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Times Go By Turns / New York Polyphony
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Times Go By Turns / New York Polyphony

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Details

Composer
BYRD PLUMMER TALLIS BENNETT
Artist
New York Polyphony
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Aug 27, 2013
Catalog #
BIS-2037
UPC
7318599920375

About

Taking its title from a poem by the sixteenth-century Jesuit martyr Robert Southwell, Times go by Turns comprises three masses composed during a period when the conditions for English Catholics – and Catholic composers – underwent radical change. Active at a time – the 15th century – when the Catholic Church flourished in England, John Plummer’s death roughly coincided with the ascension of the Tudors, a dynasty that would irreversibly alter religious traditions. As a consequence, the bulk of Plummer’s music was destroyed during the Reformation, the remainder surviving almost exclusively in sources from the continent. Born a century later than Plummer, Tallis witnessed the separation of England from the Catholic Church and his Mass for Four Voices displays a simple lyricism and economic use of polyphony which may well have been driven by liturgical necessity. Such constraints had grown even stronger by the end of the century, when his student and colleague William Byrd composed his own four-part Mass, intended for clandestine worship at a time when dissidents were dealt with by cruel means. The vocal quartet New York Polyphony released endBeginning (BIS-1949) in 2012, a disc which focused on Franco-Flemish polyphony. Meeting with international acclaim, the ensemble’s first collaboration with BIS received top marks on website ClassicsToday.com and in the French magazine Diapason, as well as being included on the Best-of-2012 lists in The New Yorker and Time Out New York. While dedicated to the works of the great age of polyphony, New York Polyphony is also noted for its performances of contemporary music. For this disc the ensemble has commissioned two modern works, with Andrew Smith contributing a Kyrie – the movement which Tallis’ mass leaves out – and Gabriel Jackson providing the closing Ite missa est (‘The mass is ended’). The programme also includes one of the last compositions by Richard Rodney Bennett (1936–2012). A Colloquy with God, the setting of a poem by Sir Thomas Browne for four male voices, was dedicated to New York Polyphony.

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 Kyrie eleison 01:52
    Track
    1
    Title
    Kyrie eleison
    Duration
    01:52
    Composer
    William Byrd
    Ensemble
    New York Polyphony
  2. 2 Gloria 05:37
    Track
    2
    Title
    Gloria
    Duration
    05:37
    Composer
    William Byrd
    Ensemble
    New York Polyphony
  3. 3 Credo in unum Deum 07:38
    Track
    3
    Title
    Credo in unum Deum
    Duration
    07:38
    Composer
    William Byrd
    Ensemble
    New York Polyphony
  4. 4 Sanctus - Benedictus 03:31
    Track
    4
    Title
    Sanctus - Benedictus
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    William Byrd
    Ensemble
    New York Polyphony
  5. 5 Agnus Dei 03:00
    Track
    5
    Title
    Agnus Dei
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    William Byrd
    Ensemble
    New York Polyphony
  6. 6 A Colloquy with God 03:32
    Track
    6
    Title
    A Colloquy with God
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Richard Rodney Bennett
    Ensemble
    New York Polyphony
  7. 7 Kyrie omnipotens Pater 04:58
    Track
    7
    Title
    Kyrie omnipotens Pater
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    John Plummer
    Ensemble
    New York Polyphony
  8. 8 Gloria in excelsis Deo 04:51
    Track
    8
    Title
    Gloria in excelsis Deo
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    John Plummer
    Ensemble
    New York Polyphony
  9. 9 Credo in unum Deum 05:17
    Track
    9
    Title
    Credo in unum Deum
    Duration
    05:17
    Composer
    John Plummer
    Ensemble
    New York Polyphony
  10. 10 Sanctus - Benedictus 05:39
    Track
    10
    Title
    Sanctus - Benedictus
    Duration
    05:39
    Composer
    John Plummer
    Ensemble
    New York Polyphony
  11. 11 Agnus Dei 05:03
    Track
    11
    Title
    Agnus Dei
    Duration
    05:03
    Composer
    John Plummer
    Ensemble
    New York Polyphony
  12. 12 Kyrie IV: Cunctipotens genitor Deus 03:42
    Track
    12
    Title
    Kyrie IV: Cunctipotens genitor Deus
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Andrew Smith
    Ensemble
    New York Polyphony
  13. 13 Gloria in excelsis Deo 04:54
    Track
    13
    Title
    Gloria in excelsis Deo
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Thomas Tallis
    Ensemble
    New York Polyphony
  14. 14 Credo in unum Deum 05:40
    Track
    14
    Title
    Credo in unum Deum
    Duration
    05:40
    Composer
    Thomas Tallis
    Ensemble
    New York Polyphony
  15. 15 Sanctus - Benedictus 05:21
    Track
    15
    Title
    Sanctus - Benedictus
    Duration
    05:21
    Composer
    Thomas Tallis
    Ensemble
    New York Polyphony
  16. 16 Agnus Dei 03:34
    Track
    16
    Title
    Agnus Dei
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Thomas Tallis
    Ensemble
    New York Polyphony
  17. 17 Ite miss est 02:32
    Track
    17
    Title
    Ite miss est
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Gabriel Jackson
    Ensemble
    New York Polyphony