Virgin Veritas VC 545155-2 (1995)
re-release:
Virgin Veritas VC 545155-2 (1995)
| [1] | William Billings (1746-1800): | Methinks I see an heav'nly lost (TCh) | 2'59 |
| [2] | John Foster (1762-1822): | While sheperds watched their flocks (TCh,TPl) | 5'23 |
| [3] | Joan Cererols (1618-1676): | Serafín, que con dulce harmonía (S,TCo,TCh,TPl) | 7'29 |
| [4] | Francisco de Vidales (?-1702): | Los que fueren de buen gusto (TCo,TPl) | 4'16 |
| [5] | Michael Praetorius (~1571-1621): | Magnificat super "Angelus ad pastores" (S,TCo,TPl) | 9'16 |
| Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1634-1704): | In navitatem Domini Nostri J.Chr. Canticum(S,TCo,TPl) | 14'40 | |
| [6] | Praeludium | 0'46 | |
| [7] | Frigidae noctis umbra | 1'23 | |
| [8] | Nolite timere pastores | 2'17 | |
| [9] | Surgamus, festinemus, eamus | 1'39 | |
| [10] | Marche | 1'10 | |
| [11] | Euntes autem pastores | 0'55 | |
| [12] | Salve puerule, salve tenellule | 5'30 | |
| [13] | Edmund Pascha (1714-1772): | Gloria from Christmas Mass (S,TCh,TPl) | 11'52 |
| [14] | Thomas Greatorex (1757-1831) (arr.): | Adeste, fideles (TCo,TCh,TPl) | 4'51 |
| [15] | William Billings (1746-1800): | A Virgin unspotted (TCh) | 3'19 |
| total time: | 63'04 |
Soloists:
Tessa Bonner ([12]), soprano
Rachel Platt ([7],[12],[13]), soprano
Emily Van Evera ([3],[5],[8],[12],[13]), soprano
Caroline Trevor ([7]), alto
Timothy Wilson ([3]), countertenor
John Dudley ([13]), tenor
Nicholas Robertson ([13]), tenor
Jeremy White ([11],[13]), bass
Taverner Consort:
Tessa Bonner ([4],[6]-[12],[14]), soprano
Twig Hall ([5]), soprano
Ruth Holton ([14]), soprano
Hariet Johnson ([5]), soprano
Rachel Platt ([4],[5],[6]-[12]), soprano
Emily Van Evera ([4],[6]-[12]), soprano
Catherine King ([4]), mezzo soprano
Caroline Trevor ([6]-[12],[14]), alto
Christopher Royall ([3],[6]-[12],[14]), countertenor
Simon Berridge ([5]), tenor
Charles Daniels ([6]-[12],[14]), tenor
Rodrigo del Pozo ([3]), tenor
Nicholas Robertson ([3],[5]), tenor
Angus Smith ([5]), tenor
Stephen Charlesworth ([14]), bass
Donald Greig ([14]), bass
Jeremy White ([5],[6]-[12]), bass
Taverner Choir: (6S,5A,Ct,8T,7B)
Taverner Players: (2vl.,vla.,vc.,db.,5 viols (2T,2B,GB), harp, lt./guit.,hpschd., 2 org., crn., 3 trb., curtal, fl., 2ob., 2 clar., 2 bsn., 2 hr., trp., pipe, alphorn, drum)
Direction: Andrew Parrott
recording: November 1991, St. John at Hackney, London