Psalms of Salvation & Mercy / Patterson, Gloriae Dei Cantores

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Label
Gloriae Dei Cantores
Release Date
October 1, 2005
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BAYLEY HEMMINGS BENNETT RUS
    • PERFORMER
      Gloriae Dei Cantores, Patterson
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 01, 2005
    • UPC
      709887003820
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      GDCD038
    • LABEL
      Gloriae Dei Cantores
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Psalm 142, "I Cried unto the Lord with My Voice"

      Composer: William Bayley

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    2. Psalm 85, "Lord, Thou Art Become Gracious unto thy Land"

      Composer: Alan Stephen Hemmings

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    3. Psalm 120, "When I Was In Trouble, I Called Upon the Lord"

      Composer: William Sterndale Bennett

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    4. Psalm 25, "Unto thee, O Lord, Will I Lift Up My Soul"

      Composer: Wiliam Russell

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    5. Psalm 61, "Hear my crying, O God"

      Composer: Charles Harford Lloyd

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    6. Psalm 132, "Lord, Remember David"

      Composer: George Job Elvey

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    7. St. Paul's Psalter: Psalm 70, "Haste thee, O God, to deliver me"

      Composer: William Hine

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    8. Psalm 130, "Out of the Deep have I called unto thee, O Lord"

      Composer: Charles Hylton Stewart

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    9. O Lord, rebuke me not, Z. 40

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    10. Psalm 42, "Like as the hart desireth the water brooks, so longeth my soul after thee, O God"

      Composer: Samuel Wesley

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    11. Psalm 137, "By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept"

      Composer: Charles Hylton Stewart

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    12. Psalm 43, "Give sentence with me, O God, and defend my cause against the ungodly people"

      Composer: Samuel Wesley

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    13. Psalm 51, "Have mercy upon me, O God, After thy great Goodness"

      Composer: William Morley

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    14. Psalm 49, "O Hear Ye This, All Ye People"

      Composer: Thomas Attwood Walmisley

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    15. Psalm 69, "Save Me, O God"

      Composer: Charles Hylton Stewart

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    16. Psalm 102, "Hear My Prayer, O Lord"

      Composer: Charles Macpherson

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    17. Psalm 138, "I Will Give Thanks unto thee, O Lord, with My Whole Heart"

      Composer: Theodore Aylward

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    18. Psalm 13, "How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord, Forever?"

      Composer: Charles Hylton Stewart

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    19. Psalm 64, "Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer"

      Composer: Herbert Stanley Oakeley

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    20. Psalm 11, "In the Lord put I my Trust"

      Composer: John Goss

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson

    21. Psalm 32, "Blessed Is He Whose Unrighteousness Is Forgiven"

      Composer: John Jones

      Ensemble: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

      Conductor: Elizabeth C. Patterson


Anglican chant--a harmonized form of liturgical chanting, primarily of psalms--isn't like anything else in music. Although it's closer in style to speech than traditional monodic Gregorian chant, the harmonizations--and thus the requirement for a particular type of singing ensemble--removes it from the impersonal and functional to the realm of a more artistic, performance-conscious purpose. To sing Anglican chant--and especially to sing it properly--you need a choir of mixed voices who have mastered the myriad aspects and subtleties of phrasing, inflection, articulation, tonal balances, dynamics, and the often debatable rules of pointing, not to mention the necessities of coordinating with the supporting--and sometimes ornamented--organ accompaniment. Outside of British record shops or cathedral gift stores, you rarely see a recording of real live Anglican chant--certainly not on this side of the Atlantic--so it's refreshing to discover that the very fine Massachusetts-based Gloriae Dei Cantores, known for its many Gregorian chant recordings (among many other choral-music projects), has undertaken a three-volume series to explore, and hopefully expose new listeners to, this exceptional, unique, and affecting body of liturgical music.


There are 22 psalm settings covered here, by a wide range of composers writing in predominantly traditional styles--in other words, this volume doesn't contain any of the more recently-composed or harmonically "adventurous" settings some listeners will be familiar with. What we do get is the essence of Anglican chant sound and style--and thanks to the superb efforts of this very sensitive, responsive choir, its knowing director, and a pair of first-rate organists, we experience something of the uniquely expressive power inherent in this manner of psalm-singing, which in its most accomplished form allows phrases to flow and important individual words their full presence and meaning.


I was happy to hear several of my favorite settings--especially the Wesley for Psalms 42 and 43, the Goss for Psalm 11, and Aylward for Psalm 138--as well as many beautiful unfamiliar ones. I only wish that the choir and organ were recorded in a more favorable--that is, less noisy--acoustic. Perhaps a bit more distance, or a slight dampening or reconfiguring of the live, resonant space would help. At any rate, it's a treat to hear this music so well realized and enthusiastically sung (supported by some very nice organ work). I'm looking forward to volume 2!
--David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com