
The Deer's Cry. Album by The Sixteen
COR16140
Album description
The Choral Pilgrimage 2016
Whilst coming from very different eras, William Byrd and Arvo Pärt are both considered masters of sacred music despite having faced considerable persecution for their work. This programme presents six of William Byrd’s works from the Cantiones Sacrae including the monumental Tribue, Domine, and the mighty eight-voice motet Ad Dominum cum tribularer. The three works by Arvo Pärt speak in his unmistakable voice, with its unique blend of ancient and modern, and include his mesmerising Nunc dimittis which is crafted in his bell-like ‘tinitinnabuli’ style.
Artists
The SixteenHarry Christophers
Behind-the-Scenes video
Reviews
'Music and singing of hypnotic beauty.'The Times
'the whole programme was spine-shiveringly radiant from first to last.' The Times (on The Deer's Cry concert in St Albans, 9 April 2016)
'The sum of this Choral Pilgrimage's parts is consort singing at its best.' The Telegraph (on The Deer's Cry concert in St John's College Chapel, 8 April 2016)
'Their [Pärt and Byrd's] choral writing has a simplicity and intensity, perfectly suited to the blended sound of The Sixteen.' The Guardian
'These performances are well-nigh flawless. But the subtlety, the range, the juxtapositions of timbre are mesmerising.' Bachtrack
'The Sixteen's performance combines a scrupulous accuracy with a pregnant sense of ritual and contemplative mystery.' BBC Music Magazine
Track Listing
William Byrd (c.1540-1623)
1. Diliges Dominum
2. Christe qui lux es et dies
Arvo Pärt (b.1935)
3. The Deer’s Cry
Byrd
4. Emendemus in melius
Pärt
5. The Woman with the Alabaster Box
Byrd
6. Miserere mihi, Domine
7. Ad Dominum cum tribularer
Thomas Tallis (c.1505-85) / Byrd
8. Miserere nostri
Tallis
9. When Jesus went
Byrd
10. O lux beata Trinitas
Pärt
11. Nunc dimittis
Byrd
12. Laetentur coeli
13. Tribue, Domine
Total running time: 67 minutes