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• Music of the Latin rite: Ave Maria / Robert Parsons (4:25). Loquebantur variis linguis / Thomas Tallis (3:53). Miserere mei / William Byrd (3:46). Haec dies / William Byrd (2:23). Ave verum corpus / William Byrd (3:39)
• Music of the Reformation: If ye love me / Thomas Tallis (2:08). Hide not thou thy face / Richard Farrant (1:15). Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake / Richard Farrant (1:53). O clap your hands / Orlando Gibbons (4:36). Bow thine ear / William Byrd (4:08). Hosanna to the son of David / Orlando Gibbons (2:33)
• Music of the Restoration: Lord, how long wilt thou be angry / Henry Purcell (4:08). Thou knowest, Lord / Henry Purcell (2:05). Hear my prayer, O Lord / Henry Purcell (2:28)
• (cont.): The Anglican revival and the twentieth century: Beati quorum via / C.V. Stanford (3:21). This joyful Eastertide : Dutch carol / arranged by Charles Wood (2:17). Sing lullaby / Herbert Howells (3:06). A spotless rose / Herbert Howells (2:45). What cheer? / William Walton (1:18). O taste and see / R. Vaughan Williams (1:16). A hymn to the Virgin / Benjamin Britten (3:05). Jesus Christ the apple tree / Elizabeth Poston (2:31). Faire is the heaven / William H. Harris (5:05).

Author/Creator:

Cambridge Singers , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Contributors:

Rutter, John, 1945- , conductor

Harris, William Henry, 1883-1973

Parsons, Robert, -1572

Tallis, Thomas, approximately 1505-1585

Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623

Farrant, Richard, -1580

Gibbons, Orlando, 1583-1625

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695

Stanford, Charles Villiers, 1852-1924

Wood, Charles, 1866-1926

Howells, Herbert, 1892-1983

Walton, William, 1902-1983

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976

Poston, Elizabeth, 1905-1987

Languages:

English
Latin

Language Notes:

Item content: English, Latin
Translated from (original): English, Latin
Librettos: English, Latin
Accompanying materials: English

Main Work:

Faire is the heaven: music of the English church [Cambridge Singers]

Included Works:

Ave Maria [by Parsons, R.] (1988)

Loquebantur variis linguis [by Tallis, T.]

Cantiones sacrae, liber 2 [by Byrd, W.] > Miserere mei, Deus

Cantiones sacrae, liber 2 [by Byrd, W.] > Haec dies

Gradualia, liber 1 [by Byrd, W.] > Ave verum corpus

If ye love me [by Tallis, T.]

Hide not thou Thy face [by Farrant, R.]

Lord, for thy tender mercies' sake [by Farrant, R.]

O clap your hands [by Gibbons, O.]

Cantiones sacrae, liber 1 [by Byrd, W.] > Ne irascaris > Civitas sancti tui (English)

Hosanna to the Son of David [by Gibbons, O.]

Lord, how long wilt thou be angry [by Purcell, H.]

Funeral sentences, 2nd version [by Purcell, H.] > Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts

Hear my prayer, O Lord [by Purcell, H.]

Motets [by Stanford, C.V.] > Op. 38 > Beati quorum via

This joyful Eastertide [by Wood, C.]

Carol-anthems [by Howells, H.] > Sing lullaby

Carol-anthems [by Howells, H.] > Spotless rose

What cheer? [by Walton, W.]

O taste and see [by Vaughan Williams, R.]

Hymn to the Virgin [by Britten, B.]

Jesus Christ the apple tree [by Poston, E.]

Faire is the heaven [by Harris, W.H.]

Subjects:

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

Anthems

Motets

Sacred vocal music — England

Sacred vocal music

England

Performers:

Cambridge Singers ; John Rutter, conductor.

General Notes:

Collegium: COLCD 107.
"Originally released as two albums by Word Records, Inc."---Booklet.
Analog recording.
Program notes and texts, including English translations of the Latin selections (19 p.) inserted.
Recorded Oct. 1982 in the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (70 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; 1.4 m/s; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 49617

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Collegium: COLCD 107

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

90751486

OCLC Numbers:

18250000