Music for Passiontide and Easter. The collection spans centuries, pairing Baroque masterpieces by Purcell and Lotti with 20th-century works by Poulenc, Leighton, and Casals. The recording provides a profound musical pilgrimage of spiritual transition from Lenten reflection to the exuberant joy of the Resurrection.
Track Listing:
Purcell: Hear My Prayer - Henry Purcell
Sanders: The Reproaches - John Sanders
Blow: Salvator Mundi - John Blow
Walton: A Litany - William Walton
Bairstow: The Lamentation - Edward Bairstow
Casals: O Vos Omnes - Pablo Casals
King Of Portugal: Crux Fidelis - John IV King of Portugal
Lotti: Crucifixus - Antonio Lotti
Leighton: Drop, Drop, Slow Tears - Kenneth Leighton
Handel: Messiah: Messiah: Since By Man Came Death - George Frideric Handel
Tantum Ergo - Déodat de Séverac
Poulenc: Litanies à La Vierge Noire - Francis Poulenc
Love Is Come Again - Traditional
This Joyful Eastertide - Traditional
Byrd: Haec Dies - William Byrd
Easter Anthems - John Scott
Ye Choirs Of New Jerusalem - Richard Shephard