Stile Antico & Fretwork - Tune Thy Musicke To Thy Hart (2012) MCH SACD ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC
Stile Antico, Fretwork - Tune Thy Musicke To Thy Hart (2012)
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 64:43 min | Front/Rear Cover + Digital Booklet | 3,23 GB
or DSD64 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Cover + Digital Booklet | 1,52 GB
or FLAC 2.0 (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear Cover + Digital Booklet | 1,31 GB
DSD Recording | Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | Label: Harmonia Mundi # HMU 807554
For its sixth recording on Harmonia Mundi, Stile Antico is joined by the outstanding viol consort Fretwork to explore the wealth of sacred music written not for church performance, but for the court and for the home. Sung entirely in English, this fascinating programme spans two centuries and a vast range of styles, from the austerity of Browne and Taverner to the harmonic daring of Tomkins and Ramsey, and from the smallest works by Campion and Dowland to the great verse anthems of Gibbons and Amner.
So strong is the perceived distinction between public sacred works and private secular ones during the Renaissance that the pieces here have been almost completely ignored, even though several of them are by the top rank of English composers. These are counterparts to the secular English madrigal: small polyphonic pieces in English for use in home devotional observances. Some, in fact, are very much simply sacred madrigals: Giovanni Croce's From profound centre of my heart (track 10) has a very madrigalian illustration of Psalm 130's "sad groans." Others are more like English-language motets, while Thomas Campion's Never weather-beaten sail is a deceptively simple work rooted in the older anthem style. One of the best features of this album is the presence of several fine examples of the instrumental In nomine in a context in which they make sense. These pieces formed a tradition lasting from John Taverner (whose iconic example is included here) up through at least Henry Purcell; each is based on a melody appearing at the words "in nomine Domini" in the Benedictus movement of a mass by Taverner. These pieces are usually sandwiched in among viol consort pieces, but they fit better with these intimate vocal works: they are, in a sense, pieces based on a tune everyone knew. It is easy to imagine the whole program being played by a nobleman's small consort of musicians, and the joining of two distinct groups, the vocalists of Stile Antico and the instrumentalists of Fretwork, is accomplished without a seam. Harmonia Mundi contributes sound that perfectly fits the quietly thoughtful mood. This is a must for serious collections of English Renaissance music.
Tracklist:
01. Thomas Tomkins: O praise the Lord
02. John Amner: O ye little flock
03. John Taverner: In Nomine
04. Robert Ramsey: How are the mighty fall'n
05. Thomas Tallis: Purge me, O Lord
06. John Amner: A stranger here
07. Robert Parsons: In nomine a 4 no. 1
08. John Browne: Jesu, mercy, how may this be?
09. Robert Parsons:In nomine a 4 no. 2
10. Giovanni Croce: From profound centre of my heart
11. John Dowland: I shame at my unworthiness
12. Thomas Campion: Never weather-beaten sail
13. William Byrd: Why do I use my paper, ink and pen?
14. Thomas Tomkins: When David heard
15. Orlando Gibbons: See, see, the Word is incarnate
Stile Antico
Helen Ashby, Kate Ashby, Rebecca Hickey - sopranos
Emma Ashby, Eleanor Harries, Carris Jones - altos
Jim Clements, Andrew Griffiths, Benedict Hymas* - tenors (*soloist on "13")
Will Dawes, Oliver Hunt, Matthew O’Donovan - basses
with
Fretwork - on Tracks 2, 3, 7, 9, 13, 15
Asako Morikawa, Richard Campbell, Reiko Ichise, Richard Tunniciffe, Richard Boothby - viols
+ Emilia Benjamin - viol (on Track 2)
Produced by Robina G. Young. Recording Engineer & Editor by Brad Michel.
Recorded in February 2011 at Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London, UK.
Recorded, Edited & Mastered in DSD.
foobar2000 2.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: Stile Antico & Fretwork / Tune thy Musicke to thy Hart
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -8.00 dB -26.96 dB 3:45 01-O praise the Lord
DR15 -9.35 dB -29.98 dB 7:06 02-O ye little flock
DR12 -15.57 dB -31.17 dB 2:03 03-In Nomine
DR14 -6.29 dB -28.03 dB 6:29 04-How are the mighty fall'n
DR13 -12.73 dB -32.08 dB 1:51 05-Purge me, O Lord
DR14 -7.30 dB -28.21 dB 5:04 06-A stranger here
DR12 -17.28 dB -32.88 dB 2:35 07-In nomine a 4 no. 1
DR15 -6.98 dB -29.03 dB 10:03 08-Jesu, mercy, how may this be?
