Album Description

Sheppard, Mason, Davy.

Magdalen College, Oxford, was a centre of excellence in the sixteenth century, with three of the era’s greatest composers holding the position of Master of the Choristers during a prolific period of English music.
 
Harry Christophers presents the unique Magdalen sound in sublime music from these composers, performed by The Magdalen Collection, all previous academical clerks of Magdalen College, Oxford.

Track Listing

Plainsong 
1. Magnificat antiphon: Inclita sancte 

John Sheppard (d.1559) 
2. Magnificat a4 
3. O happy Dames 

John Mason (d.1548) 
4. Vae nobis miseris  

Sheppard
5. Laudem dicite Deo 7.39

Richard Davy (d.1507) 
6. Joan is sick and ill at ease 

Sheppard 
7. In manus tuas I
8. In manus tuas II 
9. In manus tuas III 
10. Spiritus sanctus I 

Plainsong
11. Magnificat antiphon: In diebus illis 

Davy
12. Ah, mine heart, remember thee well 

Mason
13. Quales sumus

TOTAL PLAYING TIME: 1hr 15mins