Music of the Realm: Tudor Music for Men's Voices

Music of the Realm: Tudor Music for Men's Voices

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The Queen's Six 

The Queen’s Six releases their debut album with a sumptuous selection of music from the golden age of English polyphony.

Recorded in the extraordinary surroundings of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle – where each member of The Queen’s Six is a Lay Clerk – Music of the Realm features six composers associated with the royal court of Queen Elizabeth I, from whom the group gets its name.

For their first Resonus album the group have selected a programme of both well and lesser-known works by six composers who wrote music for and during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I – William Byrd, Thomas Tallis, Thomas Tomkins, Thomas Weelkes, Thomas Morley and Orlando Gibbons. The recording is accompanied by an essay from early music scholar and conductor, Peter Phillips.

Album Booklet (PDF)

Tracklist

William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)
1. O Lord, make thy servant
Elizabeth our Queen

Thomas Morley (c. 1557-1602)
2. Laboravi in gemitu meo

Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
3. Almighty God, the fountain
of all wisdom

Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
4. Videte miraculum

William Byrd
5. Haec dies

Thomas Weelkes (c. 1575-1623)
6. O how amiable

William Byrd
7. Attend mine humble prayer

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
8. Almighty and everlasting God

Thomas Tomkins
9. When David heard

Thomas Weelkes
10. When David heard
11. O Jonathan, woe is me

Thomas Morley
12. Haec dies

Orlando Gibbons
13. O Lord in thy wrath

Thomas Tallis
14. O sacrum convivium

Thomas Morley
15. O amica mea

Thomas Tomkins
16. Turn unto the Lord

Orlando Gibbons
17. Lift up your heads

'They bring seamless blend and balance to music from the reign of Elizabeth I, from whom they take their name.'

- The Observer

Credits
© 2015 Resonus Limited
Ⓟ 2015 Resonus Limited
Catalogue No. RES10146
EAN: 5060262790502
Producer, engineer & editor: Adam Binks
Cover image: © Gill Aspel