Tye: Missa Euge Bone & Western Wynde Mass

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[the choir] are on crack form here, near flawless in ensemble and intonation. The trebles perform with real fervour, their sheer, plangent sound complemented by the dusky lower voices. O'Donnell... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th Apr 2012
Catalogue No: CDA67928
Label: Hyperion
Length: 73 minutes

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Tye: Quaesumus omnipotens et misericors Deus

Work length6:25

$1.10

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Westminster Abbey Choir
James O’Donnell

Tye: Missa Euge bone

Work length22:02

$8.80

$12.00

Westminster Abbey Choir
James O’Donnell

I. Gloria

Track length5:55

$1.10

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II. Credo

Track length4:53

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III. Sanctus

Track length3:46

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IV. Benedictus

Track length2:22

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Va. Agnus Dei I

Track length1:03

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Vb. Agnus Dei II

Track length1:32

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Vc. Agnus Dei III

Track length1:18

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Vd. Agnus Dei IV

Track length1:13

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Tye: Give almes of thy goods

Work length1:47

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Westminster Abbey Choir
James O’Donnell

Tye: Christ Rising Again from the Dead

Work length3:40

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Westminster Abbey Choir
James O’Donnell

Tye: Peccavimus cum patribus nostris

Work length11:39

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Westminster Abbey Choir
James O’Donnell

Tye: Western Wind Mass

Work length24:35

$7.70

$10.50

Westminster Abbey Choir
James O’Donnell

I. Gloria

Track length6:32

$1.10

$1.50

II. Credo

Track length6:53

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$1.50

IIIa. Sanctus

Track length4:01

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IIIb. Benedictus

Track length2:38

$1.10

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IVa. Agnus Dei I

Track length1:05

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IVb. Agnus Dei II

Track length1:38

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IVc. Agnus Dei III

Track length1:48

$1.10

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Tye: Nunc dimittis

Work length3:33

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Westminster Abbey Choir
James O’Donnell

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Christopher Tye flourished as a church musician in England during the mid-sixteenth century. A direct contemporary of Thomas Tallis, he held the prestigious post of Master of Choristers at Ely cathedral and successfully managed to compose music for both Protestant and Catholic services during a politically unstable time. Henry VIII was a fan, asserting: ‘England one god, one truth, one doctor hath for music’s art—and that is Dr Tye’ (Tye himself had Protestant leanings).

The composer was also described as ‘peevish and humoursome’, and these qualities are reflected in his remarkably individual music, characterized by unpredictable cadences and phrases of often unexpectedly startling beauty. The two major works on this recording are his masterful Missa Euge bone for six voices, and his Western Wynde Mass, probably an early work, and likely written as a complement to John Taverner’s own Mass based on this secular English song.

The peerless Westminster Abbey Choir directed by James O’Donnell performs these sparsely beautiful a cappella works with customary freshness and sense of grandeur.

Reviews

October 2012

[the choir] are on crack form here, near flawless in ensemble and intonation. The trebles perform with real fervour, their sheer, plangent sound complemented by the dusky lower voices. O'Donnell responds to the texts in shaping the unbroken melodic lines, and draws readings that are ardent...radiant...candid...and celestial

August 2012

This disc offers a good sample of Tye's music for both denominations...These are good, sturdy performances. If I have a criticism it is that there's a doggedness about the boy trebles that becomes wearying. Where the men sing alone...the phrasing is more shapely. But the simple, syllabic setting of Give almes of thy goods and the smoothly flowing Nunc dimittis are beautifully done.

July 2012

Immediately one is introduced to Tye's extraordinary sound-world of unusual cadences and rigorous alternation of high and low voices to achieve impressive effects. All of these are carefully allowed to speak for themselves thanks to the judicious direction of [James O'Donnell]...one is able to savour the excellent diction of the singers.

22nd April 2012

Tye was described as peevish, and it shows. The Gloria of his magnificent Missa Euge bone brings you up short with some startlingly grumpy gestures and intriguing harmonic shifts, but the dark clouds never last long...Westminster Abbey Choir are on brilliant form here, trebles crisp and alert and lay vicars forthright and muscular.

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