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About the conductor Paul McCreesh

Born in London in 1960, Paul McCreesh studied music at the University of Manchester from 1978 to 1981. He is founder and artistic director of the Gabrieli Consort and Players, with whom he has established himself at the highest level in the period instrument field. He is recognised for his authoritative and innovative performances on the concert platform and the opera house. With the Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh has performed in major concert halls and festivals across the world and has built a large and distinguished discography for Deutsche Grammophon.

CDs and DVDs featuring the conductor Paul McCreesh

CATALOGUE NR: 4776147
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 09-Oct-2006

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi
TITLE: Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610
TRACKS: Vespers of the Blessed Virgin : Deus in adiutorium - Domine ad adiuvandum - Sex vocibus et sex instrumentis. Missus est Angelus. Dixit Dominus - Sex vocibus et sex instrumentis. Nigra sum a voce sola. Ave Maria gratia plena. Laudate pueri Dominum. Canzon quarta: La Pace (Giovanni Paolo Cima). Ne timeas Maria. Laetatus sum a 6 voci. Toccata (Ercole Pasquini). Dabit ei Dominus. Nisi Dominus a dieci voci. Secondo Dialogo (Adriano Banchieri). Ecce ancilla Domini. Lauda Ierusalem a sette voci. Pulchra es a due voci. Ecce virgo concipiet. Ave maris stella Hymnus a 8. Ave Maria gratia plena. Magnificat: Septem vocibus & sex instrumentis. Magnificat. Et exultavit. Quia respexit ad una voce sola et sei instrumenti li quali suoneranno con piu forza che se puo. Quia fecit mihi magna a tre voci et doi instrumenti. Et misericordia a 6 voci sole in dialogo. Fecit potentiam ad una voce et tre instrumenti.
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh
ARTISTS: Gabrieli Consort & Players      

- Nov-2006 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4575972
RECORD LABEL: Archiv
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 14-Apr-1998

COMPOSER: Cristobal de Morales  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Requiem
TRACKS: A Requiem for Philip II as it might have been celebrated at his funeral rite in the Cathedral of Toledo in 1598: Officium defunctorum Misa pro Defunctis (1544). Motet: Versa est in luctum (Lobo).
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh
ARTISTS: Gabrieli Consort & Players      

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CATALOGUE NR: 93904
RECORD LABEL: Brilliant Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.88
RELEASE DATE: 28-Sep-2009

COMPOSER: Cristobal de Morales
TITLE: Mass for the Feast of St Isidore of Seville
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh
ARTISTS: Gabrieli Consort & Players      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1995

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CATALOGUE NR: 4747142
RECORD LABEL: Archiv
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 08-Nov-2004

COMPOSER: Georg Muffat  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: A Requiem for Biber
TRACKS: Media Vita in Morte Sumus - In the midst of life we are death - VITA : Prelude - Ciacona (Muffat). Kyrie - Missa in B (Biber). Gloria - Missa in B (Biber). Gradual - Sonata XIII (Schmelzer). Credo - Missa in B (Biber). Offertory - Peccator et consolator a 2 (Megerle). Sanctus - Missa in B (Biber). Elevation - Praeludium legatura (Anon). Agnus Dei - Missa in B (Biber). Communion - Ave verum corpus (di Lasso). Deo gratias - Sonata II (Schmelzer). MORS - Prelude - Praeludium (Anon). Requiem in F con terza minore - Introit / Kyrie / Sequence / Offertory / Sanctus / Agnus Dei / Communion (Biber). POSTLUDE - Media vita in morte sumus a 6 (di Lasso).
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh
ARTISTS: Gabrieli Consort & Players      

- Jan-2005 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4690612
RECORD LABEL: Archiv
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 30.95
RELEASE DATE: 16-Oct-2000

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Theodora
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh
ARTISTS: Gabrieli Consort & Players   Susan Gritton   Graham Bickley   Robin Blaze

