Lyricist(s): Wither, George
Conductor(s): Pitts, Antony
Label: Naxos
Genre: Chamber Music; Choral - Sacred
Period: Contemporary; Renaissance
Catalogue No: 8.557681
Barcode: 747313268122
Release Date: 08/2006

GIBBONS, O.: Hymnes and Songs of the Church (Tonus Peregrinus, Pitts)

Orlando Gibbons� exquisite tunes and rock-solid bass-lines for the first English hymn-book, Hymnes and Songs of the Church (1623), were written to be sung and played both at home and in church. Specially realized by Antony Pitts and Alexander L�Estrange for this recording, the complete collection is interleaved with new English hymns and arranged in eight sequences following the Church�s liturgical year.

Tracklist

Gibbons, Orlando
Pitts, Antony - Arranger
Pitts, Antony (organ)
1 Prelude [Song 1] (arr. A. Pitts) 00:46
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
2 No. 47. A Song of Joy - No. 46. Christmas Day 03:34
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
3 No. 34. The Song of Angels 00:45
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Gibbons, Orlando
Pitts, Antony (organ)
4 Interlude [Song 13] (excerpts) 00:23
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Pitts, Antony
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
5 Thine for ever! 01:29
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
6 Amen 00:17
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Gibbons, Orlando
Pitts, Antony - Arranger
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
L'Estrange, Alexander (double bass)
7 No. 9. The First Canticle: Come kiss me with those lips of Thine 02:23
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
8 No. 13. The Fifth Canticle: Oh my love 02:47
L'Estrange, Alexander (double bass)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
9 No. 14. The Sixth Canticle: My sister, and espoused peer 04:11
L'Estrange, Alexander (double bass)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
10 No. 18. The Tenth Canticle: Who's this, that leaning on her friend 01:30
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Pitts, John Michael
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
11 Thy way, not mine 02:02
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
12 Amen 00:18
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Pitts, Antony
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
13 There is a green hill far away 03:51
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
14 Interlude (There is a green hill far away) 00:51
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
15 Take my life [Song 13] (arr. A. Pitts) 03:55
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
16 Amen 00:21
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
17 Lord, who by Thy perfect offering 01:04
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Gibbons, Orlando
L'Estrange, Alexander - Arranger
L'Estrange, Alexander (double bass)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
18 No. 24. The First Lamentation of Jeremiah: How sad and solitary 04:43
L'Estrange, Alexander (double bass)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
19 No. 5. The Lamentation of David: Thy beauty, Israel, is gone 02:33
L'Estrange, Alexander (double bass)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
L'Estrange, Alexander
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
20 As now the sun's declining rays 01:33
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
21 Amen 00:25
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Gibbons, Orlando
Pitts, Antony - Arranger
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
22 The Hymnes and Songs of the Church: No. 1. The First Song of Moses: Now shall the praises of the Lord be sung (arr. A. Pitts) 02:07
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Pitts, Antony
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
23 Lord, who by Thy resurrection 01:05
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Gibbons, Orlando
Pitts, Antony - Arranger
L'Estrange, Alexander (double bass)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
24 No. 4. The Song of Hannah: Now in the Lord 02:14
L'Estrange, Alexander (double bass)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
25 No. 3. The Song of Deborah: Sing praises Israel to the Lord 02:21
L'Estrange, Alexander (double bass)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Pitts, Richard James
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
26 O Lord Most High 02:40
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
27 Amen 00:19
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Gibbons, Orlando
Pitts, Antony - Arranger
L'Estrange, Alexander (double bass)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
28 No. 44. Veni Creator: Come Holy Ghost 02:28
L'Estrange, Alexander (double bass)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
29 No. 67. St. Matthias 00:57
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
30 No. 44. Veni Creator: To Thee, the Father, and the Son 01:08
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Pitts, Antony
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
31 We are of Thee [Song 1] (arr. A. Pitts) 01:40
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
32 Hark, my soul! 02:07
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
33 Amen 00:20
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
34 Come unto Me 02:30
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Gibbons, Orlando
Pitts, Antony - Arranger
Wither, George - Lyricist
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
L'Estrange, Alexander (double bass)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
35 The Second Song of Isaiah [Song 20] (arr. A. Pitts) 00:45
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
L'Estrange, Alexander (double bass)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Gibbons, Orlando
Pitts, Antony - Arranger
L'Estrange, Alexander (double bass)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
36 The Hymnes and Songs of the Church: No. 31. The Prayer of Habakuk: Lord, Thy answer I did hear (arr. A. Pitts) 02:11
L'Estrange, Alexander (double bass)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
L'Estrange, Alexander (double bass)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
37 Interlude [Song 13] (excerpt) (arr. A. Pitts) 01:08
L'Estrange, Alexander (double bass)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Gibbons, Orlando
L'Estrange, Alexander - Arranger
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
38 The Hymnes and Songs of the Church: No. 41. The Song of the Three Children (arr. A. L'Estrange) 01:56
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
39 Amen 00:20
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Pitts, Antony
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
40 Miserere Domine 01:53
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Gibbons, Orlando
Pitts, Antony - Arranger
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
41 The Hymnes and Songs of the Church: No. 22. The Prayer of Hezekiah: O Lord of Hosts, and God of Israel (arr. A. Pitts) 01:22
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (organ)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)
42 Amen 00:26
Tonus Peregrinus (Choir)
Pitts, Antony (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:11:38