Ave Verum Corpus

Description

This recording presents a selection of 15 of the 150 or so Latin motets and three of the dozens of English anthems that, between them, form the larger part of the life’s work of William Byrd (1543–1623), the greatest English composer of his era. The chosen motets and anthems represent just some of the many facets of Byrd’s sacred music, now recognized after three centuries of neglect as among the most glorious ever written for choir.

Track list

1. Sing joyfully
2. Turn our captivity
3. Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles
4. Emendemus in melius
5. Siderum Rector
6. Plorans plorabit
7. Visita, quaesumus Domine
8. Attollite portas
9. Laudibus in sanctis
10. Gaudeamus omnes
11. Ave verum Corpus
12. Veni, Sancte Spiritus
13. Christus resurgens
14. Solve iubente Deo
15. O magnum mysterium
16. Non vos relinquam
17. O quam suavis
18. Justorum animae