Christ rising again from the dead
Preces (1st set)
Venite
Te Deum
Benedictus
Responses and collects for Easter Matins
Commandments
Credo
Offertory sentence
Sanctus
Gloria
Preces (2nd set)
Wherewithal shall a young man
O do well unto thy servant
My soul cleaveth to the dust
Magnificat
Nunc dimittis
Responses and collects for Christmas Eve evensong
O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit
Purge me, O Lord
Verily, verily I say unto you
Remember not, O Lord God
O Lord, in thee is all my trust
Out from the deep
Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter:
Man blest no doubt
Let God arise in majesty
Why fum’th in fight
O come in one to praise the Lord
E’en like the hunted hind
Expend, O Lord, my plaint
Why brag’st in malice high
God grant with grace
Ordinal

Chapelle du Roi devote this latest volume to music which was composed by Tallis for use during the reformed services announced in The booke of the common prayer which came into effect on Whitsunday (9th June) 1549. Tallis’s music, together with the associated intonations and Collects (for Easter Day at Mattins and for Christmas Eve), is presented for this recording in the normal liturgical sequence for the day; Mattins, Holy Communion, and Evensong. The recording concludes with Tallis’ nine psalm-tune harmonisations which he contributed to Archbishop Matthew Parker’s Psalter, published in 1567.

Chapelle du Roi give an inspired and historically informed performance of the sacred renaissance repertoire for which they are celebrated.



"sung with plaintive simplicity, exquisite balance and clear diction, virtues that characterise the whole estimable disc"

Rick Jones, Classic fm magazine

"The line-up of singers ... is extraordinary ... they ... cohere in a warm collective that is wonderful to listen to"

Allison Bullock, International Record Review

"Chapelle du Roi's skill is manifest ... the whole experience of listening to them was like hearing was like hearing a rather special evensong in a college chapel"

Mary Berry, Gramophone

"The singing of the Chapelle is as beautifully flawless as ever ... the crowning glory of the disc is the exquisite account of Tallis nine tunes of Archbishop Parker's Psalter"

D James Ross, EMF Scotland