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Sacred and Profane

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Composer
BRITTEN CORNYSH
Artist
The Sixteen, Christophers
Format
CD
Label
Coro
Released
Mar 02, 2018
Catalog #
COR16159
UPC
828021615924

About

Over four centuries separate these two representatives of English music at it's finest. William Cornysh and Benjamin Britten were prolific in both sacred and secular music. Cornysh is actually two people, often confused with one another and quite possibly father and son. The matter of telling which man wrote which works is impossible to settle, so for the purpose of this album they are linked as one. So whether it be the Elder or the Younger, we are fortunate that they not only excelled at writing complex and adventurous antiphons for the church but also beautiful secular songs for the Tudor court. For Britten writing in the 20th-century life was very different; he is a composer who encompassed so many facets of music excelling in opera, solo song and all manners of vocal and instrumental music. This album looks at the way these composers mixed sacred with secular. Whilst Cornysh's sacred music is elaborate and rhythmically complicated, his secular music is simple yet subtly evocative. Britten makes constant demands on vocal artistry best displayed in the last work he ever wrote for unaccompanied voices, Sacred and Profane.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 A Hymn to the Virgin 03:41
    Track
    1
    Title
    A Hymn to the Virgin
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  2. 2 My love she mourn'th 03:39
    Track
    2
    Title
    My love she mourn'th
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    William Cornysh
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  3. 3 Hymn to St. Cecilia, Op. 27 10:58
    Track
    3
    Title
    Hymn to St. Cecilia, Op. 27
    Duration
    10:58
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  4. 4 Salve regina 14:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    Salve regina
    Duration
    14:45
    Composer
    William Cornysh
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  5. 5 Advance Democracy 03:20
    Track
    5
    Title
    Advance Democracy
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  6. 6 Ave Maria mater Dei 03:50
    Track
    6
    Title
    Ave Maria mater Dei
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    William Cornysh
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  7. 7 Woefully Arrayed 07:48
    Track
    7
    Title
    Woefully Arrayed
    Duration
    07:48
    Composer
    William Cornysh
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  8. 8 Ah Robin, gentle Robin 02:49
    Track
    8
    Title
    Ah Robin, gentle Robin
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    William Cornysh
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  9. 9 No. 1. St. Godric's Hymn 01:34
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 1. St. Godric's Hymn
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  10. 10 No. 2. I mon waxe wod 00:39
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 2. I mon waxe wod
    Duration
    00:39
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  11. 11 No. 3. Lenten is come 02:43
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 3. Lenten is come
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  12. 12 No. 4. The long night 01:20
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 4. The long night
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  13. 13 No. 5. Yif ic of luve can 02:39
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 5. Yif ic of luve can
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  14. 14 No. 6. Carol 01:36
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 6. Carol
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  15. 15 No. 7. Ye that pasen by 02:19
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 7. Ye that pasen by
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  16. 16 No. 8. A death 03:02
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 8. A death
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Benjamin Britten
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Choir
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers