Richard Marlow, The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge - Sweelinck: Cantiones Sacrae, Vol. 1-2 (1999)

Tracklist

Sweelinck: Cantiones Sacrae, Vol. 1
01. Non omnis qui dicit mihi, Domine
02. Ecce prandium meum paravi – Comedite panem meum
03. Ab oriente venerunt Magi – Aurum, sicut regi magno
04. In te Domine speravi – Quoniam fortitudo mea et refugiom meum es tu
05. Diligam te Domine, fortitudo mea
06. Beati pauperes spiritu – Beati misericordes
07. Ecce nunc benedicite Dominum
08. Cantate Domino canticum novum
09. Venite exsultemus Domino, SwWV 159
10. O Domine Jesu Christe, pastor bone
11. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes
12. Iusti autem in perpetuum vivent
13. Hodie Christus natus est
14. O sacrum convivium
15. Petite et accipietis
16. Euge serve bone et fidelis
17. Vide homo quae pro te patior
18. Gaude et laetare, Jerusalem
19. Qui vult venire post me
20. De profundis clamavi ad te
21. O quam beata lancea

Sweelinck: Cantiones Sacrae, Vol. 2
01. In illo tempore postquam consummati sunt
02. Paracletus autem Spiritus Sanctus
03. Videte manus meas et pedes meos
04. Dominus Deus meus in te sperabo
05. Viri Galilei quid statis aspicientes in caelum?
06. Ubi duo vel tres congregati fuerint in nomine meo
07. Beati omnes qui timent Dominum – Ecce sic benedicetur homo
08. Timor Domini principium sapientiae
09. Hodie beata virgo Maria puerum Jesum praesentavit
10. Ecce virgo concipiet et pariet filium
11. Gaudete omnes et laetamini
12. Regina caeli
13. Magnificat anima mea Dominum
14. Angelus ad pastores ait
15. Tanto tempore vobiscum
16. Te Deum laudamus

The last great representative of that fertile 'golden age' of Netherlands polyphonists, Sweelinck merits recognition not only as one of the most prolific and versatile musicians of his time but as one of the leading choral composers of the late Renaissance.

The Cantiones Sacrae are Catholic motets, in Latin, for five-part choir with basso continuo; almost all the texts are drawn from the Vulgate and the Roman liturgy. However, the texts are varied—ranging from the desolate and meditative to the exuberant and festive. Within these pieces we hear some of Sweelinck's most interesting and distinctive music.

It is hoped that the present recordings will help draw attention to a rich and diverse repertoire that deserves to be far better known. And who could be better equipped to perform it than Trinity College Chapel Choir under the direction of Richard Marlow?

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