The Sweetest Songs [Contrapunctus, Owen Rees]

The Sweetest Songs

Music from the Baldwin Partbooks III

Robert White (c1535-1574)
Domine, non est exaltatum

William Byrd (1539/40-1623)
Tristitia et anxietas

John Mundy (c1555-1630)
In te Domine speravi

Anonymous
Confitebor tibi Domine

William Byrd (1539/40-1623)
Peccavi super numerum

Robert Parsons (c1535-1571/2)
Domine quis habitabit

William Mundy (c1528-c1591)
Memor esto verbi tui

John Sheppard (c1515-1558)
Confitebor tibi Domine

William Byrd (1539/40-1623)
Ne perdas cum impiis

William Daman (c1540-1591)
Confitebor tibi Domine

Robert White (c1535-1574)
Portio mea

Contrapunctus
Owen Rees

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Virgin and Child [Contrapunctus, Owen Rees]

Virgin and Child

Music from the Baldwin Partbooks II

Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
Gaude gloriosa Dei mater

John Taverner (c1490-1545)
Mater Christi

Robert White (c1538-1574)
Tota pulchra es

Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
Magnificat
Videte miraculum

Robert White (c1538-1574)
Regina cæli

Robert Fayrfax (1464-1521)
Ave Dei Patris filia

John Sheppard (c1515-1558)
Verbum caro

Contrapunctus
Owen Rees

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In the Midst of Life [Contrapunctus, Owen Rees]

In the Midst of Life

Music from the Baldwin Partbooks I

William Byrd (c1539/40-1623)
Circumdederunt me

Robert Parsons (c1535-1571/2)
Libera me, Domine

William Byrd (c1539/40-1623)
Audivi vocem de cælo

William Mundy (c1529-1591)
Sive vigilem

Robert Parsons (c1535-1571/2)
Peccantem me quotidie

John Taverner (c1490-1545)
Quemadmodum

Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
Nunc dimittis

Dericke Gerarde (fl c1540–80)
Sive vigilem

Robert Parsons (c1535-1571/2)
Credo quod redemptor meus vivit

John Sheppard (c1515-1558)
Media vita

Contrapunctus
Owen Rees

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John Sheppard: Mass "Be not afraide", Music for St Stephen's Day [The Cardinall's Musick]

John Sheppard (c1520–c1563)

Mass "Be not afraide"

with plainsong propers for the feast of St Stephen

Steven first after Christe

Sancti Dei pretiose

Impetum fecerunt unanimes

Gaudete celicote omnes

Richard(?) Sampson (?-1554)

Psallite felices

The Cardinall's Musick

Andrew Carwood

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Music from the Chirk Castle Part-Books [The Brabant Ensemble]

Music from the Chirk Castle Part-Books

William Mundy (c1529-1591)

Te Deum

Benedictus

William Byrd (c1539-1623)

O God give ear and do apply

Robert Parsons (c1530-1570)

Deliver me from mine enemies

Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)

Christ Rising Again

Edmund Hooper (c1553-1621)

Behold it is Christ

Christopher Tye (c1505-1573)

Blessed are all they that fear the Lord

Robert Parsons (c1530-1570)

Burial Service

William Deane (?1575-c1638)

O Lord, thou hast dealt graciously

Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)

With all our hearts and mouths

Thomas Caustun (c1522-1569)

Yield unto God the mighty Lord

Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)

Not every one that saith unto me

John Sheppard (c1515-1558)

Submit yourselves one to another

William Parsons (fl 1545-1563)

The Litany

John Sheppard (c1515-1558)

O God be merciful unto us, and bless us

William Deane (?1575-c1638)

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ

The Brabant Ensemble

Stephen Rice

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Chorus vel Organa [Geoffrey Webber]

Music from the lost Palace of Westminster

Anonymous

Sancte Dei pretiose

Nicholas Ludford (c1485-c1557)

Missa Lapidaverunt Stephanum - Gloria

Anonymous

Felix namque

Nicholas Ludford (c1485-c1557)

Salve Virgo

Lady Mass Cycle, Tuesday - Kyrie

William Cornysh (1468-1523)

Magnificat

Nicholas Ludford (c1485-c1557)

Lady Mass Cycle, Wednesday - Laetabundus

Lady Mass Cycle, Thursday - Agnus Dei

John Sheppard (c1515-1558)

Sancte Dei pretiose

Nicholas Ludford (c1485-c1557)

Lady Mass Cycle, Monday - Gloria

Missa Lapidaverunt Stephanum - Agnus Dei

Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge

Magnus Williamson (organ)

Geoffrey Webber

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Loquebantur [The Marian Consort]

Music from the Baldwin Partbooks

Robert Parsons (c1535-c1572)

The Song Called Trumpets

Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)

Loquebantur variis linguis

William Mundy (c1528-1591)

Adolescentulus sum ego

William Byrd (c1539-1623)

Canon Six in One

O salutaris hostia

Hugh Aston (c1485-1558)

Hughe Aston's Maske

Derrick Gerarde (fl 1540-1580)

Sive vigilem

Elway Bevin (c1554-1638)

Browning

Alfonso Ferrabosco I (1543-1588)

Da pacem Domine

Orlande de Lassus (c1530-1594)

