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The Super Audio Collection, Vol. 6 from Linn Records

1 Super Audio CD / Linn Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Jerome Moross: Lazy Afternoon; Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint (version for percussion); William Byrd: Browning a 5, for instrumental consort ("The Leaves Bee Greene"); George Frederick Handel: Es...
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Kato, Kuniko; Martin, Claire [Vocals]; Tunnicliffe, Richard; Wallisch, Gottlieb
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Ensemble: Avison Ensemble; Cappella Nova; Dunedin Consort; Magnificat (UK); Phantasm (Viol Consort); Retrospect Trio; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; The Prince Consort (Vocal Ensemble)

The sixth volume in the perpetually popular Linn Sampler series features an appealing selection of tracks from its catalogue of award-winning artists. From soloists like...continue...

Ye Sacred Muses - works by Byrd, Dowland, Rosseter, Coprario et al. / Jean-Michel Fumas, countertenor; Eliza Consort

1 CD / Ameson / 2012-07-10

Works: William Byrd: The man is blest, sacred song for voice & 4 viols; Ye sacred muses "Elegy for Thomas Tallis"; Fair Britain isle, song for voice & 4 viols; Rejoice unto the Lord; Fantasia a 4, for instr...
Performers: Fumas, Jean-Michel
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Ensemble: Eliza Consort

This new recording features Jean-Michel Fumas' warm, radiant voice accompanied by Thomas Dunford on Renaissance lute. The magnificent program of Elizabethan ballads, songs, and elegies...continue...
Recording information: Temple Saint-Pierre, Paris (09/06/2011-09/09/2011)....continue...

William Byrd: Complete Consort Music / Phantasm

1 Super Audio CD / Linn Records / 2011-07-26

Works: William Byrd: Fantasia no 3; Browning a 5, for instrumental consort ("The Leaves Bee Greene"); Te lucis a 4, for instrumental consort, no 2; In Nomine a 5, for instrumental consort no 3; Christe Rede...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Phantasm (Viol Consort)

William Byrd was one of the most celebrated Elizabethan composers of the Renaissance. Now available on CD is the only complete collection of William Byrd's...continue...
Recording information: Merton College Chapel, Oxford, England (09/06/2010-09/08/2010)....continue...

Elizabethan Christmas Anthems / Byrrd, Holborne, Tomkins, Gibbons, et al.

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: Orlando Gibbons: This is the record of John; In Nomine a 5, no 2, for viols, MB28; See, see, the word is incarnate; William Byrd: Christe qui lux a 4, for instrumental consort no 3; Fantasia a 5, for...
Performers: Bryan, John; Crum, Alison; Daniels, Charles; Eckersley, Kate; Greig, Donald; Little, Elizabeth [Viola, Bass Viol, Strings, Viol; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]; van Evera, Emily; Wistreich, Richard [Bass...
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Ensemble: Rose Consort of Viols

Recording information: Forde Abbey, Somerset, England (11/1989)....continue...

As It Fell on A Holie Eve: Early English Christmas Music

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Thomas Ravenscroft: Remember, O thou man (from Melismata, 1611); William Byrd: Rejoice, rejoice, with heart and voice; Gradualia seu cantiones sacrum, liber secundus, for 3-5 voices; Vidimus stellam ...
Performers: Baird, Julianne
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Ensemble: Parthenia Vocal

Julianne Baird and the viol consort, Parthenia, offer an exquisite program of Christmas music as it might have been performed in the time of Elizabeth...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall of Drew University, Dorothy Young Center f (06/2009).

Includes work(s) by William Byrd (Composer)....continue...

Renaissance Polyphony / James Bowman, Catherine Bott, Paul Esswood

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2010-07-13

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Thomas Morley: Let my complaint, anthem; Thomas Tallis: If ye love me; I call and cry to thee; William Byrd: Delight is dead, song for voices & viols; How vain the toils, ...
Performers: Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Esswood, Paul; Flowers, Suzanne; George, Michael; Griffett, James; Tracey, Bradford
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Ensemble: English Consort of Viols

With the perennial Allegri Miserere as its headline piece, this Renaissance album brings together a great collection of Polyphony and Part Songs by 9 great...continue...

Ye Sacred Muses - Byrd, Gibbons: Consort Songs, etc/ Cordier

1 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: William Byrd: Come, pretty babe; Constant Penelope; Ambitious Love; In Nomine a 4 no 1; Browning a 5; Fair Britain isle; If women could be fair; Ah silly soul; Orlando Gibbons: In Nomine à 4; ...
Performers: Cordier, David
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Ensemble: Royal Consort

Can She Excuse?

