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Faire is the Heaven
Music of the English Church
The Cambridge Singers
John Rutter conductor
COLCD 107
This recording is dedicated to unaccompanied English church music, sung in the beautiful acoustic of the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral. The 23 motets and anthems are drawn from three key periods: the Reformation, in the sixteenth century; the Restoration, in the later seventeenth century; and the Anglican revival, in the mid-nineteenth century."An individual record of exceptional warmth and delight." Gramophone
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| Listing | Track | Composer | Length | Listen | ||
| 01. | Ave Maria | Robert Parsons | 04:25 | |||
| 02. | Loquebantur variis linguis | Thomas Tallis | 03:56 | |||
| 03. | Miserere mei | William Byrd | 03:51 | |||
| 04. | Haec dies | William Byrd | 02:29 | |||
| 05. | Ave verum corpus | William Byrd | 03:48 | |||
| 06. | If ye love me | Thomas Tallis | 02:16 | |||
| 07. | Hide not thou thy face | Richard Farrant | 01:20 | |||
| 08. | Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake | Richard Farrant | 02:00 | |||
| 09. | O clap your hands | Orlando Gibbons | 04:41 | |||
| 10. | Bow thine ear | William Byrd | 04:16 | |||
| 11. | Hosanna to the Son of David | Orlando Gibbons | 02:40 | |||
| 12. | Lord, how long wilt thou be angry | Henry Purcell | 04:15 | |||
| 13. | Thou knowest, Lord | William Byrd | 02:08 | |||
| 14. | Hear my prayer, O Lord | William Byrd | 02:37 | |||
| 15. | Beati quorum via | C.V. Stanford | 03:24 | |||
| 16. | This joyful Eastertide | arr. Charles Wood | 02:21 | |||
| 17. | Sing lullaby | Herbert Howells | 03:10 | |||
| 18. | A Spotless Rose | Herbert Howells | 02:51 | |||
| 19. | What cheer? | William Walton | 01:21 | |||
| 20. | O taste and see | R. Vaughan Williams | 01:22 | |||
| 21. | A hymn to the Virgin | Benjamin Britten | 03:10 | |||
| 22. | Jesus Christ the apple tree | Elizabeth Poston | 02:37 | |||
| 23. | Faire is the heaven | William Harris | 05:10 |
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