Orlando Gibbons

About the artist

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), English composer and organist of the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods, a leading composer in the England of his day. Born in Oxford, England, he sang in the choir of King's College, Cambridge between 1596 and 1598, then he entered the university in 1598 and achieved the degree of Bachelor of Music in 1606. James I appointed him a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, where he served as an organist from at least 1615 until his death.

Top songs

  1. The silver swan
  2. Pavan
  3. A Mask: The Fairest Nymph
  4. Almighty and everlasting God
  5. This is the record of John
  6. Allmaine in G
  7. Hosanna to the son of David
  8. Galliard
  9. The silver swanne: The Silver Swan
  10. I see ambition never pleased
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  1. Dainty Fine Bird
  2. O clap your hands
  3. Prelude in D minor
  4. Drop, Drop, Slow Tears
  5. The Tenth Canticle [Song 18] (arr. A. Pitts)
  6. Lord of Salisbury Pavan and Galliard - Remastered
  7. Fantasia No. 1 for two trebles
  8. Italian Ground: Allemande
  9. Threefold Amen
  10. My Soul doth Magnify the Lord
  11. Ground
  12. Italian Ground
  13. Fantasia in C major
  14. Drop, Drop, Slow Tears a 4
  15. French Air
  16. Preludium in G
  17. I weigh not Fortune's frown
  18. Out of the deep
  19. Alman
  20. Nunc dimittis (2nd Service)
  21. Fantazia of foure parts
  22. See, See, The Word Is Incarnate
  23. O Lord, in thy wrath
  24. Go from my window
  25. Fantasia No. 1 for the Great Double Bass
  26. The Lord of Salisbury: Pavan
  27. The Lord of Salisbury his Pavin
  28. In Nomine
  29. Lincoln's Inn Mask
  30. Great Lord of Lords
  31. Behold, Thou Hast Made My Days
  32. Fair is the rose
  33. The First Song of Moses [Song 1] (arr. A. Pitts)
  34. Fantasia in 3 parts (MB 48 No. 8)
  35. Gibbons: Drop, Drop, Slow Tears
  36. Fantasy in C Major - Remastered
  37. O God, the king of glory
  38. The silver swanne
  39. Allemande (Italian Ground) - Remastered
  40. In Nomine a 4
  41. Pavan & Galliard "Lord Salisbury"
  42. Glorious and powerful God
  43. Fantazia in D Minor a 6 (33)
  44. O Clap Your Hands Together
  45. Fantazia of four parts
  46. Fantasia in 6 parts (MB 48 No. 33)
  47. Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David
  48. Allemande (Italian Ground)
  49. Fantasia
  50. Magnificat (Short Service)
  51. Fantasy In C Major
  52. The Second Song of Isaiah [Song 20] (arr. A. Pitts)
  53. Prelude in G major
  54. I tremble not at noise of war
  55. Fantasia of four parts
  56. Drop, Drop Slow Tears
  57. Lord of Salisbury Pavan and Galliard
  58. I feign not friendship where I hate
  59. Short Service: Nunc dimittis (Short Service)
  60. Gibbons: Fitzwilliam Virginal Book: Pavana No. 292 in A Minor
  61. The Lord of Salisbury his Pavan and Galliard
  62. Lift up your heads
  63. Galliard in G Minor a 3 (23)
  64. magnificat (2nd service)
  65. Blue jean blues
  66. O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not
  67. Fantasia No. 3
  68. Fantasia No. 5
  69. The Song of Hannah [Song 4] (arr. A. Pitts)
  70. Take my life [Song 13] (arr. A. Pitts)
  71. Fantasia a 6 in D Minor
  72. Gibbons : O Lord, in Thy Wrath
  73. Prelude [Song 1] (arr. A. Pitts)
  74. Fantasia, MB 6
  75. Song 20 - Arr. for Vocal Ensemble by Timothy Roberts & Patrick Dunachie
  76. Mask, "The Fairest Nymph": A Mask: The Fairest Nymph
  77. St Matthias [Song 67] (arr. A. Pitts)
  78. Gibbons: The silver swan
  79. The Song of Angels (arr. A. Pitts)
  80. Fantasia, MB 10
  81. Alman "The King's Jewel"
  82. The Sixth Canticle [Song 14] (arr. A. Pitts)
  83. Great King of Gods
  84. A Collection of the Sacred Compositions: No. 15, This is the Record of John
  85. The Song of the Three Children [Song 41] (arr. A. L'Estrange)
  86. I tremble not a noise of war
  87. Drop, drop, slow tears (Song 46)
  88. Nunc Dimittis (Short Service)
  89. Fantasias A 3: No. 6
  90. Lord Salisbury's Pavan and Galliard

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