- Oct-2000 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star 'beautifully recorded in a sympathetic acoustic it offers an outstandingly sensitive, well-paced reading, ideally cast'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4596882
RECORD LABEL: Archiv
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 37.49
RELEASE DATE: 15-Feb-1999

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Solomon
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh
ARTISTS: Gabrieli Consort & Players   Andreas Scholl   Susan Gritton   Graham Bickley

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'McCreesh has the exact measure of Solomon's unique musical chemistry. Andreas Scholl's countertenor was, inevitably, the wisdom and the glory of this Solomon. Exhuberant yet minutely controlled, the voice incarnated every aspect of the role.' Times review of the performance at 1998 Summer Proms - Apr-1999 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4745102
RECORD LABEL: Archiv
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 30.95
RELEASE DATE: 08-Mar-2004

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Saul - complete
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh
ARTISTS: Andreas Scholl   Neal Davies   Gabrieli Consort & Players   Susan Gritton

- Jun-2004 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: OABD7022D
RECORD LABEL: Opus Arte
FORMAT: DVD Video Blu-ray
PRICE: including VAT £ 33.99
RELEASE DATE: 02-Mar-2009

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Tamerlano - complete
TRACKS: Bonus material - Illustrated synopsis & cast gallery. Interview with Paul McCreesh.
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra of Teatro Real
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh
ARTISTS: Placido Domingo   Monica Bacelli   Sarah Mingardo   Ingela Bohlin

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: 1080i High Definition 16:9 AVC/MPEG-4 - please note this Blu-ray disc - BD is not compatible with standard DVD players / Sound Format: 2.0 & 5.0 PCM / Region Code: 0 / Recorded: live at Teatro Real Madrid 2008 / Subtitles: English French German Spanish Italian / Menu language: English

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CATALOGUE NR: OA1006D
RECORD LABEL: Opus Arte
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 33.99
RELEASE DATE: 02-Mar-2009

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Tamerlano - complete
TRACKS: Bonus material - Illustrated synopsis & cast gallery. Interview with Paul McCreesh.
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra of Teatro Real
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh
ARTISTS: Placido Domingo   Monica Bacelli   Sarah Mingardo   Ingela Bohlin

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 anamorphic / Sound Format: 5.0 DTS Surround Sound PCM Stereo / Region Code: 0 / Recorded: live at Teatro Real Madrid 2008 / Subtitles: English French German Spanish Italian / Menu language: English - May-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4778056
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 6.50
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RELEASE DATE: 16-Mar-2009
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COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Handel Arias
TRACKS: Tamerlano : Act I Aria - Ciel e terra armi di sdegno. Rodelinda regina de' Longobardi : Act III Accompagnato - Fatto inferno e il mio petto / Act III Aria - Pastorello d'un povero armento. Serse - Xerxes : Act I Accompagnato - Frondi tenere e belle / Act I Arioso - Ombra mai fu / Act I Aria - Piu che penso alle fiamme del core / Act III Aria - Crude Furie degl'orridi abissi. Ariodante : Act II Aria - Scherza infida in grembo al drudo! / Act III Aria - Dopo notte atra e funesta. Tamerlano : Act III Recitativo - Oh per me lieto avventuroso giorno! / Accompagnato e Recitativo - Fremi minaccia … No vo' seguirti anch'io / Recitativo accompagnato - O sempre avversi dei! / Act III Arioso - Figlia mia non pianger / Act III Accompagnato - Tu spietato il vedrai. La Resurrezione : Part I Aria - Cosi la tortorella / Part II Aria - Caro figlio!.
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh
ARTISTS: Rolando Villazon   Gabrieli Players    

- May-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'He has dipped his toe successfully into Baroque waters before and here he brings that same sense of passionate commitment, while the voice is still supple enough at this stage of his career to, er, handle Handel's demands.'

