Turn our captivity, O Lord

composer

William Byrd (1539/40-1623)

Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets … fit for Voyces or Viols, 1611, xxx; AATTBB

author of text

Bible

Psalm 126: 4-6; translated by ? Richard Verstegan in The Primer, or Office of the blessed Virgin Marie, 1599

Recordings

Byrd: The Great Service & other English music

The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood (conductor)

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Details

The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood (conductor)

Track 11 on CDA67937 [4'25]

English

Turn our captivity, O Lord

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Turn our captivity, O Lord (Psalm 126: 4–6) is a masterpiece, plangent and imploring but with a confident triplet section for the ‘jollity’ that the blessed will inherit.

Track-specific metadata

Details for CDA67937 track 11

Artists

The Cardinall's Musick

Andrew Carwood (conductor)

Patrick Craig (countertenor)

David Gould (countertenor)

William Balkwill (tenor)

Simon Wall (tenor)

Robert Evans (bass)

Robert Macdonald (bass)

ISRC

GB-AJY-12-93711

Duration

4'25

Recording date

16 November 2011

Recording venue

Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle, United Kingdom

Recording producer

Jonathan Freeman-Attwood

Recording engineer

Martin Haskell & Iestyn Rees

Hyperion usage

Byrd: The Great Service & other English music (CDA67937)
Disc 1 Track 11
Release date: October 2012

Hyperion Records