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WILLIAM BYRD
1.
O Lord, make thy servant, Elizabeth our Queen
2:50
College Choir
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
2.
A Hymn of St Columba
2:07
Chapel Choir
Bertie Baigent organ
WILLIAM BYRD
3.
Nunc dimittis
6:37
College Choir
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
4.
Jubilate Deo
2:21
Chapel Choir
Jordan Wong organ
WILLIAM BYRD
5.
Ave verum corpus
3:53
Chapel Choir
6.
Laudibus in sanctis
5:02
College Choir
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
7.
Hymn to St Peter
5:43
Combined Choirs
Jordan Wong organ
WILLIAM BYRD
8.
Praise our Lord, all ye gentiles
2:32
Combined Choirs
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
9.
Antiphon
5:58
College Choir
Julia Sinclair soprano solo I
Sapphire Armitage soprano solo II
Dorothy Hoskins soprano solo III
Jordan Wong organ
WILLIAM BYRD
10.
The Queen's Alman
3:26
Bertie Baigent organ
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
11.
Kyrie
1:52
Choristers
Bertie Baigent organ
12.
Gloria
2:39
Choristers
Bertie Baigent organ
Edmund Goodman, Westcott Stark, William Barbrook treble solos
13.
Sanctus
1:34
Choristers
Bertie Baigent organ
14.
Benedictus
1:54
Choristers
Bertie Baigent organ
Gus Richards & Jacob Fitzgerald treble duet
15.
Agnus Dei
2:21
Choristers
Bertie Baigent organ
WILLIAM BYRD
16.
Quomodo cantabimus
8:07
College Choir
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
17.
Te Deum in C
8:10
Combined Choirs
Benjamin Scott-Warren, Dorothy Hosklins, Harriet Hunter solo trio
Bertie Baigent organ
Total time: 67:06
Track 10 is played on the 'Sutton' Organ, built by Bishop & Sons in 1849
All other accompanied tracks feature the main chapel organ, built by Orgelbau Kuhn in 2007.
Choral: Choir of Jesus College Cambridge
Solo:Bertie Baigent organ
Solo:Jordan Wong organ
Conductor:Mark Williams
Notes
Led by Mark Williams, the Choir of Jesus College, Cambridge continue their critically-praised series of recordings on Signum with this new recording of works by British composers Britten and Byrd. William Byrd and Benjamin Britten, their respective careers separated by about three hundred and fifty years, share one very significant characteristic. They were both, in quite different ways, outsiders. As a devout Catholic existing within an alien environment – a state which ultimately viewed Catholicism as the equivalent of sedition – Byrd was obliged to pursue a kind of double life, expressing his spiritual exile in music of emotional intensity. Like Byrd, Britten became highly regarded by the establishment for his artistic achievements, but reservations regarding his homosexuality prevented his complete acceptance. Both his pacifism and his sexual orientation made him an outsider.
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Reviews
"...Performances here display excellent choral blend and discipline... The singers seem to be at home with both composers. The Byrd performances are particularly noteworthy for coherence of phrasing that brings out the music's forward motion..."
William Gatens - American Record Guide - July/August 2017
"... a richly satisfying programme that shows the music and the performers to great effect... A disc well worth investigating." *****
Philip Reed - Choir & Organ magazine - May/June 2017
"These are good performances ... sparkling performances of Byrd's Laudibus in sanctis." ***
Elinor Cooper - BBC Music magazine (Brief notes section) - March 2017
"... we get a considered performance of Britten's Missa Brevis and Byrd's sublimely introspective Quomodo Cantibimus... The singing ... is warm and breathy, topped by excellent boy choristers ..." ***
Kate Molleson - The Guardian - 17 February 2017
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