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CATALOGUE NR: CDE84304
RECORD LABEL: Meridian
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95

COMPOSER: Giacomo Carissimi
TRACKS: Jepthah. The Judgement of Solomon. Jonah.
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh
ARTISTS: Gabrieli Consort & Players      

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'these are most convincing accounts of all three works, if on a fairly intimate scale. However, the backup documentation is inadequate'

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CATALOGUE NR: 93870
RECORD LABEL: Brilliant Classics
FORMAT: 5 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 15.99
RELEASE DATE: 27-Oct-2008

COMPOSER: Giovanni Gabrieli  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Venetian Vespers
TRACKS: Venetian Vespers - beginning : Sacristy Bell. Organ: Intonazione. Versicle & Response: Deus In Adiutorium / Domine Ad Adiuvandum. Antiphon: Angelus (Giovanni Gabrieli). Psalm: Dixit Dominus - 2 Choirs (Giovanni Antonio Rigatti). Motet: O Intemerata. Antiphon: Beata Es Maria (Alessandro Grandi). Psalm: Laudate Pueri (Claudio Monteverdi). Organ: Suonata Prima / Antiphon: Beatam Me Dicent (Adriano Banchieri). Psalm: Laetatus Sum (Claudio Monteverdi). Motet: O Maria Quae Rapis Corda Hominum. Antiphon: Haec Est Quae Nescavit (Giacomo Finetti). Psalm: Nisi Dominus (Giovanni Antonio Rigatti). Organ: Dialogo Secondo. Antiphon: Ante Thronum (Adriano Banchieri). Psalm: Lauda Jerusalem (Francesco Cavalli). Motet: O Quam Tu Pulchra Es (Alessandro Grandi). Organ: Praeambulum (Anon). Chapter: Ecce Virgo. Hymn: Deus Qui Mundum Crimine Iacentem. Versicle & Response: Ave Maria / Dominus Tecum. Antiphon: Spiritus Sanctus (Claudio Monteverdi). Magnificat (Giovanni Antonio Rigatti). Sonata Con Tre Violini In Eco. Collect: Dominus Vobiscum… Deus Qui De Beatae Mariae. Dismissal: Dominus Vobiscum… Benedicamus Domino (Biagio Marini). Motet: Laudate Dominum (Claudio Monteverdi). Organ: Intonazione - excerpt (Giovanni Battista Fasolo). Motet: Salve Regina (Giovanni Antonio Rigatti). Venetian Easter Mass - beginning - Tocca Prima Del Quinto Tono : excerpt (Claudio Merulo). Maria Stabat Ad Monumentum a 6. The Knocking On The Door : Quem Quaeritis - Chant. Tocada… Con Vitoria - 6 Trumpets. Surrexit Christus - Chant (Andrea Gabrieli). Surrexit Christus a 11. Introitus - chant : Resurrexi Et Adhuc Tecum Sum Alleluia (Giovanni Gabrieli). Intonazione Del Quinto Tono (Andrea Gabrieli). Kyrie : Missa 'Congratulamini Mihi' : Kyrie a 6 (Orlande De Lassus). Gloria : Missa 'Congratulamini Mihi' : Gloria a 6. Oratio: Dominus Vobiscum - Chant. Epistola - Chant. Lectio Epistolae Beati Pauli Apostoli Ad Corinthos Fratres: Expurgate Vetus Fermentum (Orlande De Lassus). Graduale : Canzon VIII a 8. Sequentia: Victimae Paschali Laudes - Chant. Evangelium:Sancti Evangelisti Secundum Marcum - Chant (Giovanni Gabrieli). Offertorium: Hic Est Filius Dei a 18. Prefatio: Per Omnia Saecula Saeculorum… Dignum Est Justum Est - Chant (Giovanni Gabrieli). Sanctus: Missa 'Congratulamini Mihi' : Sanctus a 6 (Orlande De Lassus). Elevatio: Sonata Octavi Toni a 12. Pater Noster - Chant (Giovanni Gabrieli). Venetian Easter Mass conclusion - Agnus Dei : Missa 'Congratulamini Mihi' : Agnus Dei a 6. Communio (Orlande De Lassus). Canzon XVII a 12. Postcommunio: Dominus Vobiscum… - chant. Ite Missa Est - chant. Benedictio: Humilitate Vos Ad Benedictionem - chant. Indulgentia: Illustrissimus Et Reverendissimus In Christo Pater - chant (Giovanni Gabrieli). Antiphona Mariae. Regina Coeli a 12. Oratio: Gaude Et Laetare Virgo Maria Alleluia - Chant (Giovanni Gabrieli). Congedo. Toccata Settima Del Ottavo Tono - excerpt (Claudio Merulo). Sonata Con Voce: Dulcis Jesu a 20 (Giovanni Gabrieli). Music For San Rocco 1608 - Toccata a 4. In Ecclesiis a 14. Sonata No.19 a 15. Suscipe Clementissime Deus a 12. Canzona No.14 a 10. Buccinate In Neomenia Tuba a 19. Intonazione Del Nono Tono. Domine Deus Meus a 6. Audi Dulcis Amica Mea (Bartolomeo Barbarino) 3:40. 10. Sonata No.21 Con Tre Violini 3:52. 11. Ardens Est Cor Meum (Bartolomeo Barbarino). Timor Et Tremor a 6. Intonazione Duodecimo Tono. Jubilate Deo a 10. Sonata No.18 a 14. Misericordia Tuo Domine a 12. Sonata No.20 a 22. Magnificat a 33 (Giovanni Gabrieli).
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh
ARTISTS: Gabrieli Consort & Players      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: originally released by Deutsche Grammophon in the 1990s - Jun-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 7590062
RECORD LABEL: Virgin Veritas
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.99

