Requiem aeternam : Gregorian chant (1:50) -- Kontakion of the departed : Kiev chant (3:21) -- Selig sind die Toten / Heinrich Schütz (4:09) -- Blessed are they = Blazheni, iazhe izbral : no. 7 of Nine sacred pieces, 1885 / P.I. Tchaikovsky (3:33) -- Funeral ikos / John Tavener (8:18) -- Domine Jesu Christe : Gregorian chant (3:42) -- O quam gloriosum / T.L. de Victoria (2:47) -- Psalm 121 ; and, Requiem aeternam / H. Walford Davies (4:16) -- The evening-watch : op. 43 no. 1 / Gustav Holst (4:58) -- Steal away : spiritual / arranged by Timothy Brown (3:14) -- There is an old belief : no. 4 of Songs of farewell / C.H.H. Parry (4:25) -- O quanta qualia : from the Rheinau hymnal (1459) (3:30) -- Justorum animae / William Byrd (2:50) -- Deep river : spiritual / arranged by Norman Luboff (2:50) -- In paradisum : Gregorian chant (1:13) -- O felix anima / Hildegard of Bingen (4:41) -- Audivi vocem de caelo / John Sheppard (4:00) -- Faire is the heaven / William Harris (5:28).
Note
Principally for mixed voices; the chants and O quanta qualia for men's voices; the Hildegard work for women's voices.
Event (note)
Recorded in the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral, Mar. 2000.
Language (note)
Sung in Latin, English, Church Slavic, and German.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Clare College (University of Cambridge). Choir. Performer
Title
Blessed spirit [electronic resource].
Imprint
Whittlesford, Cambridge, England ; Omaha, Neb., USA : Collegium Records, p2000.
Performer
Choir of Clare College ; Timothy Brown, director.
Event
Recorded in the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral, Mar. 2000.
Language
Sung in Latin, English, Church Slavic, and German.
Parry, C. Hubert H. (Charles Hubert Hastings), 1848-1918. Songs of farewell. There is an old belief.
Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623. Gradualia, liber 1. Justorum animae.
Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179. Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum. O felix anima.
Sheppard, John, approximately 1515-1558. Audivi vocem de caelo.
Harris, William Henry, 1883-1973. Faire is the heaven.
Other form:
Source record: Clare College (University of Cambridge). Choir. Blessed spirit. Whittlesford, Cambridge, England ; Omaha, Neb., USA : Collegium Records, p2000 (DLC) 2005570059 (OCoLC)45371038