Humfrey: Verse anthems

Pelham Humfrey

Verse anthems
Deam, Minter, Covey-Crump, Thomas, Choir of Clare College, Romanesca - Nicholas McGegan, dir.
Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7053 [CD]
Harmonia Mundi HMX 290 7053 [CD]

Contents:

Pelham Humfrey
Verse Anthems

1. O give thanks unto the Lord
2. O Lord my God
   
3. Have mercy upon me, O God
   
4. By the waters of Babylon
   
5. Lift up your heads
   
6. Hear, O Heav'ns
   
7. Hear my prayer, O God
   
8. Hear my crying, O God
   
9. Like as the hart

Playing time: 78' 06"

Performers:
Donna Deam (soprano), Drew Minter (counter-tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), David Thomas (bass), John Potter (tenor)
Choir of Clare College Cambridge
Timothy Brown (choirsmaster)
Romanesca
Nicholas McGegan, dir.

Recording site and date:
Cambridge, Chapel of Clare College, U.K. [01/1992]
Rel. 1992 (HMU), 200? (HMX)

Excerpts:
[6] Harmonia Mundi "Century" HMX 290 8174 L'Angleterre baroque - Baroque England / Un siècle de musique anglaise (1650-1760) - Masks, Anthems & Semi-operas
[6] Harmonia mundi "Passerelles" HMB 590 017 / 18 [CDx2 + book] Les Contre-ténors - Mythes et Réalités (with a book by Peter Giles)

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