William Croft: Burial Service & Anthems

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Label
Obsidian
Release Date
August 14, 2015
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      CROFT PURCELL
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Choir Of Sidney Sussex College
    • PERFORMER
      Cambridge, Skinner
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 14, 2015
    • UPC
      658592071429
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CCLCD714
    • LABEL
      Obsidian
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Musica sacra: Sing praises to the Lord

      Composer: William Croft

      Ensemble: Cambridge Sidney Sussex College Choir

      Performer: Anita Datta, Rachel Haworth

      Conductor: David Skinner

    2. Organ Voluntary No. 8 in C major

      Composer: William Croft

      Performer: Anita Datta, Rachel Haworth

    3. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my crying

      Composer: William Croft

      Ensemble: Cambridge Sidney Sussex College Choir

      Performer: Anita Datta, Rachel Haworth

      Conductor: David Skinner

    4. O Lord God of my salvation

      Composer: William Croft

      Ensemble: Cambridge Sidney Sussex College Choir

      Performer: Anita Datta, Rachel Haworth

      Conductor: David Skinner

    5. Organ Voluntary No. 1 in D minor

      Composer: William Croft

      Performer: Anita Datta, Rachel Haworth

    6. Burial Service: I am the resurrection

      Composer: William Croft

      Ensemble: Cambridge Sidney Sussex College Choir

      Performer: Anita Datta, Rachel Haworth

      Conductor: David Skinner

    7. Burial service: Man that is born of a woman

      Composer: William Croft

      Ensemble: Cambridge Sidney Sussex College Choir

      Performer: Anita Datta, Rachel Haworth

      Conductor: David Skinner

    8. Burial service: Thou knowest, Lord (Henry Purcell)

      Composer: William Croft

      Ensemble: Cambridge Sidney Sussex College Choir

      Performer: Anita Datta, Rachel Haworth

      Conductor: David Skinner

    9. Burial service: I heard a voice from heaven

      Composer: William Croft

      Ensemble: Cambridge Sidney Sussex College Choir

      Performer: Anita Datta, Rachel Haworth

      Conductor: David Skinner

    10. Organ Voluntary No. 5 in C major

      Composer: William Croft

      Performer: Anita Datta, Rachel Haworth

    11. God is gone up

      Composer: William Croft

      Ensemble: Cambridge Sidney Sussex College Choir

      Performer: Anita Datta, Rachel Haworth

      Conductor: David Skinner

    12. O Lord, rebuke me not

      Composer: William Croft

      Ensemble: Cambridge Sidney Sussex College Choir

      Performer: Anita Datta, Rachel Haworth

      Conductor: David Skinner

    13. Organ Voluntary No. 4 in G minor

      Composer: William Croft

      Performer: Anita Datta, Rachel Haworth

    14. Musica sacra: O Lord, grant the King a long life

      Composer: William Croft

      Ensemble: Cambridge Sidney Sussex College Choir

      Performer: Anita Datta, Rachel Haworth

      Conductor: David Skinner


William Croft (1678–1727) was the finest English composer of his age, having followed in the footsteps of Henry Purcell and John Blow at Westminster Abbey. This recording highlights his full anthems and Burial Service published in his ambitious and successful Musica Sacra of 1724, which succinctly demonstrates his passion for the preservation of English church music in an age rapidly becoming dominated by the stage and grand oratorios. Croft was deeply inspired by Thomas Tallis and, at the height of his career, flourished in the shadow of Handel. The Sidney Sussex College Choir’s first recording with Obsidian, Thomas Tomkins ‘These Distracted Times’ with Fretwork and Alamire was awarded both Gramophone Editor’s Choice and their CD of the Month. Their most recent, music by Thomas Weelkes, was also nominated for a Gramophone Award in 2014. David Skinner is well known as a leading scholar and performer of early music, and director of the acclaimed vocal ensemble Alamire.