Choral and Organ Works

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TOMKINS
Choral and Organ Works
Laurence Cummings (organ) / Oxford Camerata; Jeremy Summerly, conductor

[ Naxos / CD ]

Release Date: Tuesday 6 January 2004

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"Much of the music on this excellent recording was composed during Tomkins's final decade, before his death in 1656 in relative obscurity... At all times, the Oxford Cameratta, led by Jeremy Summerly, sing with the clarity and purity of voice demanded by the music."
- The Observer

"A disc to lose oneself in: melancholic, profoundly moving, Tomkins reflecting 'these distracted times' through which he lived. Beautifully focused choral voices, alluring 'verse' soloists and unpretentious organ playing are recorded spaciously enough to impart a warm, quintessentially English cathedral sound. Glorious."
- BBC Music (George Pratt), June 2000


"Much of the music on this excellent recording was composed during Tomkins's final decade, before his death in 1656 in relative obscurity... At all times, the Oxford Cameratta, led by Jeremy Summerly, sing with the clarity and purity of voice demanded by the music."
- The Observer (Tarik O'Regan),16th Jan 2000

Tracks:

1. Great And Marvellous Are Thy Works
2. My Shepherd Is The Living Lord
3. Magnificat (The Fifth Service)
4. Nunc Dimittis (The Fifth Service)
5. Organ Voluntary in D
6. Funeral Sentences
7. Pavan & Galliard (4 & 7 September 1654)
8. Arise, O Lord God, Lift Up Thine Hand
9. Above The Stars My Saviour Dwells
10. When David Heard That Absalom Was Slain
11. A Sad Pavan For These Distracted Times
12. Then David Mourned With His Lamentation
13. Behold, The Hour Cometh And Now Is
14. Almighty God, The Fountain Of All Wisdom
15. O Sing Unto The Lord A New Song