{{Infobox album | name = Transeamus | type = Studio | artist = the Hilliard Ensemble | cover = HillardE_Transe.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2014|10|10}} | recorded = November 2012 | venue = | studio = Propstei St. Gerold<br>St. Gerold, Austria | genre = {{hlist|Classical, choral, christmas carol}} | length = {{Duration|h=01|m=07|s=24}} | label = ECM New Series<br><small>ECM New Series 2408</small> | producer = Manfred Eicher | prev_title = Il Cor Tristo | prev_year = 2013 | next_title = | next_year = }}
{{Album ratings | rev1 = ''All Music'' | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite news | title=''Transeamus'' (All Music Review)| url =https://www.allmusic.com/album/transeamus-mw0002710407| publisher = All Music | accessdate = June 7, 2017}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The Guardian'' | rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="theguardian">{{cite news | title=''Transeamus'' (The Guardian Review)| url =https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/02/hilliard-ensemble-transeamus-review-farewell-ecm-recording| publisher = The Guardian | accessdate = June 7, 2017}}</ref> }}
'''''Transeamus''''' ("We travel on") is an album by the Hilliard Ensemble recorded in November 2012 and released on the ECM New Series in October 2014—the quartet's final album.<ref name="ecmrecords">{{cite news | title=''Transeamus''| url =https://www.ecmrecords.com/catalogue/143038752906/transeamus-the-hilliard-ensemble| publisher = ECM New Series | accessdate = June 7, 2017}}</ref>
==Composition== On this album, the Hilliard Ensemble sings a collection of polyphony from the 15th century, most of them are from anonymous authors, but some of them was written by John Plummer, Walter Lambe, William Cornysh and Sheryngham. ''Transeamus'' also includes several ancient carols on a Christmas theme. About the album, David James tells that "This is music that we were born and bred to sing. We started singing many of these pieces as boys in choirs, so singing this music is for us like going home."<ref name="ecmrecords"/>
==Reception== All Music's James Manheim writes, "Even though the music is all but unknown, the group has performed these pieces as a live program with powerful effect in the past." and "This is a fine closing chapter to a remarkable career."<ref name="allmusic"/>
''The Guardian'' gave the album four stars, with Nicholas Kenyon saying of the ensemble, "They have admirably decided to quit while they’re ahead, and take their leave with this subtle, underplayed collection of carols and motets from the English repertory.... We will miss the Hilliards' unique explorations."<ref name="theguardian" />
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_lyrics = anonymous authors, except are indicated | total_length = 1:07:24 | title1 = Thomas gemma cantuariae/Thomas cesus in Doveria | length1 = 2:39 | title2 = St. Thomas Honour We | length2 = 3:19 | title3 = Clangattuba | length3 = 6:38 | title4 = Anna mater | writer4 = John Plummer | length4 = 6:52 | title5 = Lullay, I Saw | length5 = 2:41 | title6 = O pulcherrima mulierum | writer6 = John Plummer | length6 = 3:17 | title7 = There Is No Rose | length7 = 4:43 | title8 = Stella Caeli | writer8 = Walter Lambe | length8 = 6:40 | title9 = Marvel Not Joseph | length9 = 4:45 | title10 = Ecce quod natura | length10 = 4:37 | title11 = Ave Maria, mater Dei | writer11 = William Cornysh | length11 = 2:58 | title12 = Ah! My Dear Son | length12 = 7:12 | title13 = Sancta Mater Gracie/Dou Way Robin | length13 = 2:36 | title14 = Ah, Gentle Jesu | writer14 = Sheryngham | length14 = 8:27 }}
==Personnel==
=== Hilliard Ensemble === *David James – countertenor *Rogers Covey-Crump – tenor *Steven Harrold – tenor *Gordon Jones – baritone
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