient Music
    Conductor
    Owen Rees