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Table of Contents:

• Disc 1. Christe qui lux es et dies (IV) / Robert White ; arr. Edward Tambling (Stile Antico)
• In nomine a 4 no. 2 / Robert Parsons (Stile Antico ; Fretwork)
• O clap your hands together / Orlando Gibbons (Stile Antico) (5:34)
• Not unto us, O Lord ; Voluntarie in C / Christopher Gibbons (Academy of Ancient Music ; Richard Egarr, organ, conductor)
• See, see, the word is incarnate / Orlando Gibbons (Stile Antico ; Fretwork)
• Hear my crying, O God / Pelham Humfrey (Donna Deam, soprano ; Drew Minter, countertenor ; Rogers Covey-Crump, John Potter, tenors ; David Thomas, bass ; Choir of Clare College ; Romanesca ; Nicholas McGegan, conductor)
• My heart is inditing : verse anthem Z 30 ; Funeral sentences : (music for the guneral of Queen Mary). March Z 860 ; Man that is born of a woman : full anthem Z 27 ; Canzona Z 860 ; In the midst of life : full anthem Z 17 ; Canzona Z 860 ; Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts : full anthem Z 58c ; March Z 860 / Henry Purcell (Collegium Vocale Gent ; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor)
• Disc 2. The truth from above / Ralph Vaughan Williams (The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford ; Bill Ives, conductor)
• Sacred and profane : eight medieval lyrics op. 91 for unaccompanied voices / Benjamin Britten (RIAS Kammerchor ; Marcus Creed, conductor)
• The blessed son of God / Ralph Vaughan Williams (The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford ; Bill Ives, conductor)
• Harmonia sacra. Job's curse / Henry Purcell ; realised by Benjamin Britten (Mark Padmore, tenor ; Roger Vignoles, piano)
• Rejoice in the lamb : a festival cantata / Benjamin Britten ; orchestrated by Imogen Holst (Choir of Clare College, Cambridge ; Graham Ross, conductor).

Contributors:

Egarr, Richard, 1963- , conductor, instrumentalist

Deam, Donna , singer

Minter, Drew , singer

Covey-Crump, Rogers , singer

Potter, John (Tenor) , singer

Thomas, David, 1943- , singer

McGegan, Nicholas , conductor

Herreweghe, Philippe , conductor

Ives, Grayston , conductor

Creed, Marcus , conductor

Padmore, Mark , singer

Vignoles, Roger , instrumentalist

White, Robert, -1574

Parsons, Robert, -1572

Gibbons, Orlando, 1583-1625

Gibbons, Christopher, 1615-1676

Humfrey, Pelham, 1647-1674

Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958

Westminster Abbey

Stile Antico (Musical group) , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

Fretwork (Musical group) , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Academy of Ancient Music (1973- ) , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

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

Ensemble La Romanesca , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

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

RIAS-Kammerchor , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

Collegium vocale (Ghent, Belgium) , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

Languages:

Latin
English
French

Language Notes:

Sung in Latin and English.

Included Works:

Christe, qui lux es et dies, no. 4 [by White, R.]

In nomines [by Parsons, R.] > No. 2

O clap your hands [by Gibbons, O.]

Not unto us, O Lord [by Gibbons, C.]

Voluntaries, organ [by Gibbons, C.] > C major

See, see, the word is incarnate [by Gibbons, O.]

Hear my crying, O God [by Humfrey, P.]

My heart is inditing [by Purcell, H.]

March and canzona, trumpets (4), Z. 860, C minor [by Purcell, H.]

Funeral sentences, 2nd version [by Purcell, H.] > Man that is born of a woman

Funeral sentences, 1st version [by Purcell, H.] > In the midst of life

Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts, Z. 58C [by Purcell, H.]

Sacred and profane [by Britten, B.]

Hodie [by Vaughan Williams, R.] > Blessed son of God

Let the night perish [by Purcell, H.]

Rejoice in the Lamb [by Britten, B.] (arranged)

Truth from above

Related Series:

Resonances (Series) (Arles, France)

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: Music & musicians at Westminster Abbey: from Tallis to Britten
Title on English booklet: Music & musicians at Westminster Abbey: from Tallis to Britten

Subjects:

Sacred vocal music — England

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

In nomine (Music)

Anthems

Organ music

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble

Funeral music

Brass ensembles

Carols, English

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

Sacred songs (High voice) with piano

Cantatas, Sacred — Excerpts

Cantatas, Sacred

Sacred vocal music

England

Genres:

Sacred music

Anthems

Cantatas

Carols

Canzonas (Instrumental music)

Funeral music

Excerpts

Performers:

Various musicians.

Performance Medium:

Singer
1 performer: organ
Mixed chorus

General Notes:

Title from container.
"La mémoire musicale de l'abbaye la plus emblématique d'Angleterre = The musical memory of England's most emblamatic abbey"--Container.
Previously released material, 1992-2012.
Includes 2 booklets with program notes by Graham Ross, one in French and one in English (23 pages each : illustrations, portraits, map), inserted in container.

Physical Description:

2 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.
no. 4
no. 2
Z. 860

Physical Characteristics:

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

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 155,397- 155,398

Other Standard Numbers:

International Article Number: 3149020855249
Publisher Number, Harmonia Mundi: HMX 2908552.53 (container)
Publisher Number, Harmonia Mundi: HMX 2908552 (disc 1)
Publisher Number, Harmonia Mundi: HMX 2908553 (disc 2)

OCLC Numbers:

984127027