THE MARRIAGE OF ENGLAND AND SPAIN Winchester Cathedral, 1554
Orchestra of the Renaissance Richard Cheetham
GCD P31401
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Performing artists
Orchestra of the Renaissance Richard Cheetham, director
Josep Cabré, solo plainchant
Carys Lane, soprano William Missin, countertenor Simon Berridge, tenor Tom Phillips, tenor Jonathan Arnold, baritone Charles Gibbs, bass
Adrian Woodward, cornett & trumpet Beatrice Delpierre, shawm & dulcian William Lyons, shawm Francis Mercet, shawm & dulcian Kate van Orden, dulcian Richard Cheetham, sackbut Abigail Newman, sackbut Robert Goodhew, sackbut Siobhán Armstrong, harp Silas Standage, organ David Staff, trumpet Michael Shaw, trumpet Raphael Mizraki, tabor
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Playing time: 78’24 Recorded in London (St. Jude-on-the-Hill) in September 1998 Engineered by Carlos Céster Produced by Emilio Moreno & Carlos Céster Executive producer: Carlos Céster Editorial assistant: María Díaz Artwork: oficina tresminutos 00:03:00 Booklet essay: Richard Cheetham Booklet in English-Français-Español-Deutsch
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THE MARRIAGE OF ENGLAND AND SPAIN
Music for the wedding of Philip II and Mary Tudor, Winchester Cathedral 1554
01 Cesare Bendinelli: Fanfare: Levet 02 Cristóbal de Morales: Processional: Jubilate Deo omnis terra 03 Plainchant: Introitus 04 Philip ap Rhys: Kyrie from Missa In die Sanctae Trinitas 05 John Taverner: Gloria from Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas 06 Plainchant: Graduale 07 Plainchant: Sequentia 08 John Taverner: Credo from Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas 09 Plainchant: Prefatio 10 John Taverner: Sanctus from Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas 11 Antonio de Cabezón: Elevation: Diferencias sobre La dama le demanda 12 Cristóbal de Morales: Pater noster 13 John Taverner: Agnus Dei from Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas 14 Plainchant: Communio 15 Cristóbal de Morales: O sacrum convivium 16 Plainchant: Postcommunio 17 Cesare Bendinelli: Fanfare: Levet 18 Nicolas Gombert: Recessional: Jouissance vous donnerai19 Claudin de Sermisy: Tant que vivray
About this CD
Glossa has always supported innovative perspectives on early music. For this reason, in 1998 it encouraged an excellent group of British singers and an instrumental ensemble led by the Frenchmen Jean-Pierre Canihac and Francis Mercet, all under the directorship of Richard Cheetham and going by the name of Orchestra of the Renaissance, to take on something as “brazen” as interpreting the polyphony of John Taverner with instrumental accompaniment. This stimulating program, which includes his Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas, portrays the nuptial ceremony of Maria Tudor and Philip of Spain at Winchester in 1554.The result is breathtaking and deeply moving.
The ensemble closed ranks in later projects such as Guerrero’s Requiem and Morales’ Assumption Mass, both released by Glossa with great commercial success. Here however, we want to pay tribute to the ensemble’s beginnings with this exquisite edition, another jewel from the new Glossa Platinum series.