Sacred Music : Gallicantus

HYMNS, PSALMS AND LAMENTATIONS
SACRED MUSIC BY ROBERT WHITE

Robert White (d.1574)
Christe qui lux es et dies (I) [03.58]
Ad te levavi oculos meos [06.36]
Exaudiat te, Dominus [09.23]
Miserere mei, Deus [15.37]
Christe qui lux es et dies (IV) [06.01]
Domine quis habitabit (III) [06.49]
Manus tuae fecerunt me [07.39]
Lamentations (a6) [17.14]

GALLICANTUS:
DAVID ALLSOPP & MARK CHAMBERS, COUNTERTENOR
RICHARD BUTLER & CHRISTOPHER WATSON, TENOR
GABRIEL CROUCH & NIGEL SHORT, BARITONE
WILLIAM GAUNT & JIMMY HOLLIDAY, BASS
GABRIEL CROUCH, DIRECTOR

Recorded at All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London on 7-9 August 2008
Producer - Adrian Peacock
Engineer and Editor - Andrew Mellor

The early music ensemble Gallicantus was born within the ranks of the world-class choir Tenebrae, when five of the choir’s regulars, each with a wealth of experience in the world of consort singing, decided to form a separate group dedicated to renaissance music. Literally meaning Rooster Song or cock crow, Gallicantus is a word from monastic antiquity for the office held just before the dawn. It evokes the renewal of life offered by the coming day.

The group is bound by a shared love of communicating text, and is committed to creating performances which draw out unifying themes within apparently diverse repertoire: To this end they are as meticulous about providing context and insight for audiences as they are about crafting interpretations of the music they love. ( Signum )