COMPOSER: Giovanni Gabrieli  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: A Venetian Coronation 1595
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh
ARTISTS: Gabrieli Consort & Players      

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4713332
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 29-Oct-2001

COMPOSER: Giovanni Gabrieli  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: A Venetian Christmas
TRACKS: Intonazione dell' undecimo tono C249. Audite principes a16 C123 (G Gabrieli). Introitus (Chant). Kyrie - Missa 'Praeter rerum seriem' a7. Gloria 'Praeter rerum seriem' a7 (De Rore). Oratio (Chant). Prophetia (Chant). Epistola (Chant). Canzon noni toni a12 C183 (G Gabrieli). Evangelium (Chant). Credo - Missa 'Praeter rerum seriem' a7 (De Rore). Intonazione del settimo tono C245 (G Gabrieli). Salvator noster a15 C80 (G Gabrieli). Praefatio (Chant). Sanctus - Missa 'Praeter rerum seriem' a7 (De Rore). Toccata (Frescobaldi). O Jesu mi dulcissime a8 C56 (G Gabrieli). Pater Noster (Chant). Agnus Dei - Missa 'Praeter rerum seriem' a7 (De Rore). Canson duodecimi toni No.3 a10 C179 (G Gabrieli). Benedicto (Chant). Quem vidistis pastores after C77 (G Gabrieli).
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh
ARTISTS: Gabrieli Consort & Players      

- Dec-2001 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A very different Christmas disc that finds Paul McCreesh on homeground in a superb and majestic Venetian musical reconstruction.' - Penguin Guide 3 star 'a magnificent example of polyphony'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4576112
RECORD LABEL: Archiv
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 24-Aug-1998

COMPOSER: Heinrich von Biber
TITLE: Salzburg Mass
TRACKS: Missa Salisburgensis. Sonata Sancti Polycarpi a 9. 3 Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes.
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh and Reinhard Goebel
ARTISTS: Gabrieli Consort & Players   Musica Antiqua Koln    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: McCreesh and Goebel together with their ensembles, teamed up for the first time for this recording.

