Her Heavenly Harmony: Profane Music from the Royal Court – The Queen’s Six (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:02:07 minutes | 0,98 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: Qobuz | Digital Booklet | © Resonus Limited
Recorded: Ascot Priory on 14-16 September 2015
Following the critical acclaim of their debut album ‘Music of the Realm’, The Queen’s Six return to Resonus with a programme of secular madrigals from the same six English Renaissance composers all associated with the royal court of Queen Elizabeth I, from whom the group take their name.
Entitled ‘Her Heavenly Harmony: Profane Music from the Royal Court’, The Queen’s Six present a recital of well- and lesser-known works by Morley, Weelkes, Tomkins, Byrd, Tallis and Gibbons, with various themes of ‘Royalty’, ‘Planets’, ‘Ballets’, ‘Birds and Flowers’, ‘Dedications’ and ‘Love and Death’.
‘This is The Queen’s Six’s ‘difficult second album’ – their debut album (“Music of the Realm” RES10146) establishing them as the new boys on the block – and they have passed the test with flying colours.’ –Early Music Review
‘This is the second album from this choir devoted to music by familiar names of the Tudor and Jacobean royal courts. Morley, Tomkins, Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons & Weelkes are all represented by secular songs of love, death and other themes. A lovely collection.’ –Lark Reviews
Tracklist:
Thomas Morley (1557-1602)
1. Hard by a crystal fountain 03:02
2. Arise, awake 02:11
Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
3. The fauns and satyrs tripping 04:11
Thomas Tallis (1572-1656)
4. O ye tender babes 01:19
Thomas Weelkes (um 1575-1623)
5. Like two proud armies 01:35
Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
6. See, see the shepherds’ Queen 02:09
7. O let me live for true love – O let me die for true love 03:42
Thomas Morley (1557-1602)
8. No, no, Nigella 01:46
William Byrd (1543-1623)
9. Compel the hawk 02:53
10. The eagle’s force 02:23
Thomas Tallis (1572-1656)
11. Like as the doleful dove 01:28
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
12. The silver swan 01:55
13. Dainty fine bird 02:34
Thomas Morley (1557-1602)
14. Now is the gentle season 02:49
Thomas Weelkes (um 1575-1623)
15. Thule, the period of cosmography / The Andalusian merchant 04:01
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
16. Fair is the rose 03:07
William Byrd (1543-1623)
17. Ye sacred muses 03:24
Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
18. Cloris when as I woo 02:31
Thomas Weelkes (um 1575-1623)
19. Death hath deprived me 02:20
Thomas Weelkes (um 1575-1623)
20. Mars in a fury 01:35
William Byrd (1543-1623)
21. And think ye nymphs 01:52
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
22. Ah, dear heart 01:58
Thomas Tallis (1572-1656)
23. When my sorrowful sighing slake 03:48
Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
24. Music divine 03:34
The Queen’s Six:
Daniel Brittain, countertenor
Timothy Carleston, countertenor
Nicholas Madden, tenor
Dominic Bland, tenor
Andrew Thompson, bass
Simon Whiteley, bass
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