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Table of Contents:

• Call to remembrance / attrib. Richard Farrant (1:52)
• When David heard / Thomas Tomkins (4:34)
• Kontakion of the dead / Kiev melody (4:08)
• Song for Athene / John Tavener (6:02)
• How are the mighty fallen / Robert Ramsey (6:48)
• Bring us, O Lord God / William Harris (3:34)
• Abide with me / William Henry Monk ; arr. Graham Ross (5:14)
• They are at rest / Edward Elgar (3:44)
• When David heard / Thomas Weelkes (3:58)
• Requiem, op. 9 / Maurice Duruflé (37:42).

Contributors:

Farrant, Richard, -1580

Tomkins, Thomas, 1572-1656

Tavener, John

Ramsey, Robert, active 1612-1644

Harris, William Henry, 1883-1973

Monk, William Henry, 1823-1889

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934

Weelkes, Thomas, approximately 1575-1623

Duruflé, Maurice, 1902-1986

Ross, Graham, 1985- , conductor, writer of added commentary, arranger of music

Johnston, Jennifer (Contralto) , singer

Davies, Neal , singer

Johnston, Guy , instrumentalist

Clare College (University of Cambridge) > Choir , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

Languages:

English
Latin
French
German

Language Notes:

Sung in English and Latin.

Included Works:

Call to remembrance [by Farrant, R.]

Songs, voices (3-6) [by Tomkins, T.] > When David heard

Song for Athene [by Tavener, J.]

How are the mighty fallen [by Ramsey, R.]

Bring us, O Lord God [by Harris, W.H.]

Abide with me [by Monk, W.H.] (arranged)

They are at rest [by Elgar, E.]

When David heard [by Weelkes, T.]

Requiem, op. 9 [by Duruflé, M.]

Kontakion of the dead

Subjects:

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with organ

Requiems

Genres:

Sacred music

Requiems

Performers:

Choir of Clare College, Cambridge ; Graham Ross, conductor ; with Jennifer Johnson, mezzo-soprano voice (track 14) ; Neal Davies, bass voice (tracks 12 & 17) ; Guy Johnston, cello (track 14) ; Matthew Jorysz, organ (tracks 10-18).

Performance Medium:

1 ensemble: mixed chorus
1 performer and 1 ensemble: organ; mixed chorus
3 performers and 1 ensemble: solo mezzo-soprano voice; cello; organ; mixed chorus
2 performers and 1 ensemble: solo bass voice; organ; mixed chorus
1 ensemble: mixed chorus [SATB]
1 performer and 1 ensemble: organ; mixed chorus [SATB]
3 performers and 1 ensemble: solo mezzo-soprano voice; cello; organ; mixed chorus [SATB]
2 performers and 1 ensemble: solo bass voice; organ; mixed chorus [SATB]

General Notes:

Title from disc label.
Recorded 2015 March 22 in the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Recorded 2015 March 23-24 in Lincoln Cathedral, Lincolnshire, UK.
Program and biographical notes by Graham Ross in English with French and German translations, and texts in English and Latin with French, German, and English translations (46 pages : portraits) inserted in container.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (1:18:10) ; 4 3/4 in.
op. 9

Physical Characteristics:

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

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 155,276

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 093046765422
Publisher Number, Harmonia Mundi: HMU 907654
Publisher Number, Harmonia Mundi: 907654

OCLC Numbers:

962421868