1 CD / Gramola / 2009-09-01

Works: Giovanni Coprario: Fantasia a 3; John Dowland: Clear or cloudy sweet as Aprill showring, for 4 voices & lute (Second Book of Songs); Can she excuse, P 42; Second Booke of Songes; Anonymous, Lumley Bo...
Performers: Dlouhy, Theresa
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Ensemble: Ensemble Mikado

The young Austrian Renaissance music ensemble Mikado, built around recorder player Maja Osojnik (2008 Bank Austria Artist of the Year), presents music from the time...continue...
Recording information: Kollegium Kalksburg, Vienna (06/19/2008-06/23/2008)....continue...

The Queen's Men / Camerata of London

1 CD / CRD Records / 2009-05-01

Works: Anonymous, English: Sweet England's Pride is gone; Monson's Galliard; John Dowland: Earl of Essex, his Galliard, P 42a; It was a time when silly bees could speak, for 4 voices & lute (Third Book of S...
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Ensemble: London Camerata

Anthology of English Song 1530-1790 / Burrowes, Luxon, Eathorne, Langridge, et al

2 CD / Lyrita / 2009-04-14

Works: Richard Edwards: Where Griping Grief the Heart Doth Wound; John Danyel: Why Canst Thou Not?; Griefe Keepe Within; Alfonso Ferrabosco: When Daphne from Fair Phoebus Did Fly, consort song; William Byrd...
Performers: Brett, Charles; Burrowes, Norma; Eathorne, Wendy; Gammie, Ian; Jenkins, Neil; Jones, Trevor [Viol]; Kraemer, Nicholas; Langridge, Philip; Lester, Harold; Lewis, Anthony; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; L...

Voices of Ascension - Nine Centuries of Choral Music / Keene, Hong, Cole, et al

4 CD / Delos / 2008-11-25

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Sicut cervus; Jesu Rex admirabilis, hymn for 3 voices (from Complete Hymns); Exsultate Deo; Work(s); Alma Redemptoris mater; Sitivit anima mea; Surge illuminare Jeru...
Performers: Baker, Thom [Tenor Vocal]; Bride, Kathleen; Clark, Eileen; Cole, Vinson; Farrell, Neil; Hong, Hei-Kyung; Johnson, Jeffrey [Bass Vocal]; Kruczek, Mark; Montano, Alexandra; Peck, Susanne; Stephens, Pat...
Conductors: Keene, Dennis

"Sheer musical excellence a cohesive, gorgeously blended ensemble." -The New York Times "As for Dennis Keene, there isn't a better choral conductor around" The Washington...continue...

Flower of Cities All - Parsons, Holborne, Byrd, etc / William Lyons, et al

1 CD / Deux Elles / 2008-09-09

Works: Robert Parsons: Mr. Parsons his Songe "The Songe called Trumpetts"; Antony Holborne: Wanton; Paradizo (pavan); My selfe; William Byrd: The Bells, MB 38; Work(s); Miserere a 4; Browning a 5, for instr...
Conductors: Lyons, William
Ensemble: English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble

This recording of music in London from 1580-620 is representative of the music that was heard and played during what is rightly referred to as...continue...

The King's Singers Collection

5 CD / Signum UK / 2008-06-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: Maundy Thursday; Christus factus est, versicle; Carlo Gesualdo: Responsories (9) for Maundy Thursday, for 6 voices, Feria 5; Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel, motet for 6 voices, W. 7/...
Performers: Baldock, Sarah; Swait, Andrew
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Ensemble: Concordia (Viol Consort); King's Singers

Alfonso Ferrabosco Jr. & William Byrd: Consort Music

2 CD / Ricercar / 2008-01-08

Works: Anonymous: O Deathe, Rock Me A-Sleepe; Born Is the Babe; Complain with tears; Fie, fie, my fate; In Paradise; This Merry Pleasant Spring; Cuckoo; Anonymous, English: Come Tread the Paths of Pensive P...
Performers: Hamilton, Susan [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Pierlot, Philippe [Gamba]
Ensemble: Ricercar Consort

This CD, a new release in the English Consort Music collection from Ricercar, is devoted to two of the most important composers of the English...continue...

Byrd: Second Service & Consort Anthems / Ives, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-09-11

Works: William Byrd: Arise O Lord, why sleepest thou, anthem for 5 voices (SAATB); O God that guides the cheerful sun, anthem for 6 voices (SS solo, AT (or A) B (or T) B) & 5 viols; Alack, when I look back,...
Performers: Covey-Crump, Rogers; Leonard, Ryan; Roberts, Stefan
Conductors: Ives, Bill Grayston
Ensemble: Fretwork; Magdalen College Choir Oxford

In Magdalen College Choir's second collaboration with Fretwork, music director Bill Ives explores the rich Anglican repertoire of William Byrd. A Catholic able to deftly...continue...