Ubi est Abel

Christian Hollander (c1510-c1568)

Dum transisset sabbatum

Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)

Suscipe quaeso Domine

John Taverner (c1490-1545)

Quemadmodum

William Mundy (c1528-1591)

Adhaesit pavimento

John Baldwin (c1560-1615)

Coockow as I me walked

John Sheppard (c1515-1558)

Ave maris stella

The Rose Consort of Viols

The Marian Consort

Rory McCleery

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Tallis, Sheppard, Parsons: Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal [Ensemble Jachet de Mantoue]

Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal

Latin Church Music

Robert Parsons (c1535-c1571)

Ave Maria

Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)

O sacrum convivium

O nata lux

Absterge Domine

Robert Parsons (c1535-c1571)

O bone Jesu

Christopher Tye (c1505-c1572)

Ad Te clamamus

Robert White (1538-1574)

Precamur sancte, Domine

Christopher Tye (c1505-c1572)

Omnes gentes: Psallite

John Sheppard (c1515-1558)

Christe redemptor omnium

Impetum fecerunt unanimes

Deus misereatur nostri

Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)

In ieiunio et fletu

Miserere nostri

Ensemble Jachet de Mantoue

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Masses by Tallis and Sheppard [George Guest]

Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)

Mass: Salve intemerata virgo

John Sheppard (c1515-1558)

Mass: The Western wind

The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge

George Guest

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Ceremony and Devotion: Music for the Tudors [The Sixteen]

Ceremony and Devotion

Music for the Tudors

Anonymous

Veni, Creator Spiritus

William Byrd (c1540-1623)

Laudibus in sanctis

John Sheppard (c1515-1558)

Sacris solemniis iuncta sint gaudia

Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)

Jesu Salvator saeculi, Verbum Patris

John Sheppard (c1515-1558)

Media vita in morte sumus

Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)

Miserere nostri

William Byrd (c1540-1623)

Domine, praestolamur

Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)

Iam Christus astra ascenderat

William Byrd (c1540-1623)

Haec dies

Infelix ego

The Sixteen

Harry Christophers

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Music at All Souls, Oxford [The Cardinall's Musick]

Music at All Souls, Oxford

The Lancastrians to the Tudors

Anonymous

Requiem eternam (Sarum plainchant)

Henry V (1386-1422)

Gloria

Leonel Power (?-1445)

Credo

Henry V (1386-1422)

Sanctus

Nicholas Sturgeon (?-1454)

Salve mater Domini / Salve templum gratis

John Dunstable (c1390-1453)

Descendi in ortum meum

Walter Lambe (c1450-c1499)

Nesciens mater

Richard Davy (c1465-c1507)

O Domine celi terreque

John Merbecke (1505-1585)

Funeral sentences (Plainchant)

Thomas Tallis (c1505-1585)

Verily, verily I say unto you

John Sheppard (c1515-1558)

Christ our paschal lamb

Christopher Tye (c1505-c1572)

Ad te clamamus

Robert Parsons (c1535-c1571)

Ave Maria, gratia plena

Robert White (1538-1574)

Lamentations

The Cardinall's Musick

Andrew Carwood

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Taverner, Tye, Sheppard - Western Wind Masses [The Tallis Scholars]

Western Wind Masses

John Taverner (c1490-1545)

Western Wind Mass

Christopher Tye (c1505-c1572)

Western Wind Mass

John Sheppard (c1515-1558)

Western Wind Mass

The Tallis Scholars

Peter Phillips

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John Sheppard - Media Vita [The Tallis Scholars]

John Sheppard (c1515-1558)

Media Vita

Media vita

Christe Redemptor omnium

Reges Tharsis

Sacris solemniis

In manus tuas I

In manus tuas II

In manus tuas III

Verbum caro

The Tallis Scholars

Peter Phillips

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John Sheppard - "The Western Wynde" Mass and other sacred choral music [The Sixteen]

John Sheppard (c1515-1558)

"The Western Wynde" Mass

and other sacred choral music

CD1

Spiritus Sanctus procedens II

Beata nobis gaudia

Libera nos, Salve nos II

In manus tuas Domine III

Gaude, gaude, gaude Maria

Audivi vocem de coelo

Impetum fecerunt unanimes

Dum transisset Sabbatum I

Sancte Dei pretiose

Sacris solemniis iuncta sit gaudia

CD2

Hostis Herodes impie

Dum transisset Sabbatum II

In manus tuas Domine III

Aeterne rex altissime

"The Western Wynde" Mass

The Second Service

Te Deum laudamus

The Sixteen

Harry Christophers

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John Sheppard - 'Cantate' Mass and other works [The Sixteen]

John Sheppard (c1515-1558)

'Cantate' Mass and other works

CD1

Verbum caro factum est

Laudem dicite deo

Reges tharsis et insulae

In manus tuas Domine I

Filiae Hierusalem

In pace in idipsum

Paschal kyrie

Haec dies quam fecit Dominus

Spiritus sanctus procedens I

Justi in perpetuum vivent

Libera nos, salva nos I

CD2

Jesu salvator saeculi, verbum

Deus tuorum militum I

Ave maris stella

Jesu salvator saeculi, redemptis

'Cantate' mass

Salvator mundi, Domine

The Sixteen

Harry Christophers

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