Henry's Music - Motets from a Royal Choirbook / Lawrence-King, Alamire, QuintEssential

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Album Summary

Performers

• Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano)
• Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp)

Conductor

• Skinner, David

Ensemble

• QuintEssential

Composers

• Anonymous
• Richard Sampson
• Robert Fayrfax (1464 - 1521)
• Anonymous, English
• Benedictus de Optitiis
• John Taverner (circa 1490 - 1545)
• Henry VIII, King of England (1491 - 1547)
• Jacotin (circa 1490 - circa 1555)

Notes & Reviews:

"While all of the music here is worth repeated hearing (and performing!), for me the highlights are Sampson's Salve radix and Quam pulcra est (those cross-relations!), Jacotin's Beati omnes (sung by the lower voices), with its wonderfully flowing, interwoven lines and thrillingly resonant harmonies, and the opening O Christe Jesu, pastor bone by John Taverner, a perfectly written little gem that should be in every serious choir's repertoire. I can't emphasize enough how much of the success of this recording is due to Alamire's impeccably balanced, full-bodied, well-tuned sound, so expertly recorded in three different venues--and to the scholarship and clearly inspired direction of David Skinner. Don't delay; you'll love this!" -Classics Today (10/10)

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Works Details

Taverner, John : Christe Jesu, pastor bone

• Performers: Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano); Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp)
• Conductor: David Skinner
• Ensemble: QuintEssential
• Notes: St. Michael's Church, Summertown, Oxford, England (09/15/2008-09/17/2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1526

Anonymous : King's Pavan

• Performers: Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp); Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: David Skinner
• Ensemble: QuintEssential
• Notes: St. Michael's Church, Summertown, Oxford, England (09/15/2008-09/17/2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 33 sec.

Anonymous, English : England be glad

• Performers: Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp); Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: David Skinner
• Ensemble: QuintEssential
• Running Time: 2 min. 6 sec.

Henry VIII, King of England : Consort no 12 for instrumental ensemble

• Performers: Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp); Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: David Skinner
• Ensemble: QuintEssential
• Notes: Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, England (05/25/2008-05/26/2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Anonymous, English : Madame d'amours

• Performers: Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp); Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: David Skinner
• Ensemble: QuintEssential
• Notes: Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, England (05/25/2008-05/26/2008)
• Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.

Henry VIII, King of England : Taunder Naken for diverse instruments

• Performers: Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano); Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp)
• Conductor: David Skinner
• Ensemble: QuintEssential
• Notes: St. Michael's Church, Summertown, Oxford, England (09/15/2008-09/17/2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Sampson, Richard : Salve radix

• Performers: Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp); Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: David Skinner
• Ensemble: QuintEssential
• Notes: St. Michael's Church, Summertown, Oxford, England (09/15/2008-09/17/2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Sampson, Richard : Psallite felices

• Performers: Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano); Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp)
• Conductor: David Skinner
• Ensemble: QuintEssential
• Notes: St. Michael's Church, Summertown, Oxford, England (09/15/2008-09/17/2008)
• Running Time: 10 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Optitiis, Benedictus de : Sub tuum presidium

• Performers: Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp); Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: David Skinner
• Ensemble: QuintEssential
• Notes: St. Michael's Church, Summertown, Oxford, England (09/15/2008-09/17/2008)
• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.

Sampson, Richard : Quam pulcra est

• Performers: Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp); Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: David Skinner
• Ensemble: QuintEssential
• Notes: St. Michael's Church, Summertown, Oxford, England (09/15/2008-09/17/2008)
• Running Time: 4 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Anonymous : Hec est preclarum

• Performers: Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano); Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp)
• Conductor: David Skinner
• Ensemble: QuintEssential
• Notes: St. Michael's Church, Summertown, Oxford, England (09/15/2008-09/17/2008)
• Running Time: 2 min. 53 sec.

Jacotin : Beati omnes

• Performers: Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano); Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp)
• Conductor: David Skinner
• Ensemble: QuintEssential
• Notes: St. Michael's Church, Summertown, Oxford, England (09/15/2008-09/17/2008)
• Running Time: 5 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Henry VIII, King of England : Consort no 13 for instrumental ensemble

• Performers: Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano); Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp)
• Conductor: David Skinner
• Ensemble: QuintEssential
• Notes: Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, England (05/25/2008-05/26/2008)
• Period Time: Renaissance

Henry VIII, King of England : O my heart is sore

• Performers: Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano); Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp)
• Conductor: David Skinner
• Ensemble: QuintEssential
• Notes: Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, England (05/25/2008-05/26/2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Henry VIII, King of England : Hélas madame

• Performers: Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp); Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: David Skinner
• Ensemble: QuintEssential
• Notes: St. Michael's Church, Summertown, Oxford, England (09/15/2008-09/17/2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Vocal

Henry VIII, King of England : Though some saith

• Performers: Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp); Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: David Skinner
• Ensemble: QuintEssential
• Notes: Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, England (05/25/2008-05/26/2008)
• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Anonymous : Nil majus superi vident

• Performers: Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano); Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp)
• Conductor: David Skinner
• Ensemble: QuintEssential
• Notes: St. Michael's Church, Summertown, Oxford, England (09/15/2008-09/17/2008)
• Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.

Henry VIII, King of England : Consort no 8 for instrumental ensemble

• Performers: Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano); Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp)
• Conductor: David Skinner
• Ensemble: QuintEssential
• Notes: St. Michael's Church, Summertown, Oxford, England (09/15/2008-09/17/2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Henry VIII, King of England : Adieu madame

• Performers: Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp); Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: David Skinner
• Ensemble: QuintEssential
• Notes: Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, England (05/25/2008-05/26/2008)
• Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Henry VIII, King of England : En vray amoure, for 4 voices

• Performers: Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano); Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp)
• Conductor: David Skinner
• Ensemble: QuintEssential
• Notes: Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, England (05/25/2008-05/26/2008)
• Running Time: 1 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Fayrfax, Robert : Lauda Vivi Alpha Et O

• Performers: Andrew Lawrence-King (Harp); Clare Wilkinson (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: David Skinner
• Ensemble: QuintEssential
• Notes: St. Michael's Church, Summertown, Oxford, England (09/15/2008-09/17/2008)
• Running Time: 16 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance