In Chains of Gold Vol. 3

Name: In Chains of Gold Vol. 3
SKU: SIGCD931
Availability: InStock

£8.00 – £14.00

Leading performers of 17th-century music the Magdalena Consort, Fretwork and His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts combine forces under the artistic direction of William Hunt for their third release exploring the English Anthems with instrumental consort for ceremony, reflection and prayer to celebrate the anniversary of the death of Orlando Gibbons, completing a three-part series that began in 2017 with the first complete recording of Gibbons’ consort anthems.

Learn more about the Orlando Gibbons project here: https://www.orlandogibbonsproject.com/

“In Chains of Gold is a high-quality musical collective project that sheds light on these unknown masterpieces.” – Sonograma

“Nicolson’s anthem stands as the epitome of all that is best in Bill Hunt’s triumphantly successful project.” – Early Music Review

“…there is a lot more there about the fresh ideas the ensembles here have applied to the music, but general listeners will also find much to enjoy” – AllMusic

Music Format

High-Res FLAC
Standard FLAC
Ultra-High-Res FLAC
CD
MP3

Clear selection

SKU: SIGCD931

Magdalena Consort, Fretwork, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, Silas Wollston, and William Hunt.

Release date: 28/02/2025

Catalogue number: 635212093122

Barcode: SIGCD931

“Further variety is achieved by several Tomkins instrumental pieces: voluntaries played by Wollston on a reconstructed early 17th-century English ‘Tudor’ organ and a Pavan full of melancholic falling chromaticism performed exquisitely by His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts.” – Cathedral Music Trust

“A very complete and complex project on which the three ensembles have worked formidable. This music has never been performed – with such a sharp and clear result – for vocal ensemble, and in the larger, occasional hymns, the great sonority of sagbutts and cornets, frequently historically documented, provide a suitably opulent colour, not to mention the beautiful sonority of a reconstructed Tudor organ.” – Sonograma

[1] This is a joyfull, happy, holy day

[2] Consider, all ye passers by

[3] Hearken, all ye people

[4] All laud and praise

[5] Voluntary (28)

[6] In thee, O Lord

[7] When Jesus sat at meat

[8] Voluntary (24)

[9] O God, the heathen are come

[10] Verse of 3 parts (26)

[11] The Lord hear thee

[12] Pavan in A

[13] Have mercy upon me, O Lord

[14] Let God arise

[15] Know You Not