Peccavi super numerum

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composer

William Byrd (1539/40-1623)

author of text

Anonymous - liturgical

Introduction
English

Peccavi super numerum is a fine early example of Byrd’s mastery of setting penitential texts in a deeply affective manner, the text in this case being partly from the Prayer of Manasseh, an apocryphal ode appended to the Book of Psalms.

Recordings

The Sweetest Songs

Contrapunctus, Owen Rees (conductor)

Studio Master: SIGCD633Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

Writing in 1539, the Dean of the Tudor court's Chapel Royal noted how the Book of Psalms represented a distillation of 'the sweetest songs', touching upon the themes of all the other books of scripture. English composers of the period revelled in ...» More

Details

Contrapunctus, Owen Rees (conductor)

Track 5 on SIGCD633 [6'00] Download only

Track-specific metadata for SIGCD633 track 5

Artists

Contrapunctus

Owen Rees (conductor)

ISRC

GB-LLH-21-63305

Duration

6'00

Recording date

21 April 2016

Recording venue

The Church of St Michael and All Angels, Summertown, Oxford, United Kingdom

Recording producer

Adrian Peacock

Recording engineer

David Hinitt

Hyperion usage

The Sweetest Songs (SIGCD633)
Disc 1 Track 5
Release date: February 2021
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