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Lost Majesty - Sacred Songs and Anthems by George Jeffreys

Solomon's Knot

Lost Majesty - Sacred Songs and Anthems by George Jeffreys

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One huge advantage Solomon’s Knot have in this type of music is the unrelenting beauty of their individual voices: listen for the cascading phrases in the four-voice work What praise can reach...

Lost Majesty - Sacred Songs and Anthems by George Jeffreys

Solomon's Knot

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Awards:

One huge advantage Solomon’s Knot have in this type of music is the unrelenting beauty of their individual voices: listen for the cascading phrases in the four-voice work What praise can reach...

About

The English early music ensemble Solomon's Knot had four inspiring recording days surrounded by bats, peacocks and ghosts for their latest double album of music by the English composer George Jeffreys (ca. 1610 - 1685). The recordings took place at Kirby Hall, one of England's most enchanting Elizabethan manor houses. Thanks to English Heritage and some generous supporters, and under the expert ears of recording team Nicholas Parker and Andrew Mellor, Solomon's Kno tbrought the English church music of George Jeffreys back to the place where the composer lived and worked for most of his life. This 2-CD recording contains the complete English vocal works for 4 and 5 voices with continuo by George Jeffreys, including many world premiere recordings, which undoubtedly show that he is the great "forgotten" composer of the English 17th century.

Contents and tracklist

Hark, shepherd swains
Track length5:10
Busy time this day
Track length4:39
Brightest of days
Track length5:25
Whisper it easily
Track length5:31
Rise heart; thy Lord is risen
Track length6:41
Look up, all eyes
Track length4:43
The Lord in thy adversity
Track length7:54
A music strange
Track length6:43
What praise can reach thy clemency
Track length6:22
Turn thee again
Track length6:24
Awake my soul
Track length3:39
How wretched is the state you all are in
Track length4:38
In the midst of life
Track length4:15
Turn thou us, O good Lord
Track length5:10
Great and marvellous are thy works
Track length4:44
He beheld the city
Track length3:52

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Awards and reviews

April 2024

One huge advantage Solomon’s Knot have in this type of music is the unrelenting beauty of their individual voices: listen for the cascading phrases in the four-voice work What praise can reach thy clemency.

BR Klassik February 2024

Solomon's Knot is a stroke of luck for the forgotten composer. They really make the music their own, glowing, passionate, expressive. An exceptionally intense album.
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