Libera Nos - The Cry Of The Oppressed / Rees, Contrapunctus

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Label
Signum Classics
Release Date
August 27, 2013
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    Featuring โŒ„
    • COMPOSER
      TALLIS BYRD DE MONTE CARDOS
    • PERFORMER
      O., Contrapunctus, Rees
    Product Details โŒ„
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 27, 2013
    • UPC
      635212033821
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SIGCD338
    • LABEL
      Signum Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works โŒ„

    1. Liber primus sacrarum cantionum (Cantiones sacrae): Civitas sancti tui

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Contrapunctus

      Conductor: Owen Rees

    2. Libera

      Composer: Thomas Tallis

      Ensemble: Contrapunctus

      Conductor: Owen Rees

    3. Super flumina Babylonis

      Composer: Philippe de Monte

      Ensemble: Contrapunctus

      Conductor: Owen Rees

    4. Quomodo cantabimus?

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Contrapunctus

      Conductor: Owen Rees

    5. Sitivit anima mea

      Composer: Manuel Cardoso

      Ensemble: Contrapunctus

      Conductor: Owen Rees

    6. Laboravi in gemitu meo

      Composer: Martin Peerson

      Ensemble: Contrapunctus

      Conductor: Owen Rees

    7. Liber secundus sacrarum cantionum (Cantiones sacrae): Miserere mei, Deus

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Contrapunctus

      Conductor: Owen Rees

    8. Lachrimans sitivit anima mea

      Composer: Pedro de Cristo

      Ensemble: Contrapunctus

      Conductor: Owen Rees

    9. Gradualia, Book 1: Plorans ploravit

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Contrapunctus

      Conductor: Owen Rees

    10. In jejunio et fletu

      Composer: Thomas Tallis

      Ensemble: Contrapunctus

      Conductor: Owen Rees

    11. Salvator mundi

      Composer: Thomas Tallis

      Ensemble: Contrapunctus

      Conductor: Owen Rees

    12. Inter vestibulum

      Composer: Pedro de Cristo

      Ensemble: Contrapunctus

      Conductor: Owen Rees

    13. Liber secundus sacrarum cantionum (Cantiones sacrae): Infelix ego

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Contrapunctus

      Conductor: Owen Rees


Coupling powerful interpretations with path-breaking scholarship, the choir Contrapunctus presents music by the best-known composers as well as unfamiliar masterpieces. Directed by Owen Rees, a specialist in music of the 16th and 17th centuries, the group presents imaginative programmes revealing previously undiscovered musical treasures and throwing new light on familiar works.

This recording explores the musical 'cries of the oppressed' from opposite ends of Europe, which include some of the most powerful works composed in England and Portugal during this period by Byrd, Tallis, de Monte and Cardoso. The highlight perhaps is the first recording of a newly reconstructed vocal work by Thomas Tallis, 'Libera nos'. This has long been thought to be an instrumental work, and has been recorded as such, but there's persuasive historical evidence for us to be confident that this is in fact a choral setting of the antiphon 'Libera nos', and it is performed here with the relevant text restored to the five vocal parts.