Music from the Chapel Royal: 'The King's Musick'. Album by The Sixteen

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Music from the Chapel Royal: 'The King's Musick'. Album by The SixteenAlbum Description It was largely through the efforts of Captain Henry Cooke that the choir of the Chapel Royal was successfully restored at the Restoration in 1660. He invoked ancient press gang legislation to purloin promising choirboys from cathedrals across the country. Two of them, Pelham Humfrey and John Blow, went on to write ground breaking music. Cookes most important service to English church music was to put into practice Charles IIs

Recit: Ma pria che d’empia morte

The Symphony of Harmony And Invention

Petite église

Duet: Christe eleison

Herod) and Libby Crabtree (angel

conjuring up the atmosphere and spirit of the glorious cathedrals for which it was written

Recit: O voi

David James countertenor

Magnificat anima mea Dominum (from Magnificat in D)

Sinfonia (Act 3)

Fac ut portem Christi mortem

Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)