English Royal Funeral Music
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MORLEY / PAISIBLE / PURCELL / TOMKINS / WEELKES
English Royal Funeral Music
Les Trompettes des Plaisirs, Lingua Franca & Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier
[ Ricercar / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 20 March 2013
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We know now that Purcell's three Funeral Sentences were not written for the funeral of Queen Mary in 1695. Following the tradition of the English court, it was pieces by Thomas Morley, originally written for the funeral of Elizabeth I, that were sung there. Purcell's only contribution to the ceremony was the composition of two pieces for slide trumpets (March and Canzona), and the anthem in the archaic style Thou knowest, Lord. During the funeral procession to Westminster Abbey, a band of oboes played two marches written by John Paisible and Thomas Tollet.
This recording assembles the music composed for the funeral of Queen Mary and that used at the funeral of Elizabeth I in 1603. The programme is completed by Purcell's sublime a cappella anthems and a moving anthem by Weelkes on the death of Thomas Morley.
After the success of the recording of Schütz's Musicalische Exequien (RIC311), voted Record of the Year by Gramophone magazine, this disc will be one of the major events of spring 2013
GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST 2013: Baroque Vocal
"one might call it a classically 'English' choral sound - but any suspicions of coolness are easily dispelled by the commitment shown to the meaning of both music and text...Once again, Vox Luminis have touched the heart with their calm interpretative intelligence and vocal beauty." Gramophone Magazine, June 2013
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Tracks:
Morley:
I am the resurrection and the life
I know that my Redeemer liveth
We brought nothing into this world
Man that is born of a woman
In the midst of life
I heard a voice from heaven
Paisible:
The Queen's Farewell
Purcell:
Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15
Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, 1695: March
Thou know'st, Lord, Z 58b
Canzona
O dive custos Auriacae domus, Z504
Man that is born of a woman, Z27
In the midst of life, Z 17a
Thou know'st, Lord, Z 58c
Remember not, O Lord, our offences, Z50
Tomkins:
A sad Pavan for these distracted times
I am the resurrection and the life
I know that my Redeemer liveth
We brought nothing into this world
I heard a voice from heaven
Weelkes:
Death hath deprived me
