The Spy's Choirbook

The Spy's Choirbook
Petrus Alamire & the Court of Henry VIII
Alamire / English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble - David Skinner
Obsidian 712 [CDx2]

Contents:

  1. Mouton: Celeste beneficium
  2. Févin: Adiutorium nostrum
  3. Anon: Nesciens mater
  4. La Rue: Ave regina caelorum
  5. Josquin: Descendi in hortum meum
  6. Févin: Sancta trinitas unus Deus
  7. La Rue: Vexilla Regis / Passio Domini nostri
  8. Josquin: Fama malum
  9. La Rue: Doleo super te frater mi Ionatha
  10. Anon: O Domine Jesu Christe / Et sanctissima mater tua
  11. Anon: Maxsimilla Christ amabilis
  12. Franciscus Strus: Sancta Maria succurre miseris / O werder mondt
  13. Anon: Sancta et immaculata virginitas
  14. Josquin: Missus est Gabriel archangelus
  15. Anon: Dulcissima virgo Maria
  16. Anon: Tota pulchra es amica mea / O pulcherrina mulierum / Salve
  17. Anon: O sancta Maria virgo virginum
  18. Therache: Verbum bonum et suave
  19. Anon: Recordamini quomodo praedixit filium
  20. Anon: O beatissime Domine Jesu Christe / Fac me de tua gratia ut
  1. Anon: Ave sanctissima Maria
  2. Mouton: Ecce Maria genuit nobis
  3. Anon: Congratulamini mihi omnes
  4. Févin: Egregie Christi martir Christophore / Ecce enim
  5. Anon: Alma redemptoris mater
  6. Anon: Dulces exuviae
  7. Agricola: Dulces exuviae
  8. Josquin: Dulces exuviae
  9. Mouton: Dulces exuviae
  10. Ghiselin: Dulces exuviae
  11. La Rue / Josquin: Absalon fili mi
  12. Anon: Iesus autem transiens
  13. Isaac: Anima me liquefacta est / Invenerunt me / Filiae Ierusalem
  14. Josquin: Tribulatio et angustia invenerunt me

Performers: Grace Davidson (soprano), Kirsty Hopkins (soprano), Ruth Massey (contralto), Martha McLorinan (contralto), Clare Wilkinson (contralto), Guy Cutting (tenor), Benjamin Hymas (tenor), Nicholas Todd (tenor), Simon Wall (tenor), Christopher Watson (tenor), Eamonn Dougan (baritone), Greg Skidmore (baritone), Timothy Scott Whiteley (baritone), William Gaunt (bass), Robert Macdonald (bass); Gawain Glenton (cornetto), Sam Goble (slide trumpet, cornetto), Emily White (sackbut), Tom Lees (sackbut), Nicholas Perry (shawm)

Playing time: 115'

Recording date: February 2014 (Arundel Castle); released: 2014

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Todd M. McComb