Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination

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Label
Coro
Release Date
April 30, 2012
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BROWNE LAUDE CORNYSH DAVY
    • PERFORMER
      Royal Manuscript: Illumination
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 30, 2012
    • UPC
      828021609824
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      COR16098
    • LABEL
      Coro
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Secular
    Works ⌄

    1. Salve Regina

      Composer: John Browne

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir, Hilliard Ensemble

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    2. Jesus autem transiens - Credo in Deum

      Composer: Robert Wilkinson

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir, Hilliard Ensemble

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    3. Hail Mary full of grace [ca. 1420]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir, Hilliard Ensemble

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    4. Quid petis, O Fili?

      Composer: Richard Pygott

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir, Hilliard Ensemble

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    5. Regina sovrana

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir, Hilliard Ensemble

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    6. Ave Maria mater Dei

      Composer: William Cornysh

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir, Hilliard Ensemble

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    7. This day day dawes [15th Century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir, Hilliard Ensemble

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    8. Stabat mater

      Composer: Richard Davy

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir, Hilliard Ensemble

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    9. Christus surrexit [12th Century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir, Hilliard Ensemble

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    10. Missa Se la face ay pale: Agnus Dei

      Composer: Guillaume Dufay

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir, Hilliard Ensemble

      Conductor: Harry Christophers

    11. Spem in alium

      Composer: Thomas Tallis

      Ensemble: The Sixteen Choir, Hilliard Ensemble

      Conductor: Harry Christophers


Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination – the British Library’s first major exhibition to bring together the Library’s Royal collection, a treasure trove of illuminated manuscripts from between the 9th and 16th centuries collected by the kings and queens of England between the 9th and 16th centuries. This CD is inspired by the exhibition and includes works performed by The Sixteen from the Eton Choirbook alongside fascinating pieces from medieval and Renaissance France, equally preserved in beautifully illuminated collections of manuscripts and performed here by the Hilliard Ensemble. And finally, one of the crowning glories of music from the Tudor period, Tallis’s monumental Spem in Alium. Over the years it has been our overwhelming desire to rejoice in the survival of this great music. It is collections such as those preserved at the British Library that have enabled us to bring back to life the music that illuminated these fascinating periods in our history.