Tantum ergo - Gabriel Fauré, John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers
10. 'Tantum ergo'
From the album ‘Stillness and Sweet Harmony’
Composer Gabriel Fauré
Conductor John Rutter
Soprano Ruth Holton
Soprano Nicola-Jane Kemp
Alto Melanie Marshall
Organ John Scott
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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LYRICS:
Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Veneremur cernui,
Et antiquum documentum
Novo cedat ritui.
Genitori, Genitoque
Laus et jubilatio,
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedictio;
Procedenti ab utroque
Compar sit laudatio. Amen.
(St Thomas Aquinas, 1225–74)
Therefore we, before him bending,
This great Sacrament revere;
Types and shadows have their ending,
For the newer rite is here.
Glory let us give, and blessing
To the Father and the Son;
Honour, might and praise addressing
While eternal ages run;
Ever too his love confessing,
Who from both, with both is one. Amen.
Tantum ergo
A latin motet, essentially simple and practical, well-suited to liturgical use. Faure's instinct for vocal writing ensures melodies that are as grateful for the singer as they are heart-easing for the listener.
Stillness and Sweet Harmony
From the wealth of music spanning over ten centuries recorded by the Cambridge Singers, John Rutter has selected fifteen serene and tranquil tracks from Collegium albums: the Gregorian chant 'Alma Redemptoris Mater', John Wilbye’s madrigal 'Draw on, sweet night', the 'Pie Jesu', from Fauré's Requiem, Allegri's soaring 'Miserere', and many more. This is music to bring peace.
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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