Hilliard Ensemble: Transeamus (English Carols and Motets)
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Label: ECM New Series
Cat No: 4811106
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 13th October 2014
Contents
Works
Ah, my dear, ah, my dear Son!Clangat tuba
Ecce quod natura
Lullay, I saw
Marvel not Joseph
Sancta mater graciae
St Thomas honour we
There is no rose
Thomas gemma Cantuariae
Ave Maria, mater Dei
Stella Caeli
Anna Mater Matris Christi
O pulcherrima mulierum
Ah, gentle Jesu
Artists
Hilliard EnsembleWorks
Ah, my dear, ah, my dear Son!Clangat tuba
Ecce quod natura
Lullay, I saw
Marvel not Joseph
Sancta mater graciae
St Thomas honour we
There is no rose
Thomas gemma Cantuariae
Ave Maria, mater Dei
Stella Caeli
Anna Mater Matris Christi
O pulcherrima mulierum
Ah, gentle Jesu
Artists
Hilliard EnsembleAbout
Having recorded more than twenty albums for ECM since the mid-80s, the Hilliard Ensemble caps its discography before retirement (at the end of 2014) with a final release: ‘Transeamus’, a collection of polyphony, in two, three and four parts, from 15th-century England.
The British vocal ensemble’s very first ECM recording included music from the court of Henry VIII, and ‘Transeamus’ brings their odyssey through the ages full circle. The album includes many of the group’s favourite pieces from this era, including previously unrecorded items from its concert programmes by the likes of John Plummer, Walter Lambe and William Cornysh. More of the album’s works are by composers rendered anonymous by time, yet all of this music is rich with enduring personality.
Tenor David James says: “The sweet harmonies might appear uncomplicated, but this transparency of sound creates a cumulative effect that is mesmerising. The album ends with ‘Ah gentle Jesu’. We know the composer’s name, Sheryngham, but virtually nothing else. On paper, it is a simple dialogue between Christ on the cross and a penitent sinner; however, the intensity of the music is so overwhelming that, from our experience in concert, both listener and performer are left in stunned silence.”
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