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Track(s) taken from CDA66656

O God, the king of glory, Z34

composer
February 1679
author of text
Collect for Sunday after Ascension

New College Choir Oxford, The King's Consort, Robert King (conductor)
Recording details: April 1993
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Ben Turner
Engineered by Philip Hobbs
Release date: June 1993
Total duration: 2 minutes 0 seconds
 

Reviews

‘I continue to be grateful for King's recordings of these works, recordings which those readers interested in Purcell will cherish’ (Fanfare, USA)
O God, the King of glory is one of Purcell’s earliest surviving full anthems, written in the ‘old’, largely homophonic style that had been prevalent in churches and chapels throughout Britain for many years. Purcell’s setting was composed by February 1679 and survives in the Gostling part-books now held in the library of York Minster. In this brief work, probably written for performance before the Collect for the Sunday after Ascension, the composer’s youthful individuality surfaces in the divergent chromaticism of ‘leave us not comfortless’.

from notes by Robert King ©

O God, the King of glory est un des premiers 'full anthems' qui aient survécu, composé dans le style 'ancien', en grande partie homophonique qui prédominait dans les églises et les chapelles de toute l'Angleterre depuis de longues années. La mise en musique de Purcell fut composée en février 1679 et survit dans les parties séparées de Gostling qui sont maintenant conservées dans la bibliothèque de la cathédrale de York. Dans cette oeuvre sommaire, probablement écrite pour être interprétée avant la Collecte du Dimanche après l'Ascension, l'individualité juvénile du compositeur apparaît dans le chromatisme divergent de 'leave us not comfortless' {ne nous laisse pas sans consolation).

extrait des notes rédigées par Robert King © 1993

O God, the King of Glory ist eines der ätesten erhaltenen Full Anthems von Purcell, geschrieben im 'alten', weitgehend homophonen Stil, der viele Jahre in den Kirchen und Kapellen Großbritanniens vorgeherrscht hatte. Purcells Vertonung ist spätestens im Februar 1679 entstanden und in den Gostling-Stimmheften überliefert, die sich heute in der Bibliothek von York Minster befinden. In dem kurzen Werk, das vermutlich zur Darbietung vor der Kollekte am Sonntag nach Himmelfahrt geschrieben wurde, macht sich die jugendliche Individualität des Komponisten in der divergierenden Chromatik von 'leave us not comfortless' [lasse uns nicht ohne Trost] bemerkbar.

aus dem Begleittext von Robert King © 1993
Deutsch: Anne Steeb/Bernd Müller

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