DR12 -16.37 dB -32.39 dB 2:19 09-In nomine a 4 no. 2
DR14 -9.45 dB -30.13 dB 4:36 10-From profound centre of my heart
DR12 -8.44 dB -28.35 dB 2:21 11-I shame at my unworthiness
DR14 -8.22 dB -29.73 dB 2:39 12-Never weather-beaten sail
DR13 -11.61 dB -29.88 dB 2:30 13-Why do I use my paper, ink and pen?
DR14 -4.99 dB -27.92 dB 5:03 14-When David heard
DR14 -6.93 dB -28.09 dB 6:18 15-See, see, the Word is incarnate
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Number of tracks: 15
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 5
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 14112 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Stile Antico & Fretwork / Tune thy Musicke to thy Hart
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -6.47 dB -23.62 dB 3:45 01-O praise the Lord
DR14 -8.28 dB -27.37 dB 7:06 02-O ye little flock
DR11 -14.49 dB -29.00 dB 2:03 03-In Nomine
DR14 -5.56 dB -25.16 dB 6:29 04-How are the mighty fall'n
DR14 -12.23 dB -30.25 dB 1:51 05-Purge me, O Lord
DR14 -7.16 dB -25.40 dB 5:04 06-A stranger here
DR12 -17.58 dB -31.61 dB 2:35 07-In nomine a 4 no. 1
DR15 -6.78 dB -26.35 dB 10:03 08-Jesu, mercy, how may this be?
DR12 -16.86 dB -30.87 dB 2:19 09-In nomine a 4 no. 2
DR14 -9.36 dB -27.57 dB 4:36 10-From profound centre of my heart
DR11 -7.90 dB -25.61 dB 2:21 11-I shame at my unworthiness
DR14 -8.10 dB -27.11 dB 2:39 12-Never weather-beaten sail
DR13 -10.98 dB -27.49 dB 2:30 13-Why do I use my paper, ink and pen?
DR14 -5.46 dB -25.14 dB 5:03 14-When David heard
DR13 -6.26 dB -25.15 dB 6:18 15-See, see, the Word is incarnate
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Number of tracks: 15
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Stile Antico & Fretwork / Tune thy Musicke to thy Hart
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -8.00 dB -26.96 dB 3:45 01-O praise the Lord
DR15 -9.35 dB -29.98 dB 7:06 02-O ye little flock
DR12 -15.57 dB -31.17 dB 2:03 03-In Nomine
DR14 -6.29 dB -28.03 dB 6:29 04-How are the mighty fall'n
DR13 -12.73 dB -32.08 dB 1:51 05-Purge me, O Lord
DR14 -7.30 dB -28.21 dB 5:04 06-A stranger here
DR12 -17.28 dB -32.88 dB 2:35 07-In nomine a 4 no. 1
DR15 -6.98 dB -29.03 dB 10:03 08-Jesu, mercy, how may this be?
DR12 -16.37 dB -32.39 dB 2:19 09-In nomine a 4 no. 2
DR14 -9.45 dB -30.13 dB 4:36 10-From profound centre of my heart
DR12 -8.44 dB -28.35 dB 2:21 11-I shame at my unworthiness
DR14 -8.22 dB -29.73 dB 2:39 12-Never weather-beaten sail
DR13 -11.61 dB -29.88 dB 2:30 13-Why do I use my paper, ink and pen?
DR14 -4.99 dB -27.92 dB 5:03 14-When David heard
DR14 -6.93 dB -28.09 dB 6:18 15-See, see, the Word is incarnate
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Number of tracks: 15
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 5
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 14112 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: Stile Antico & Fretwork / Tune thy Musicke to thy Hart
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -6.47 dB -23.62 dB 3:45 01-O praise the Lord
DR14 -8.28 dB -27.37 dB 7:06 02-O ye little flock
DR11 -14.49 dB -29.00 dB 2:03 03-In Nomine
DR14 -5.56 dB -25.16 dB 6:29 04-How are the mighty fall'n
DR14 -12.23 dB -30.25 dB 1:51 05-Purge me, O Lord
DR14 -7.16 dB -25.40 dB 5:04 06-A stranger here
DR12 -17.58 dB -31.61 dB 2:35 07-In nomine a 4 no. 1
DR15 -6.78 dB -26.35 dB 10:03 08-Jesu, mercy, how may this be?
DR12 -16.86 dB -30.87 dB 2:19 09-In nomine a 4 no. 2
DR14 -9.36 dB -27.57 dB 4:36 10-From profound centre of my heart
DR11 -7.90 dB -25.61 dB 2:21 11-I shame at my unworthiness
DR14 -8.10 dB -27.11 dB 2:39 12-Never weather-beaten sail
DR13 -10.98 dB -27.49 dB 2:30 13-Why do I use my paper, ink and pen?
DR14 -5.46 dB -25.14 dB 5:03 14-When David heard
DR13 -6.26 dB -25.15 dB 6:18 15-See, see, the Word is incarnate
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Number of tracks: 15
Official DR value: DR13
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DST64
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