English Royal Funeral Music

VOX LUMINIS, Lionel Meunier: direction; LES TROMPETTES DES PLAISIRS / Jean-François Madeuf: direction; LINGUA FRANCA / Benoît Laurent: direction
Guy Penson: virginal

1. Hear my prayer H enry Purcell 2'12
Music for the Funeral of the Queen Mary
2. The Queen's Farewell James Paisible 4'32
The Queen's Farewell Thomas Tollett
3. The Queen's Funeral March Z. 860 H enry Purcell 2'48
4. The first dirge Anthem 5'03
I am the resurrection and the life Thomas Morley
I know that my Redeemer liveth Thomas Morley
We brought nothing into this world Thomas Morley
5.The second dirge Anthem 5'31
Man that is born of a woman Thomas Morley
In the midst of life Thomas Morley
Thou knowest, Lord Z. 58b Henry Purcell
6. Canzona Z. 860 H enry Purcell 2'25
7. The third dirge Anthem
I heard a voice from heaven Thomas Morley 1'57
Lament and Elegy
8. Death hath deprived me Thomas Weelkes 3'14
9. A Sad Pavan for these distracted Times Thomas Tomkins 5'42
10. Burial Sentences 7'51
I am the resurrection and the life Thomas Tomkins
I know that my Redeemer liveth Thomas Tomkins
We brought nothing into this world Thomas Tomkins
I heard a voice from heaven Thomas Tomkins
11. O dive custos Z. 504 H enry Purcell 7'35
12. Funeral Sentences 10'40
Man that born of a woman Z. 27 H enry Purcell
In the midst of life Z. 17a H enry Purcell
Thou knowest, Lord Z. 58c H enry Purcell
13. Remember not, Lord, our offences Z. 50 H enry Purcell 3'00

We know now that Purcell's three Funeral Sentences were not written for the funeral of Queen Mary in 1695. Following the tradition of the English court, it was pieces by Thomas Morley, originally written for the funeral of Elizabeth I, that were sung there. Purcell's only contribution to the ceremony was the composition of two pieces for slide trumpets (March and Canzona), and the anthem in the archaic style Thou knowest, Lord. During the funeral procession to Westminster Abbey, a band of oboes played two marches written by John Paisible and Thomas Tollet. This recording assembles the music composed for the funeral of Queen Mary and that used at the funeral of Elizabeth I in 1603. The programme is completed by Purcell's sublime a cappella anthems and a moving anthem by Weelkes on the death of Thomas Morley. After the success of the recording of Schütz's Musicalische Exequien, voted Record of the Year by Gramophone magazine, this disc will be one of the major events of spring 2013.

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