Haec dies: Music for Easter

These are, all told, performances of real quality and intelligence, by a choir which has carved a highly distinctive niche for itself amid the Oxbridge scramble — BBC Music Magazine, May 2016, More…

Release Date: 4th Mar 2016
Catalogue No: HMU907655
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 72 minutes

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Lasso: Aurora Lucis Rutilat

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Taverner: Dum transisset Sabbatum I

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anon.: Resurrexi

1:33

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Scheidt: Surrexit Christus hodie

1:18

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Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs: I. Easter

5:15

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anon.: Haec dies (plainchant)

2:57

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Byrd: Haec dies a 6

2:07

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Martin, M: Haec dies

4:36

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anon.: Victimæ Paschali Laudes

2:01

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Bassano, G: Dic nobis Maria

2:50

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anon.: Terra tremuit (plainchant)

1:18

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Palestrina: Terra tremuit

2:05

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Lasso: Surrexit pastor bonus a 5

2:30

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Haller, M: Surrexit Pastor bonus

2:24

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Byrd: Pascha nostrum

2:14

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Lhéritier: Surrexit pastor bonus a 6

5:05

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Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: XIII. Dnes' spaseniye

1:46

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Wesley, S: Blessed be the God and Father

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Hadley, P: My beloved spake

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Stanford: Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem, Op. 123

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Lasso: Magnificat octavi toni super "Aurora lucis rutilat"

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The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and director Graham Ross continue their series of music for the church year with a sequence for Easter Day that spans five centuries and explores the rich tapestry of repertoire from across the European continent.

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May 2016

These are, all told, performances of real quality and intelligence, by a choir which has carved a highly distinctive niche for itself amid the Oxbridge scramble

CD Review 19th March 2016

I love this recording; the selections and also the way you’ll find the same Easter texts set by different composers alongside one another. Excellent singing, it’s a lovely recording as well from sound engineer producer and editor John Rutter.

18th March 2016

The tone is predominantly uplifting in its celebration of the Resurrection — lively rhythms in settings of “Haec dies” by Byrd and the contemporary Matthew Martin, heartwarming English harmonies from Hadley and Stanford. The choir ends with virtuoso singing in Lassus’s Magnificat octavi toni super “Aurora lucis rutilat”, like a slightly madcap encore.

May 2016

[Graham Ross] has taken the Oxbridge model of purity and precision – solid performances of core repertoire – and spiced it with an intelligent, unexpected approach to programming…light on their feet and silvery-bright in tone, the choir romp through Bassano’s Dic nobis Maria and Byrd’s setting of the title text…[and]Lhéritier’s Surrexit pastor bonus offers a moment of contemplative respite – poised and beautifully shaped.

March 2016

A good deal of thought has gone into the planning of this programme. Equally, it’s obvious that the performances have been scrupulously prepared. Despite the annual change of personnel that is inevitably part and parcel of collegiate choirs the Clare College choir achieves remarkable consistency – and excellence. The performances here are in the best traditions of the house... This is a most desirable collection of Easter music.

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