In the Midst of Life - Music from the Baldwin Partbooks I Contrapunctus, Owen Rees

• William Byrd (1543-1623):
• 1 Liber Secundus Sacrarum Cantionum (Cantiones Sacrae II): Liber secundus sacrarum cantionum (Cantiones sacrae): Circumdederunt me dolores mortis 05:04
• Robert Parsons (ca. 1535-1571/72):
• 2 Responds for the Dead: Libera me, Domine 07:29
• William Byrd (1543-1623):
• 3 Audivi vocem 04:15
• William Mundy (1529-1591):
• 4 Sive vigilem 03:31
• Robert Parsons (ca. 1535-1571/72):
• 5 Responds for the Dead: Peccantem me, quotidie 06:08
• John Taverner (1490-1545):
• 6 Psalm 41, "Quemadmodum" 06:30
• Thomas Tallis (1505-1585):
• 7 Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis: Nunc Dimittis 03:14
• Dericke Gerarde (1540-1580):
• 8 Sive vigilem 06:13
• Robert Parsons (ca. 1535-1571/72):
• 9 Responds for the Dead: Credo quod redemptor 02:44
• John Sheppard (1515-1558):
• 10 Media vita 23:09
• Total Runtime 01:08:17

Info for In the Midst of Life - Music from the Baldwin Partbooks I

Following its nomination for a Gramophone Early Music Award in 2014, Contrapunctus releases an album of motets from the Baldwin Tudor partbooks, on the theme of mortality. Conducted by Owen Rees, the album includes Sheppard’s epic Media vita and works by Byrd, Parsons, Mundy, Teverner, Gerarde and Tallis, with Contrapunctus’s own reconstructions of the missing tenor parts.

"In Contrapunctus can do vivid attack as well as they do misty piety, they may find themselves setting the bar in this repertoire." (Alexandra Coghlan, Gramophone Choice)

There's lovely balance and clarity of sound from as fine a clutch of voices...as one might wish." (Choir & Organ)

"Whether you listen in Lenten penitence or in general hope of spiritual balm, the message is universal, the singing superb.." (The Observer)

Choral and Song Choice "5* - Contrapunctus really knows what to do with these pieces and from the very first item...the tuning is superb and the ensemble rock solid. Moreover, Owen Rees's interpretations are revelatory and even visionary...The next volume is keenly awaited." (BBC Music Magazine)

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Owen Rees, director

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