Best Baroque 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthems (4); Solomon, HWV 67; Messiah, HWV 56; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Dixit Dominus, HWV 232; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Alcina, HWV 34; Jeremiah ...
Performers: André, Maurice [trumpet]; Andre, Maurice; Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Augér, Arleen; Auger, Arleen; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Blyt...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Nelson, John; Rooley, Anthony; Rees, Jonathan; McCreesh, Pau...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Boston Early Music Festival Choir; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Capella Ag...

The Art of the Recorder / David Munrow

2 CD / Testament / 2005-06-14

Works: Anonymous, English: English Dance (13th century); English Te Deum; Estampie from the Robertsbridge fragment; Anonymous, Italian: Saltarellos 1-4 (GB-LBl Add.29987); Jacques Barbireau: Een Vroylic Wes...
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brookes, Oliver; Burrowes, Norma; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Hill, Martyn; Hogwood, Christopher; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Lumsden, Alan; Munrow, David; Reid, ...
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Ensemble: David Munrow Recorder Consort; Early Music Consort of London

David Munrow established his Early Music Consort of London in 1967 and much of his later work was based around this ensemble, with James Bowman,...continue...

1605 Treason & Dischord - William Byrd, etc / King's Singers

1 CD / Signum UK / 2005-06-04

Works: John Dowland: Mr George Whitehead his Almand, for 5 viols/violins & lute (from "Lachrimae"); Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; William Byrd: Mass for 4 Voices; Fantasy, for keyboard in D minor, MB 46; Civi...
Performers: Baldock, Sarah
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Ensemble: Concordia (Viol Consort)

SCENE 600 Years - Music from Six Centuries / Calefax Reed

1 CD / MD&G / 2001-03-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Claude Debussy: La plus que lente; Marko Tajcevic: Balkan Dances (7), for piano; Ton Ter Doest: Mars (March), for winds; Billy Strayhorn: Lush Li...
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Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet

"Unlike previous Calefax recordings...this 15th-anniversary collection is designed to show the diversity of its programmes...The highlights for me are the two most recent works, 'Seven...continue...

Fairest Isle - Purcell, Dowland, Byrd, etc / Barbara Bonney

1 CD / Decca Import / 2001-03-13

Works: John Dowland: Come Again; Firste Booke of Songes; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Thomas Campion: Never weather-beaten saile more willing bent to shore; Sypres Curten of the Night Is Spread, for voice, l...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Heringman, Jacob [Lute]; Manze, Andrew
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

"This recording is as near perfect, as close to flawless, as one could possibly imagine. Those who need more convincing will not find it here,...continue...

O Sweet Love - Byrd, Dowland / Daniel Taylor, et al

1 CD / ATMA / 2001-01-01

Works: William Byrd: Ye sacred muses "Elegy for Thomas Tallis"; Fortune, variations for keyboard, MB 6; Blame I confess; Psalmes, Sonets and Songs; The Bells, MB 38; Ah silly soul; The Carman's Whistle, air...
Performers: Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]; Taylor, Daniel

Armada - Music from the Courts of England & Spain / Fretwork

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-10-10

Works: William Byrd: Rejoice unto the Lord; The Carman's Whistle, air & variations for keyboard, MB 36; Psalmes, Sonets and Songs; In angel's weed; Fantasia a 5, for instrumental consort in C major; Work(s)...
Performers: Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Campbell, Richard; Chance, Michael; Gillespie, Wendy; Hodgson, Julia; Hunt, William; Little, Elizabeth [Viola, Bass Viol, Strings, Viol; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichor...

Choral Moods / Marlow, Choir of Trinity College Cambridge

2 CD / Conifer Classics / 1998-10-13

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Franz Schubert: Deutsches Requiem, for voices & organ (Deutsche Trauermesse), D. 621; Ave Maria; Henry Purcell: Hear my prayer, O Lord; Orlande de Lassus: Timor et tremor;...

Serene Journeys Through Classical Music

3 CD / Delos / 1998-01-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Symphon...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Cole, Vinson; Kruczek, Mark; Noehren, Robert; Plutz, Eric; Rosenberger, Carol [Piano]; Shifrin, David; Starker, Janos; Stephens, Patrick [Piano]; Tennant, Scott [Guitar]; Wilson, Todd ...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Litton, Andrew; DePreist, James; ; Pearson, Donald; Keene, Dennis; Macal, Zdenek
Ensemble: ; Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

The Caged Byrd / I Fagiolini, Concordia, Sophie Yates

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-09-16

Works: William Byrd: Liber primus sacrarum cantionum; Crowned with flow'rs and lilies, consort song for voice & viols; Pavan & Galliard ("Sir William Petre"), for keyboard in G minor no 2, MB 3; O quam glor...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Brook, Roderick; Crookes, Anna; Lane, Carys-Anne; Roberts, Richard Wyn; Smith, Nicholas Hurndall; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wilson,...
Conductors: Hollingworth, Robert;
Ensemble: Concordia Orchestra; I Fagiolini

"...What a pleasure to run into [I Fagiolini] again in Byrd, the mother's milk of English choral singers...the disc is a pleasure. This is a...continue...

