Nolo mortem peccatoris - Thomas Morley, John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers
41. 'Nolo mortem peccatoris'
From the album ‘Treasures of English Church Music’
Composer Thomas Morley
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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Nolo mortem peccatoris
Morley is associated more with madrigals and related secular forms than with church music, but he did write a handful of sacred pieces. Nolo mortem peccatoris appeared in a collection called 'Tristitiae Remedium' (A remedy for sadness), a manuscript anthology dated 1616.
LYRICS:
*Nolo mortem peccatoris;
Haec sunt verba Salvatoris.
Father, I am thine only Son,
Sent down from heav’n mankind to save.
Father, all things fulfull’d and done
According to thy will I have.
Father, my will now all is this:
Nolo mortem peccatoris.
Father, behold my painful smart,
Taken for man on ev’ry side;
Ev’n from my birth to death most tart,
No kind of pain I have denied,
But suffer’d all, and all for this:
Nolo mortem peccatoris.
(attributed to John Redford, 16th century)
(*I desire not the death of a sinner;
These are the words of the Saviour.)
Treasures of English Church Music
46 tracks of English a cappella church music, featuring John Rutter conducting the Cambridge Singers, and recorded in the inspiring setting of the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral.
“A marvellous collection taken from all ages of Church Music – a mix of the popular and the slightly rarer. This is recorded in Ely Cathedral and it seems to have projected itself into some wonderfully lyric pieces – the opening track of Parsons Ave Maria sets the scene for the rest of the music. This is the Cambridge Singers at their best…” Cathedral Music
John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1983) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.
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