Praise our Lord, all ye Gentiles (Byrd) - from SIGCD481 - Hyperion Records

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Track(s) taken from SIGCD481

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Praise our Lord, all ye Gentiles

composer

William Byrd (1539/40-1623)

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

author of text

Bible

Psalm 117; translated by ? Richard Verstegan in The Primer, or Office of the blessed Virgin Marie, 1599

Jesus College Choir Cambridge, Mark Williams (conductor)

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Recording details: June 2016
Chapel of Jesus College, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Produced by Chris Hazell
Engineered by Mike Hatch
Release date: February 2017
Total duration: 2 minutes 32 seconds

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Reviews

'These are good performances of two British composers by noth choirs of Jesus College, Cambridge. The College Choir, which uses female undergraduate singers, gains the edge over the choristers in a focused, sparkling performance of Byrd's 'Laudibus in sanctis'' (BBC Music Magazine)

Introduction
English

In the six-part anthem Praise our Lord, all ye Gentiles, from the 1611 collection of Psalms, Songs and Sonnets, the vigorous rhythmic opening is replaced by gentler melodic outlines at the words ‘because his mercy is confirmed upon us’. This, in turn, gives way to new figures, both for ‘and his truth remaineth for ever’ and for the lengthy and dramatic ‘Amen’. Little wonder that Squire remarked that Byrd ‘seems rapidly to have made his way’ after his arrival in London.

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