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Music for Troubled Times: The English Civil War & Siege of York

The Ebor Singers, Paul Gameson

Music for Troubled Times: The English Civil War & Siege of York
A beautiful and effective set.

Choir & Organ4 out of 5 stars

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Music for Troubled Times: The English Civil War & Siege of York

The Ebor Singers, Paul Gameson

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A beautiful and effective set.

Choir & Organ4 out of 5 stars

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York-based chamber choir, The Ebor Singers, with their director Paul Gameson, make their Resonus Classics debut with an album of works inspired by the English Civil War and, in particular, the 1644 Siege of York. Based around the 'York' psalms of William Lawes, this fascinating recording features a programme of music that may have been performed in York's historic minster. Around this time of huge political, social and religious upheaval. Released on CD and in digital formats ranging from MP3 up to 24-bit studio quality master with a full-colour booklet as a PDF.

Contents and tracklist

Byrd: O Lord, Save Thy Servant Charles
Work length2:08
  • The Ebor Singers
  • Paul Gameson
Lawes, W: Psalm 100 - All people that on earth do dwell
Work length2:46
  • The Ebor Singers
  • Paul Gameson
Hutchinson, J: Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is
Work length2:12
  • The Ebor Singers
  • Paul Gameson
Lawes, W: Psalm 6: Lord, In Thy Wrath Reprove Me Not
Work length4:39
  • The Ebor Singers
  • Paul Gameson
Tomkins: O God, the proud are risen against me
Work length3:03
  • The Ebor Singers
  • Paul Gameson
Lawes, W: Psalm 18: O God, My Strength And Fortitude
Work length5:10
  • The Ebor Singers
  • Paul Gameson
Lawes, W: See how Cawood's dragon looks
Work length2:03
  • The Ebor Singers
  • Paul Gameson
Lawes, W: Psalm 67: Have Mercy On Us, Lord
Work length3:34
  • The Ebor Singers
  • Paul Gameson
Child, W: O Lord God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance
Work length4:16
  • The Ebor Singers
  • Paul Gameson
Lawes, W: Psalm 22 - O God, my God
Work length14:58
This work is only available as an album download.
  • The Ebor Singers
  • Paul Gameson
Lawes, W: Music, the master of thy art is dead
Work length3:16
  • The Ebor Singers
  • Paul Gameson
Wilson, John: My God, my King, incline thine ear
Work length2:18
  • The Ebor Singers
  • Paul Gameson
Lawes, H: A Funeral Anthem
Work length4:51
  • The Ebor Singers
  • Paul Gameson
Jeffreys, G: How wretched is the state
Work length6:54
  • The Ebor Singers
  • Paul Gameson
Tomkins: Sad Pavan: For These Distracted Times
Work length5:05
  • David Pipe
  • The Ebor Singers
  • Paul Gameson
Locke: How doth the city sit solitary
Work length9:26
  • The Ebor Singers
  • Paul Gameson

Awards and reviews

A beautiful and effective set.
4 out of 5 stars

Awards Issue 2017

At its best there’s much to enjoy: the setting of Psalm 22 is more successful, and every now and then a recognisable gesture will leap out at those who know his consort music well. These committed and sympathetic performances take wing, generally speaking, when Lawes does so himself…The choral selections and sections fare best.

Classical Ear October 2017

Focusing on the Siege of York in 1644 and based around the York psalms of William Lawes Music for Troubled Times finds the city’s Ebor Singers in characteristically crisp form, delivering vocally blended, well- proportioned accounts of contemporary commentary.
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