The Renaissance Singers of Montreal ; Donald Mackey, conductor ; Kenneth Gilbert, organ (7th-8th works)
Principally chants, carols, or motets for unacc. choir; the 7th-8th works with organ acc.; the 24th-25th works are secular madrigals; the 26th work is a verse anthem.
Compact disc.
Program and biographical notes in English and French by Carolyn (Pennington) Roper and Kelly Rice (23 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Radio broadcasts recorded in Montreal and originally aired by the CBC, Dec. 23, 1961-Dec. 15, 1966.
Sung principally in English; some selections in French or Latin.
Creator of the starry height : plainsong (1:24) -- This is the truth sent from above : English carol / arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gian Lyman (2:12) -- Lord Jesus hath a garden : Dutch carol / arr. Geoffrey Shaw (2:08) -- Hymn to the Virgin / Benjamin Britten (2:28) -- Up! good Christen folk, and listen / arr. G.R. Woodward (1:25) -- Hodie Christus natus est / Healey Willan (1:45) -- Psalm 97 (1:05) ; Psalm 84 (1:13) / Heinrich Schütz -- Seigneur, entends ma requête (2:50) ; Chantez à Dieu (1:29) / Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck -- Good Friday prayer I (0:22) -- Christus factus est / Giovanni Francesco Anerio Passion according to St. John / Thomás Luis de Victoria (9:40) -- Ave verum corpus / William Byrd (4:27) -- Good Friday prayer II (0:31) -- O holy Jesu / (2:03) -- Almighty God whose glory / Alfred Whitehead I beheld her (2:12) ; Fair in face (2:18) ; O king all glorious (3:06) / Healey Willan -- Souls of the righteous / Violet Archer (2:34) -- O dearest God (4:24) ; O God, wonderful art thou (3:12) / Graham George -- Come, gentle swains / Michael Cavendish (2:05) -- Now is the month of maying / Thomas Morley (1:48) -- Let the saints be joyful / William Boyce (3:14)