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Tune thy Musicke to thy Hart: Tudor & Jacobean Music / Stile Antico, Fretwork

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-02-14

Works: Thomas Tomkins: O Praise the Lord All Ye Heathen; When David heard; John Amner: O Ye Little Flock, verse anthem for 4 & 6 voices; A Stranger Here; John Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas; Robert Ra...
Performers: Benjamin, Emilia; Hymas, Benedict
Conductors:
Ensemble: Fretwork

On Tune thy Musicke to thy Hart, the choral ensemble Stile Antico, joined by the acclaimed viol consort Fretwork, explores a long neglected repertory: the...continue...
Recording information: Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London (02/2011)....continue...

Relaxing Classics: The Healing Power of the Voice

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-10-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Zaide; Henry Purcell: Oedipus; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Cantata no 208; Cantata no 170; Cantata BWV...
Performers: Anderson, Richard; Bradley, Jonathan; Campbell, Fiona; Greene, Andrew; Kenny, Yvonne; Kerrigan, Annalisa; Kimmorley, Sharolyn; Macliver, Sara; Martineau, Malcolm; McMahon, Paul; Montgomery, Belinda; ...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Weymark, Brett; Noble, Guy; Kelly, Brett; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Stanhope, Paul; Milton, Nicholas; Chu, Philip;
Ensemble: ; Cantillation; Ensemble Battistin

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...

From the Vaults Of Westminster Cathedral

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-10-13

Works: Gregorian Chant: Rorate coeli, antiphon, mode 1; Mass X, Alme Pater; Psalm 2; Alleluia, Dominuis dixit; Ecce advenit, introit; Vidimus stellam, alleluia; Tomás Luis de Victoria: Descendit angelu...
Performers: Alder, Stephen; Allsopp, David; Keay, Nicholas; Martin, Matthew; Titus, Graham
Conductors: Baker, Martin

'Splendid singing illuminates these works from the vaults of Westminster ... The Monteverdi Missa a 4 is especially virile and mellifluous ... Throughout, the choral...continue...
Recording information: Westminster Cathedral, London, England (07/09/2007-07/13/2007)....continue...

Byrd: Assumpta es Maria / Andrew Carwood, The Cardinall's Musick

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-09-08

Works: William Byrd: Propers for the Mass of the Nativity of the Virgin, for 5 voices (Gradualia, Book 1); Quem terra, pontus, aethera; Salve regina; O gloriosa Domina; Gradualia, Volume 1; Memento, salutis...
Performers: Balkwill, William; Budd, Jeremy [Vocals]; Craig, Patrick; Evans, Robert; Gould, David [Vocals]; Lane, Carys-Anne; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Osmond, Cecilia; Outram, Rebecca; Stocker, Julian
Conductors: Carwood, Andrew
Ensemble: The Cardinall's Musick

In this latest volume from The Cardinall's Musick's acclaimed Byrd series, the composer's overtly Catholic agenda is clearly displayed. All of the music on this...continue...

Factor orbis - Sacred Vocal Music of the Renaissance - Victoria, Lassus, Obrecht, Byrd, etc / Singer Pur

1 CD / Ars Musici / 2009-08-25

Works: Tomás Luis de Victoria: O Domine Jesu Christe; Orlande de Lassus: In monte Oliveti; Jacob Obrecht: Factor orbis; William Byrd: Liber primus sacrarum cantionum; Carlo Gesualdo: Miserere mei, Deus
Performers: Bauer, Thomas; Höglund, Caroline; Schmidl, Marcus; Wegmann, Christian; Wenk, Klaus; Zapp, Markus
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Ensemble: Singer Pur

"This music must be sung with precision and Singer Pur consistently delivers the goods with performances that are highly musical and technically polished. Take these...continue...

My Lady Rich / Emily van Evera, Christopher Morrongiello

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: English Traditional: How Should I Your True Love Know?, folk song; My little sweet darling, lullaby; Robert Jones: O he is gone; And Is It Night?; John Dowland: Mr Dowland's Midnight, P 99; Lady Rich...
Performers: Campbell, Richard; Carolan, Lucy; Dore, Michael; Heinrich, Susanne; Heringman, Jacob [Lute]; Ichise, Reiko; Morikawa, Asako; Morrongiello, Christopher; Norman, Daniel; Pell, Susanna; Potter, John [Te...

Soprano Emily Van Evera's inspiration for her first Avie recording is Lady Penelope Rich, a 'heart-stealing goddess' who was sister to the Earl of Essex,...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...

Byrd: Mass for Four Voices; Taverner / Pro Cantione Antiqua

1 CD / Regis Records / 2006-05-15

Works: William Byrd: Mass for 4 Voices; Liber primus sacrarum cantionum; Liber secundus sacrarum cantionum; Ave verum corpus; John Taverner: Dum transisset Sabbatum I; Magnificat sexti toni; Audivi vocem de...
Performers: Brett, Charles; Elliott, Paul [Classical]; Etheridge, Brian; George, Michael [bass]; Griffett, James; Keyte, Christopher; Partridge, Ian; Penrose, Timothy; Roberts, Stephen [baritone]; Smith, Kevin
Conductors: Turner, Bruno; Brown, Mark
Ensemble: Pro Cantione Antiqua

Byrd: Great Service / O'Donnell, Quinney, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-12-13

Works: William Byrd: O Lord, make Thy servant Elizabeth, anthem for 6 voices (SAATTB); The Great Service, for 5-10 voices; Prevent us, O Lord, anthem for 5 voices (SAATB); Fantasia (Voluntary for my Lady Ne...
Performers: Brett, Francis; Empitt, Julian; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; New, John; Park, Yeachan; Quinney, Robert; Roberts, Fabian; Thompson, Elliot; Trevelyan-Jones, Warren; Wall, Simon; Williamson, Ben
Conductors: O'Donnell, James [Organ]
Ensemble: Westminster Abbey Choir

The Choir of Westminster Abbey is one of England's finest church choirs. On the recording, the 'Great Service' is presented in its correct liturgical order...continue...

Byrd: Complete Gradualia Vol 1 / Turner, William Byrd Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-07-01

Works: William Byrd: Suscepimus Deus, motet for 5 voices (SATTB); Gradualia ac cantiones sacrae, liber primus, for 3-5 voices; Sicut audivimus, motet for 5 voices (SATTB); Senex puerum portabat, motet for 5...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Chance, Michael; Cordier, David; George, Michael; Roberts, Deborah [Soprano Vocal]

"Full of fine singing, both by the full choir and by the strong team of soloists. As a work of reference this disc is superb."...continue...

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...