Music Divine: Songs of 3, 4, 5 & 6 parts

THOMAS TOMKINS (1572-1656)

To Mr. Doctor Heather

1

Music divine, proceeding from above

3:52

Carys Lane, Rachel Elliott, Richard Wyn Roberts, Hugh Wilson, Matthew Brook, Giles Underwood

To Mr. Robert Chetwode

2

To the shady woods now wend we

1:27

Rachel Elliott, Carys Lane, Richard Wyn Roberts, Hugh Wilson, Matthew Brook

To Doctor Dowland [The First Part]

To Master John Daniell [The Second Part]

3

O let me live for true love

5:34

Rachel Elliott, Robert Hollingworth, Hugh Wilson, Matthew Brook

To Mr. John Steevens

4

See, see the shepherds' Queen

2:09

Rachel Elliott, Anna Crookes, Richard Wyn Roberts, Hugh Wilson, Matthew Brook

To Mr. Nicholas Carlton

5

Phyllis, yet see him dying

2:13

Carys Lane, Rachel Elliott, Richard Wyn Roberts, Hugh Wilson, Matthew Brook

To Mr. Thomas Warwicke

6

When I observe those beauty's wonderments

2:48

Rachel Elliott, Carys Lane, Robert Hollingworth, Hugh Wilson, Matthew Brook, Giles Underwood

To my ancient, & much reverenced Master, William Byrd

7

Too much I once lamented

6:27

Rachel Elliott, Carys Lane, Richard Wyn Roberts, Hugh Wilson, Giles Underwood

To my Brother Mr. Nicholas Tomkins

8

Fond men that do so highly prize

1:50

Rachel Elliott, Carys Lane, Matthew Brook

To Master John Coprario

9

Oyez! Has any found a lad

1:39

Rachel Elliott, William Purefoy, Nicholas Hurndall Smith, Matthew Brook

To my Brother Peregrine Tomkins [The First Part]

To My Brother Robert Tomkins [The Second Part]

10

Weep no more, thou sorry Boy

5:27

Rachel Elliott, Richard Wyn Roberts, Robert Hollingworth, Matthew Brook

To Master John Ward

11

Oft did I marle how in thine eyes

2:30

Anna Crookes, Rachel Elliott, Richard Wyn Roberts, Hugh Wilson, Matthew Brook, Giles Underwood

To Mr. William White

12

Adieu, ye city-prisoning towers!

1:54

Rachel Elliott, Anna Crookes, William Purefoy, Nicholas Hurndall Smith, Matthew Brook

To my deare Father Mr. Thomas Tomkins

13

Our hasty life away doth post

2:03

Rachel Elliott, Robert Hollingworth, Matthew Brook

To Mr. Nathaniel Giles

14

Come, shepherds, sing with me

2:01

Carys Lane, Rachel Elliott, William Purefoy, Hugh Wilson, Matthew Brook

To Master William Crosse

15

How great delight from those sweet lips I taste

1:50

Rachel Elliott, Carys Lane, Matthew Brook

To Mr. William Walker

16

No more I will thy love importune

1:47

Rachell Elliott, Richard Wyn Roberts, Hugh Wilson

To Mr. Henry Molle

17

Phyllis, now cease to move me

2:08

Carys Lane, Rachel Elliott, Richard Wyn Roberts, Hugh Wilson, Matthew Brook

To Mr. Humfrey Withy

18

Sure, there is no god of Love!

1:39

Carys Lane, Rachel Elliott, Nicholas Hurndall Smith

To Mr. Phinees Fletcher

19

Fusca, in thy starry eyes

2:33

Anna Crookes, Rachell Elliott, Richard Wyn Roberts, Hugh Wilson, Matthew Brook

To Mr. Orlando Gibbons

20

Cloris, when as I woo

2:19

Carys Lane, Rachel Elliott, Richard Wyn Roberts, Hugh Wilson, Matthew Brook

To my Brother Mr. John Tomkins

21

Woe is me! that I am constrained

4:14

Rachel Elliott, Carys Lane, Richard Wyn Roberts, Hugh Wilson, Giles Underwood, Matthew Brook

To my sonne Nathanael Tomkins

22

Turn unto the Lord our God

2:24

Carys Lane, Rachel Elliott, Richard Wyn Roberts, Nicholas Hurndall Smith, Hugh Wilson, Matthew Brook

To Mr. Doctor Ailmer

23

It is my well-beloved's voice

2:19

Carys Lane, Rachel Elliott, Richard Wyn Roberts, Hugh Wilson, Nicholas Hurndall Smith, Matthew Brook

To Mr. Thomas Myriell

24

When David heard that Absalom was slain

4:40

Carys Lane, William Purefoy, Richard Wyn Roberts, Hugh Wilson, Matthew Brook

To Master Thomas Day

25

Love, cease tormenting

2:57

Richard Wyn Roberts, William Purefoy, Matthew Brook

To my Brother Giles Tomkins

26

Was ever wretch tormented

4:20

Rachel Elliott, Robert Hollingworth, Matthew Brook, Giles Underwood

17-19 October 2001