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TONUS PEREGRINUS recording Lux aeterna from the Requiem for the Time of the End by Antony Pitts
22/10/2024
TONUS PEREGRINUS goes choirbooking in Eton College Library (5/5): 'A Little Lambe'
27/01/2024
TONUS PEREGRINUS goes choirbooking in Eton College Library (1/5): 'Brownian Motion'
09/12/2023
O Lord, make Thy servant Elizabeth our Queen by William Byrd (The Dow Partbooks) – TONUS PEREGRINUS
09/09/2022
JERUSALEM-YERUSHALAYIM – TONUS PEREGRINUS remastered Jubilee Edition (trailer) with DAVID SUCHET
06/07/2022
JERUSALEM-YERUSHALAYIM – Blessing & Cursing (extract)
25/05/2022
NAXOS
Milestones of Western Music
SWEET HARMONY – JOHN DUNSTAPLE (8.557341)
John Dunstaple (a.k.a. Dunstable) was not just the first truly great English composer, he was also musical godfather to the Renaissance. In the middle of the 15th Century poet Martin le Franc famously described how Dufay had adopted the English manner championed by Dunstaple – la contenance Angloise – and how, to Continental ears, this new style of music sounded so fresh, and above all, joyful. From the sweet-sounding triads of Quam pulchra es to the total harmonic control of Veni Sancte Spiritus – Veni Creator, this selection of Dunstaple’s sacred music must simply rank as some of the happiest music ever recorded. John Dunstaple (a.k.a. Dunstable) was not just the first truly great English composer, he was also musical godfather to the Renaissance. In the middle of the 15th Century poet Martin le Franc famously described how Dufay had adopted the English manner championed by Dunstaple – la contenance Angloise – and how, to Continental ears, this new style of music sounded…
PASSIO (8.555860)
Born near Tallinn in Estonia in 1935, Arvo Pärt emigrated in 1980 and settled in Berlin. Soon after emigrating, Pärt completed the St John Passion which he based on his new-found tintinnabuli principle that “the melody and the accompaniment is one”. Settings of the Passion are part of a very early tradition in the Church, and in Pärt’s setting it is the text itself which
THE NAXOS BOOK OF CAROLS (8.557330)
The Naxos Book of Carols is a collection of both the very old and very new. It is a selection of best-loved and new-found carols, drawing on centuries of tradition. The settings are all new, commissioned by Naxos for this recording (scores available for download from www.naxoscarols.com in association with Faber Music). the carols unfold in four narrative sequences each focusing on a different part of the Christmas Story – from the hope of Advent to the announcements of the Message, the joy of the Birth of the Baby and the celebration of the coming of the King of Kings. there are 24 carols, one for each day of Advent. The Naxos Book of Carols is a collection of both the very old and very new. It is a selection of best-loved and new-found carols, drawing on centuries of tradition. The settings are all new, commissioned by Naxos for this recording (scores available for download from www.naxoscarols.com in association with Faber Music). the carols unfold in four narrative…
SACRED MUSIC FROM NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL (8.557340)
From plainchant via simple 9th-century harmonies and the virtuosic duets of Master Léonin (known as organum), this hauntingly beautiful sequence charts the birth of polyphony up to the first music in four independent parts – composed by Master Pérotin and sung during the liturgy at the new Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. From the official laying of the cornerstone in 1163 to the completion of the famous Western façade almost a hundred years later, Notre-Dame was the fertile home of singers and composers whose extraordinary handiwork has come down to us in the magnus liber organi: the “Great Book of Organum”. From plainchant via simple 9th-century harmonies and the virtuosic duets of Master Léonin (known as organum), this hauntingly beautiful sequence charts the birth of polyphony up to the first music in four independent parts – composed by Master Pérotin and sung during the liturgy at the new Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris. From the official laying of the cornerstone…
Sive vigilem – from VINUM ET MUSICA
VINUM & MUSICA – download from 1equalmusic at Hyperion Records
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The Lord’s Prayer – from SEVEN LETTERS
SEVEN LETTERS – download from 1equalmusic at Hyperion Records
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Mad World – from KNOWN UNKNOWN
KNOWN UNKNOWN – download from 1equalmusic at Hyperion Records
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Hark! the Herald Angels Sing (celebration mix) – from HARK! (remastered) – featuring Joanna Forbes L'Estrange
HARK! – download from 1equalmusic at Bandcamp
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Ad Dominum cum tribularer – from OLD MASTERS, Vol. 1
OLD MASTERS, Vol. 1 – listen on Spotify
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Blessing and Cursing – from JERUSALEM-YERUSHALAYIM
JERUSALEM-YERUSHALAYIM – download from 1equalmusic at Hyperion Records
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