Credits:

Magdalena Consort

Description:

Gorgeous collaboration of the British Ancient Music Society! The second collection of British anthems! Fretwork, the world's premier viol consort; His Majesties Sagbats & Cornetts, a group of period brass masters; and Magdalena Consort, a vocal and instrumental anthem ensemble founded by Peter Harvey in 2008. This series traces the history of verse anthems in England before the restoration of the monarchy, featuring three of England's world-class period ensembles. Volume 2 features works by William Byrd, as well as psalms and royal anthems by John Bull, Thomas Morley, John Mundy, and Edmund Hooper (c.1553-1621), choir conductor & organist at Westminster Abbey and organist at the Royal Chapel. are included. Produced & engineered by world-renowned engineer Philip Hobbs, as on the previous album.Volume 1 has been reviewed favorably by Gramophone Magazine, BBC Music Magazine, Early Music Review, and others, and Robert Hugill, a British composer, journalist, and popular blogger, said, "I can't wait for Volume 2. Please look forward to the project. Tokyo M-Plus

Tracklisting:

1.Hear My Prayer
2.O Lord, rebuke me not
3.Have mercy upon me, O God
4.Fantasia (No. 46)
5.Teach me, O Lord
6.Christ rising again
7.I will give laud
8.Look and bow down
9.Almighty God, which by the leading of a star
10.Fantasia (No. 16)
11.Deliver me, O God
12.Voluntary (No. 3)
13.Out of the deep
14.Voluntary (No. 1)
15.Hearken ye nations
16.Sing Joyfully
17.O God of gods