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CATALOGUE NR: 93899
RECORD LABEL: Brilliant Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.88
RELEASE DATE: 20-Jul-2009

COMPOSER: Henry Purcell
TITLE: Harmonia Sacra
TRACKS: Lord what is man lost man? Z192. O solitude Z406. In the black dismal dungeon of despair Z190. Lord I can suffer thy rebukes Z136. Voluntary in G Z720. In guilty night - Saul and the Witch of Endor Z134. Voluntary in C Z717. Plung'd in the confines of despair Z142. Awake ye dead Z182. The earth trembled Z197. My op'ning eyes are purg'd ZD72. With sick and famish'd eyes Z200. Ground in C ZD221. O I'm sick of life Z140. Close thine eyes Z184. Funeral Sentences for the death of Queen Mary II : Man that is born of a woman Z27 / In the midst Z17B. Thou knowest Lord Z58B.
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh
ARTISTS: Gabrieli Consort & Players   Charles Daniels   Peter Harvey   Timothy Roberts

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1994

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CATALOGUE NR: 4742002
RECORD LABEL: Archiv
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 25.00
RELEASE DATE: 14-Apr-2003

COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach
TITLE: St Matthew Passion - complete
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh
ARTISTS: Magdalena Kozena   Susan Bickley   Julia Gooding   Mark Padmore

- May-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A strong and distinctive reading to rival Harnoncourt's triumph' - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4776359
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon Grand Prix
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.25
RELEASE DATE: 15-May-2007

COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach
TRACKS: Kommt eilet und laufet - Easter Oratorio BWV249 (JS Bach version: Paul McCreesh). Magnificat in D Major BWV243.
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh
ARTISTS: Robin Blaze   Paul Agnew   Julia Gooding   Gabrieli Consort & Players

- Aug-2007 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4777635
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 16-Feb-2009

COMPOSER: John Tavener  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: A Spotless Rose
TRACKS: Ave Regina Coelorum - A Hymn to the Mother of God (John Tavener) / Ave Maria virgo serena (Josquin Desprez). Angelus Ad Virginem - Ave Maria (Igor Stravinsky) / Magnificat I (Giles Swayne). Ave Mater Christi - Nesciens Mater (Jean Mouton) / Ther is no rose of swych vertu (Anon 15th century) / A spotless rose (Herbert Howells) / The Fayrfax carol (Thomas Ades). Juxta Crucem Lacrimosa - Stabat Mater (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina). Sancta Maria Ora Pro Nobis - Seinte Mari Moder Milde (James MacMillan) / Ave Maris Stella (Edvard Grieg) / Mater ora filium (Arnold Bax) / Totus tuus Maria (Henryk Gorecki).
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh
ARTISTS: Gabrieli Consort      

- Jan-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 4777361
RECORD LABEL: Archiv
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 18.75
RELEASE DATE: 17-Mar-2008

COMPOSER: Joseph Haydn
TITLE: The Creation
TRACKS: Die Schopfung : Introduction - The Representation of Chaos / In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth - And the Spirit of God / Now vanish before the holy beams - Despairing cursing rage / And God made the firmament / The glorious heav'nly hierarchy / And God said: Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together / Rolling in foaming billows / And God said: Let the earth bring forth grass / With verdure clad the fields appear / And the heavenly host the third day proclaimed / Awake the harp the lyre awake / And God said: Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven / In brightest splendour rises now the sun / The heavens are telling the Glory of God / And God said: Let the waters bring forth abundantly / On mighty pens uplifted soars the eagle / And God created great whales / And the angels struck their immortal harps / Most beautiful appear with verdure young adorn'd - The Lord is great / And God said: Let the earth bring forth the living creature / Straight opening her fertile womb / Now heaven in fullest glory shines / And God created man / In native worth and honour clad / And God saw ev'rything that he had made / Achieved is the glorious work / In rosy mantle now appears / By thee with bliss o bounteous Lord / Our duty have we now perform'd / Graceful consort! / O happy pair / Praise the Lord uplift your voices.
CONDUCTOR: Paul McCreesh
ARTISTS: Sandrine Piau   Mark Padmore   Neal Davies   Gabrieli Consort & Players

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: sung in English - text adjustment: Paul McCreesh - May-2008 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Gramophone 2008 Award Winner

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