Geoffrey Webber - Sacred Choral Music - Classical - CD

Chastised for 'excesses in his life and conversation', Michael Wise lived a notoriously dissolute life which ended when he was hit about the head and 'kill'd downright' by the night-watchman of Salisbury Cathedral. Thus was St Paul's robbed of it's forthcoming Master of the Choristers, and history of one of the period's most prolific and accomplished composers. Geoffrey Webber and his choir pay testament to the more respectable music-making that is Wise's legacy. Thomas Weelkes is remembered as one of the outstanding English composers of the seventeenth century. This survey of his services, verse anthems and sacred madrigals features first recordings of several works in new reconstructions by scholar Peter James. Benjamin Nicholas's Tewkesbury choir delivers telling performances which passionately convey the range, imagination and technical accomplishment of Weelkes' settings.

Chastised for 'excesses in his life and conversation', Michael Wise lived a notoriously dissolute life which ended when he was hit about the head and 'kill'd downright' by the night-watchman of Salisbury Cathedral. Thus was St Paul's robbed of it's forthcoming Master of the Choristers, and history of one of the period's most prolific and accomplished composers. Geoffrey Webber and his choir pay testament to the more respectable music-making that is Wise's legacy. Thomas Weelkes is remembered as one of the outstanding English composers of the seventeenth century. This survey of his services, verse anthems and sacred madrigals features first recordings of several works in new reconstructions by scholar Peter James. Benjamin Nicholas's Tewkesbury choir delivers telling performances which passionately convey the range, imagination and technical accomplishment of Weelkes' settings.

Performer	Geoffrey Webber
Music genre	Classical
Music subgenre	CD - CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
Music release type	Release
Media format	CD
Original release date	2021
Edition	Standard
Language	English
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	M. Wise - Michael Wise: Sacred Choral Music [CD]
Track listing	Te Deum, Jubilate Deo
Record label	Delphian
Composer	Various Composers
Track name	O Jonathan, Rejoice in the Lord, Te Deum and Jubilate (Eighth Service), O How Amiable Are Thy Dwellings, Christ Rising Again, When David Heard, Laboravi in Gemitu Meo, Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Third Service In F Fa Ut), O Vos Omnes, Lord, to Thee I Make My Moan, Anthem for 5 Voices, Give Ear, O Lord, All People Clap Your Hands, Hosanna to the Son of David
Digital audio file format	CD
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N