Various : Early English Polyphony

CD1

1. Robert Hacomplaynt (1455/6–1528)       
   1. Marian Antiphon: Salve Regina (from the Eton Choirbook)*       
      1. I. Salve Regina mater misericordiae     
      2. II. Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui 
      3. III. O clemens, O pia, O dulcis 
2. Robert Fayrfax (1464–1521)                       
   1. Magnificat ‘Regale’ (from the Eton Choirbook)*
      1. I. Anima mea dominum 
      2. II. Et misericordia eius a progenie in progenies 
      3. III. Deposuit potentes desede 
      4. IV. Suscepit Israel puerum suum 
      5. V. Gloria Patriet Filio, et spiritui Sancto 
3. John Taverner (c.1490–1545)                     
   1. Dum transisset Sabbatum I    
4. Christopher Tye (c.1505–?1572)                               
   1. Mass for six voices ‘Euge Bone’
      1. Gloria             
      2. Credo            
      3. Sanctus         
      4. Benedictus  
      5. Agnus Dei                         
5. Thomas Morley (1557–1602)                     
   1. Nolo mortem peccatoris, for four voices                                              
6. Thomas Tallis (c.1505–1585)                      
   1. Spem in alium nunquam habui (Peter Stevens treble)*                                         

CD2

1. Thomas Tallis   
   1. Lamentations of Jeremiah
      1. First Lesson, P. 102
         1. I. Incipit, “Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae prophetae”        
         2. II. Aleph, “Quomodo sedet sola civitas”              
         3. III. Beth, “Plorans ploravit in nocte”     
      2. Second Lesson, P. 110
         1. I. Incipit, “De lamentatione Jeremiae prophetae”         
         2. II. Ghimel, “Migravit Juda propter afflictionem”             
         3. III. Daleth, “Omens persecutores eius apprehenderunt”            
         4. IV. Heth, “Facti sunt hostes”   
2. Mass for seven voices ‘Puer natus est nobis’
   1. Gloria               
   2. Sanctus           
   3. Benedictus  
   4. Agnus Dei     
3. 3 Motets
   1. O Nata Lux, Hymn for Lauds on the Feast of the Transfiguration, P. 209          
      • (No. 8 from “Cantiones quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur”, 1575)         
   2. Salvator mundi I, P. 216        
      • (No. 1 from “Cantiones quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur”, 1575)         
   3. If Ye Love Me: “If ye love me, keep my commandments”        
      • (from “Certaine notes set forthe in foure and three partes”, 1560)