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PELHAM HUMFREY [1647-1674]
· O give thanks unto the Lord [dm, rcc, jp, dt] (9'51)
· O Lord my God [dm, rcc, dt] (11'45)
· Have mercy upon me, O God [dm, rcc, dt] (7'42)
· By the waters of Babylon [dm, rcc, jp, dt] (10'53)
· Lift up your heads [dm, rcc] (5'00)
· Hear, O Heav’ns [dm, jp, dt] (4'31)
· Hear my prayer, O God [dd, dm, rcc, dt] (5'42)
· Hear my crying, O God [dd, dm, rcc, jp, dt] (10'29)
· Like as the hart [dd, dm, jp, dt] (10'41)
PELHAM HUMFREY Verse Anthems Romanesca, Nicholas McGegan
1h18
1 CD
HMX2907053
Beginning as a choirboy in the Chapel Royal, Pelham Humfrey became rapidly London’s leading composer of church music. In his anthems, that constitute his most substantial legacy, Humfrey’s flexible and expressive adaptation of the Italian recitative style to English words is memorable.
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Artists
- Drew MinterCountertenor
- Rogers Covey-CrumpTenor
- David ThomasBass
- Romanesca
- Nicholas McGeganConductor
Composers
- Pelham Humfrey
Contents
PELHAM HUMFREY [1647-1674]
· O give thanks unto the Lord [dm, rcc, jp, dt] (9'51)
· O Lord my God [dm, rcc, dt] (11'45)
· Have mercy upon me, O God [dm, rcc, dt] (7'42)
· By the waters of Babylon [dm, rcc, jp, dt] (10'53)
· Lift up your heads [dm, rcc] (5'00)
· Hear, O Heav’ns [dm, jp, dt] (4'31)
· Hear my prayer, O God [dd, dm, rcc, dt] (5'42)
· Hear my crying, O God [dd, dm, rcc, jp, dt] (10'29)
· Like as the hart [dd, dm, jp, dt] (10'41)