The Great Service

Album by William Byrd & The Cardinall’s Musick & Andrew Carwood

The Great Service is a choral setting of the Anglican liturgy by the English Renaissance composer William Byrd, composed around 1600. It employs intricate polyphony, rich harmonic writing and contrasts between full-choir and solo-verse passages characteristic of late Tudor sacred music, and it occupies a notable place among Byrd's liturgical works and in the development of Anglican choral practice.
First released: 1st October 2012

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Great Service: Venite
    5:01
  2. 2.
    The Great Service: Te Deum
    8:35
  3. 3.
    The Great Service: Benedictus
    8:52
  4. 4.
    The Great Service: Kyrie
    1:12
  5. 5.
    The Great Service: Creed
    5:07
  6. 6.
    The Great Service: Magnificat
    8:58
  7. 7.
    The Great Service: Nunc dimittis
    5:07
  8. 8.
    Praise Our Lord, All Ye Gentiles
    2:46
  9. 9.
    Unto the Hills Mine Eyes I Lift
    4:05
  10. 10.
    Make Ye Joy to God All the Earth
    2:27
  11. 11.
    Turn Our Captivity, O Lord
    4:25
  12. 12.
    This Day Christ Was Born
    2:33

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