Composer(s): Tomkins, Thomas
Conductor(s): Summerly, Jeremy
Choir(s): Oxford Camerata
Label: Naxos
Series: Early Music Collection
Genre: Choral - Sacred; Instrumental
Period: Renaissance
Catalogue No: 8.553794
Barcode: 0730099479424
Release Date: 09/1999

TOMKINS: Choral and Organ Works

With a style that harked back to contrapuntal forms of Byrd and Gibbons, the English composer Thomas Tomkins was appointed a member of the Chapel Royal in 1620 and served for many years as master of the choristers and organist at Worcester Cathedral, until 1646, when the musical establishment there was disbanded and the organ removed by the Puritans.

A pupil of Byrd, Tomkins wrote a large quantity of music for the services of the Church of England, works collected and published posthumously in 1668 under the title Musica Deo Sacra. His compositions include madrigals, keyboard works and consort music, which continue the tradition of the earlier years of the seventeenth century. The present release includes anthems, canticles for Evensong and works for keyboard.

Tracklist

Tomkins, Thomas
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
1Great and marvellous are thy works02:33
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
Tomkins, Thomas
Bible - Old Testament - Lyricist
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
2My shepherd is the living Lord03:55
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
Tomkins, Thomas
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
3Magnificat (The Fifth Service)05:24
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
4Nunc dimittis (The Fifth Service)03:02
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
5(Organ) Voluntary (in D)01:52
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
6Funeral Sentences07:57
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
7Pavan and Galliard04:42
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
8Arise, O Lord God, lift up thine hand06:09
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
Tomkins, Thomas
Hall, Joseph - Lyricist
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
9Above the stars my saviour dwells04:09
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
Tomkins, Thomas
Bible - Old Testament - Lyricist
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
10When David heard that Absalom was slain05:18
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
Tomkins, Thomas
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
11A Sad Pavan for these distracted times03:14
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Tomkins, Thomas
Bible - Old Testament - Lyricist
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
12Then David mourned with his lamentation03:57
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
Tomkins, Thomas
Bible - New Testament - Lyricist
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
13Behold, the hour cometh and now is04:09
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
Tomkins, Thomas
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
14Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom06:55
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
Tomkins, Thomas
Bible - Old Testament - Lyricist
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)
15O sing unto the Lord a new song03:40
Oxford Camerata (Choir)
Cummings, Laurence (organ)
Summerly, Jeremy (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:06:56