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Lassus: Prophetiae Sibyllarum / Rice / Brabant Ensemble

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-08-09

Works: Orlande de Lassus: Prophetiae Sibyllarum... chromatico more singulari confectae, motet collection for 4 voices; Quant'in mille anni il ciel (secundi toni), magnificat for 6 voices, H. xiv/141; Justor...
Performers: Carey, Alastair; Stuart, David
Conductors: Rice, Stephen

Orlande de Lassus was an undisputed master of all the vocal genres of the late Renaissance, from German lied to Latin mass. He was extraordinarily...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of Harcourt Hill campus, Oxford Brookes Universi (09/03/2010-09/05/2010)....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...

Music for the Court of Maximilian II / Cinquecento

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-03-20

Works: Jacobus Vaet: Videns Dominu, for 5-part chorus; Conditor alme siderum, for chorus; O Quam Gloriosum; Ascendetis post filium, for 6-part chorus; Continuo lachrimas; Antonius Galli: Missa Ascendetis po...

The court of Maximilian II-Holy Roman Emperor and undisputed King of much of Europe-offered an unparalleled opportunity for artistic and musical development: ideas and influences...continue...

Lassus: Penitential Psalms / Henry's Eight

2 CD / Hyperion / 2006-03-14

Works: Orlande de Lassus: Psalmi Davidis poenitentiales, psalm settings (7) for 5 voices; Laudate Dominum de coelis, motet for 5 voices, M. iv (S. ix/161)
Conductors: Brown, Jonathan

'It has been a long wait, but we now have the Penitential Psalms readily available in a set that will give lasting satisfaction. Seize the...continue...

Festal Sacred Music of Bavaria / O'Donnell, Westminster

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-10-11

Works: Hans Leo Hassler: Canzon Duodecmi Toni à 8; Cantate Domino Canticum Novum à 12; Sacri concentus; Canzon noni toni; O Sacrum Convivium; Domine Dominus noster à 5; Christian Erbach...
Performers: Carwood, Andrew; Roberts, Timothy [Keyboardist/Conductor]; Schollhorn, Iris; Simcock, Iain; Vine, Matthew
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Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts

"Lassus's Mass gets the grandest of reconstructions with vivid interpolations by Hassler and Erback-and performances to match. Unimpeachable pomp with celestial circumstance." -Paul Riley, BBC...continue...

Christmas Music from Medieval & Renaissance Europe / Sixteen

1 CD / Hyperion / 1988-12-01

Works: Anonymous: Puer natus est nobis; Nowell, nowell; Gaudete!; Traditional: Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Carol"; Boar's Head Carol; Song of the Nuns of Chester; Quem pastores laudavere;...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen

'A most unusual and attractive record' (The Guardian)...continue...