Visions of Heaven - Music For Inspiration

1 CD / Delos / 1997-01-01

Works: Recorded Sound: Invitation to Prayer, for organ chimes; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Jesu Rex admirabilis, hymn for 3 voices (from Complete Hymns); Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz u...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Cole, Vinson; Kruczek, Mark; Noehren, Robert; Plutz, Eric; Stephens, Patrick [Piano]; Wilson, Todd [Organ]
Conductors: Keene, Dennis; Macal, Zdenek; Schwarz, Gerard

Telemann, Heinichen, etc / Clas Pehrsson

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1996-01-01

Works: Johann David Heinichen: Concerto à 8 for 4 recorders & strings; Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Concerto for 5 tenor recorders in D minor; Alessandro Scarlatti: Sinfonie di concerto grosso no 10 fo...
Performers: Pehrsson, Clas
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Ensemble: Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

The Early Byrd Vol 1 / I Fagiolini, Fretwork, Sophie Yates

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-05-23

Works: William Byrd: Attollite portas (also anthems; Triumph with pleasant melody voices, consort song for voices & 4 viols; O Lord, how vain; All in a garden green, MB 56; Domine secundum actum meum, motet...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Crookes, Anna; Lane, Carys-Anne; Roberts, Richard Wyn; Yates, Sophie
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Ensemble: Fretwork

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
This disc adopts an imaginative approach to programming Byrd's music by presenting works in different genres grouped together to demonstrate a single...continue...

Music of William Byrd / The New York Consort of Viols

1 CD / Lyrichord / 1995-04-21

Works: William Byrd: Rejoice unto the Lord; Pavan & Galliard ("Ph. Tregian"), for keyboard in F major, no 2, MB 60; Who Made Thee, Hob, Forsake the Plough?, dialogue for 2 voices & 4 viols; Browning a 5, fo...
Performers: Bagger, Louis; Crout, Tamara; Lipnik, Lawrence; Morley, Rosamund; Neely, Patricia
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Ensemble: New York Consort of Viols

Byrd: Music for Voice and Viols / Oberlin, In Nomine Players

1 CD / Lyrichord / 1995-04-21

Works: William Byrd: Work(s); La verginella (also; My sweet little darling, consort song for voices & 4 viols (doubtful); What pleasure have great princes?, madrigal for 5 voices (SATBB); Psalmes, Sonets an...
Performers: Oberlin, Russell

From Chant to Renaissance / Keene, Voices of Ascension

1 CD / Delos / 1995-01-01

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: O virga ac diadema purpurae regis; Ave generosa; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Sitivit anima mea; Surge illuminare Jerusalem; Hodie Christus natus est; Ascendo ad Patrem; Wi...
Performers: Baker, Thom [Tenor Vocal]; Farrell, Neil; Johnson, Jeffrey [Bass Vocal]; Montano, Alexandra; Peck, Susanne; Stewart, Peter; Theil, Kathy
Conductors: Keene, Dennis
Ensemble: Voices of Ascension

English Consort Music / Clas Pehrsson, Musica Dolce

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-09-22

Works: William Brade: Work(s); Galliarde; Coranto; William Byrd: Browning a 5, for instrumental consort ("The Leaves Bee Greene"); Fantasia a 6, for instrumental consort no 2 in G minor; Fantasia a 6, for i...
Conductors: Pehrsson, Clas
Ensemble: Members of the Musica Dolce Recorder Quintet (Memb

Byrd: Consort and Keyboard Music, etc / Rose Consort, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1994-06-28

Works: William Byrd: Pavan and Galliard a 6 in C major; Susanna fair, for keyboard; Rejoice unto the Lord; John come kiss me now, variations for keyboard, MB 81; Fantasia, for keyboard in C major, no 2, MB ...
Performers: Bonner, Tessa; Roberts, Timothy
Conductors:
Ensemble: Red Byrd; Rose Consort of Viols

From Byrd to Birds / Musica Dolce

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1993-12-07

Works: Joseph Bodin de Boismortier: Concerto for 5 tenor recorders in D minor; Samuel Scheidt: Cantus 28; Clement Woodcock: Browning My Dere, for 5 recorders; William Byrd: Browning a 5, for instrumental co...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Members of the Musica Dolce Recorder Quintet (Memb