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Track(s) taken from CDA67858

O all true faithful hearts

composer
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
1619; composed to mark the recovery of King James I from illness
author of text
Anonymous - Baroque

Westminster Abbey Choir, James O'Donnell (conductor)
Recording details: March 2010
All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Adrian Peacock
Engineered by David Hinitt
Release date: February 2011
Total duration: 4 minutes 15 seconds

Cover artwork: Engraving of James I.
Westminster Abbey Library / Copyright © Dean and Chapter of Westminster
 

Other recordings available for download

Magdalena Consort, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, Charles Daniels (tenor), Catherine King (soprano), Eleanor Minney (alto), Nicholas Todd (tenor), Simon Gallear (bass)
‘O all true faithful hearts’ interposes choruses like victory-galliards to encourage public rejoicing in April 1619 over an avoided narrow shave: ‘A thanks Giving for the kings happy recoverie from a great dangerous sicknes’. His ominous nephritis, aggravated by melancholy after Anna’s death in January, had alarmed doctors; many subjects were also concerned, by now mellowing to his genial if autocratic foibles.

from notes by David Pinto © 2017

Other albums featuring this work

Gibbons: In chains of gold – The English pre-Restoration verse anthem, Vol. 1
Magdalena Consort, Fretwork, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts
Studio Master: SIGCD511Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

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