Music for Henry V & The House of Lancaster - The Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman

The Binchois Consort presents a disc which demonstrates the beauty and grandeur of the music performed daily in princely chapels of fifteenth-century England. It illustrates the sheer variety of types of singing, some of it virtuosic in its brilliance. Specifically it offers sacred ceremonial pieces written either for Henry V himself, as King, or to invoke the saintly patron of the House of Lancaster, John of Bridlington, as well as a selection of intricate motets.

Scholarly notes by Philip Weller place this music firmly in its historical context, and the Binchois performances represent the highest standard of early music singing of the present day. Every nuance is considered and each phrase is relished in this immaculately polished disc.

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Gloria[3'42]Henry V (1386-1422)
2
The Office for St John of Bridlington  Johannis solemnitas digne celebretur[7'04]Anonymous - liturgical
3
Asperges me, Domine[2'40]Anonymous - liturgical
Missa Quem malignus spiritus[34'54]Anonymous - Medieval
4
Kyrie[6'58]
5
Gloria[6'27]
6
Ave regina caelorum[1'14]Anonymous - liturgical
Richard Butler (tenor)
7
Ave regina caelorum[2'53]Leonel Power (d1445)
Missa Quem malignus spiritus[34'54]Anonymous - Medieval
8
Credo[7'34]
9
Gloriosae virginis[0'52]Anonymous - liturgical
Christopher Watson (tenor)
10
Gloriosae virginis[1'39]Leonel Power (d1445)
Missa Quem malignus spiritus[34'54]Anonymous - Medieval
11
Sanctus and Benedictus[7'37]
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Salvatoris mater pia / O Georgi Deo care / [Benedictus Mariae Filius][4'12][Thomas?] Damett (? 1389/90-between 15 July 1436 and 14 April 1437)
13
Alma proles / Christi miles[3'50]John? Cooke (c1385-?1442)
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Salve mater Domini / Salve templum gratie[3'03][? Nicholas] Sturgeon (d1454)
Missa Quem malignus spiritus[34'54]Anonymous - Medieval
15
Agnus Dei[6'18]
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Ite missa est – Agimus tibi gratias[2'00]Anonymous - liturgical
17
Tota pulchra es[2'01]Anonymous - liturgical
Tim Travers-Brown (countertenor)
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Ave regina caelorum a 4[2'35]Walter Frye (d1475)