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2 CD set in an elegant, book-like package.
Sacred and secular music from one of Britain's greatest historic and artistic periods. This collection of music features some of the greatest English composers of the age, including the royal composers Henry VI and Henry VIII, along with their court and chapel musicians. Choral tracks are sung by Magdala, Oxford's leading mixed-voice choir, directed by Dr David Skinner, or by The Oxford Girls' Choir.
Track listing:
CD1
GOOD COMPANYE - MUSIC OF THE CHAMBER
Royalty
1. Greensleeves
2. Pastime with good companye
3. Consort
4. Consort
5. Trolly Lolly
War, chivalry and spectacle
6. Bear Dance
7. Montard Brawle
8. Pied du Cheval
9. Edi be thu
10. Agincourt Carol
11. There is no rose
Patrons
12. Nobilis, humilis
13. Quene Note
14. Mi very joye
15. Roses in bloom
16. Ricercar
Life and Art in the city and household
17. Dou way Robin
18. Consort
19. Ah Robin, gentle Robin
20. Foweles in the frith
21. Trois sereus
People and piety
22. Alle, psallite
23. Veni creator
24. Nowell. Tydinges trew
25. Gloria laus
26. Alleluya psallat
All compositions on CD1 anonymous except tracks 1-4 and track 18 which are by Henry VIII, track 16 which is by Heinrich Isaac, and track 19 which is by William Cornysh, Jr
Recorded in St Michael's Church, Summertown, Oxford, 2003
CD2
GOTHIC SPIRIT - MUSIC OF THE CHAPEL
1. SARUM PLAINCHANT: Kyrie Orbis factor
2. HENRY V: Sanctus
3. ANON.: Agnus Dei (early 15th cent.)
4. ANON.: Petrone
5. CORNYSH: Ave Maria
6. LAMBE: Nesciens mater
7. JOHN REDFORD: Glorificamus
8. FAYRFAX: Eterne laudis lilium
9. TAVERNER: Mater Christi
10. PERSTON: Felix namque
11. LUNDFORD: Ave cuius conceptio
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