CDA67704 - Disc 1 Track 1 - Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus

Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus

composer

Christopher Tye (c1505-before 15 March 1573)

author of text

Psalm 46 (47)

Recordings

Exultate Deo
Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor)

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CDA66850

Mary & Elizabeth at Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor)

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CDA67704

The Music of Westminster Cathedral
Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor)

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WCC100 Super-budget price sampler

Tye: Missa Euge bone & other sacred music
Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill (conductor)

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CDH55079 Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Details

Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor)

Track 11 on CDA66850 [4'36] Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain
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Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor)

Track 1 on CDA67704 [4'15] Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain
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Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill (conductor)

Track 12 on CDH55079 [4'14] Helios (Hyperion's budget label) Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Stainer & Bell
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Westminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor)

Track 3 on WCC100 [4'36] Super-budget price sampler Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain
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Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus

Like Sheppard, Christopher Tye’s career straddles the reigns of Henry, Edward, and Mary; and he survived until the early 1570s, spending most of the final, Elizabethan portion of his life as a priest in the Diocese of Ely. His psalm motet Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus may be either Henrician or Marian, though its concision and tightly wound rhythmic drive, and the fact that it remains in duple metre throughout, perhaps suggest the latter reign. The voices—especially the treble and contratenor—maintain a high tessitura throughout; this produces a brilliant sound entirely appropriate to the text, which was associated with the Feast of the Ascension in both Catholic and reformed liturgies.

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Details for CDA67704 track 1

Artists

Westminster Abbey Choir

James O'Donnell (conductor)

ISRC

GB-AJY-08-70401

Duration

4'15

Recording date

20 June 2008

Recording venue

All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London, United Kingdom

Recording producer

Jeremy Summerly

Recording engineer

Simon Eadon

Hyperion usage

Mary & Elizabeth at Westminster Abbey (CDA67704)
Disc 1 Track 1
Release date: October 2008

Hyperion Records