Works from the Reign of King James I
Anthems for the well-being of the King, carefully sung for the most part
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Composer or Director: Orlando Gibbons, Edmund Hooper, Thomas Tomkins, Robert Ramsey
Genre:
Vocal
Label: Hyperion
Magazine Review Date: 4/2011
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 77
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: CDA67858
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Be strong and of a good courage |
Thomas Tomkins, Composer
James O'Donnell, Conductor Thomas Tomkins, Composer Westminster Abbey Choir |
Great King of Gods (Lord of Lords) |
Orlando Gibbons, Composer
James O'Donnell, Conductor Orlando Gibbons, Composer Westminster Abbey Choir |
O all true faithful hearts |
Orlando Gibbons, Composer
James O'Donnell, Conductor Orlando Gibbons, Composer Westminster Abbey Choir |
(10) Fantasias, Movement: C, MBXX/13 |
Orlando Gibbons, Composer
Orlando Gibbons, Composer Robert Quinney, Organ |
(The) Great Service |
Edmund Hooper, Composer
Edmund Hooper, Composer James O'Donnell, Conductor Robert Quinney, Organ Westminster Abbey Choir |
O sing unto the Lord a new song |
Thomas Tomkins, Composer
James O'Donnell, Conductor Thomas Tomkins, Composer Westminster Abbey Choir |
(10) Fantasias, Movement: G minor, MBXX/9 |
Orlando Gibbons, Composer
Orlando Gibbons, Composer Robert Quinney, Organ |
When David heard |
Thomas Tomkins, Composer
James O'Donnell, Conductor Thomas Tomkins, Composer Westminster Abbey Choir |
Then David mourned |
Thomas Tomkins, Composer
James O'Donnell, Conductor Thomas Tomkins, Composer Westminster Abbey Choir |
How are the mighty fallen |
Robert Ramsey, Composer
James O'Donnell, Conductor Robert Ramsey, Composer Westminster Abbey Choir |
See, see, the word is incarnate |
Orlando Gibbons, Composer
James O'Donnell, Conductor Orlando Gibbons, Composer Westminster Abbey Choir |
Fantazia of foure parts |
Orlando Gibbons, Composer
Orlando Gibbons, Composer Robert Quinney, Organ |
Hosanna to the Son of David |
Orlando Gibbons, Composer
James O'Donnell, Conductor Orlando Gibbons, Composer Westminster Abbey Choir |
O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not |
Orlando Gibbons, Composer
James O'Donnell, Conductor Orlando Gibbons, Composer Westminster Abbey Choir |
Almighty and everlasting God |
Orlando Gibbons, Composer
James O'Donnell, Conductor Orlando Gibbons, Composer Westminster Abbey Choir |
Prelude |
Orlando Gibbons, Composer
Orlando Gibbons, Composer Robert Quinney, Organ |
O clap your hands |
Orlando Gibbons, Composer
James O'Donnell, Conductor Orlando Gibbons, Composer Westminster Abbey Choir |
Author: Richard Lawrence
In his booklet-note, Robert Quinney is rather hard on the sycophantic texts of the first two verse anthems on this disc. According to Fellowes, the manuscript of “Great King of Gods” is annotated “made for the King’s being in Scotland”; while “O all true faithful hearts” marked James’s recovery from illness. The latter – nowadays sung to the words “O thou the central orb” – shares a rising phrase with the former both in the opening lines and in the Amen. Both are sung capably, if rather carefully; and the third verse anthem, “See, see, the Word is incarnate”, is similarly restrained. I longed for the soloists to take their noses out of their copies, as it were, and declaim more forcefully.
The opening of “Hosanna to the Son of David” is similarly lacking in vim; but in general the full anthems come off well. “O clap your hands” is inspiring, though it would have been even better with a rhetorical slowing-up before the doxology. The laments by Tomkins and Ramsey, and Gibbons’s “O Lord, in thy wrath”, all sung unaccompanied, are moving in their intensity. Despite my reservations, this recording should be snapped up by all lovers of the period.
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