Harmonia Mundi > Byrd, William

Passion & Resurrection - Music by Cornysh, Gibbons, Tallis, Lassus et al. / Stile Antico

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-11-13

Works: William Cornysh: Woefully Arrayed, for vocal ensemble; Orlando Gibbons: Hosanna to the Son of David; I am the resurrection, anthem for 5 voices (incomplete); Thomas Tallis: I call and cry to thee; Or...
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Ensemble: Stile Antico

The award-winning, highly-acclaimed English choral ensemble Stile Antico presents Passion and Resurrection, an album featuring texts inspired by the dramatic events of Holy Week and...continue...
Recording information: All Hallows' Church, Gospel Oak, London (02/2012)....continue...

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
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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...

Renaissance Sacred Music / A History of Music Century Vol 8

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-01-10

Works: Josquin Desprez: Missa "Pange Lingua", for 4 parts; Salve Regina, motet for 5 parts; Pierre de la Rue: Missa L'Homme Armé for 4 voices; Clément Janequin: Missa super "La bataille"; Giov...
Performers: Reperant, Yvon
Conductors: Pérès, Marcel;
Ensemble: Ensemble Clément Janequin ; Ensemble Organum; Les Sacqueboutiers

Chansons & Madrigals of the Renaissance / A History of Music Century Vol 9

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-01-10

Works: Josquin Desprez: Faulte d'argent, canonic chanson for 5 voices; Claude Le Jeune: Une puce; Autant en emporte le vent; Loyset Compère: Nous sommes de l'ordre de St Babouin; Clément Janeq...
Performers: Deller, Alfred; Kirkby, Emma
Conductors: Visse, Dominique; Hillier, Paul; Van Nevel, Paul; Jacobs, René; Christie, William
Ensemble: Concerto Vocale; Ensemble Clément Janequin; Huelgas Ensemble; Les Arts Florissants; The Hilliard Ensemble

Carols by Candlelight / Bill Ives, Magdalen College Choir

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-11-08

Works: Gregorian Chant: Conditor alme siderum, hymn, mode 4; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Traditional English Carols (8); The Blessed Son of God, for chorus (arranged from "Hodie," Christmas cantata); William By...
Performers: Ford, Martin
Conductors: Ives, Bill
Ensemble: ; Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford

Recording information: Magdalen College, Oxford (07/2008)....continue...

The Christmas Story / Paul Hillier, Theater of Voices

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-09-13

Works: Gregorian Chant: Rorate caeli desuper, introit in mode 4 for the 4th Sunday in Advent; Puer natus est nobis, introit; Videntes stellam Magi, Magnificat antiphon; Herodes iratus, antiphon (Mode 1); Ch...
Conductors: Hillier, Paul

Inspired by the much-loved service of Nine Lessons and Carols given every Christmas Eve in England, this recording presents the Nativity story told through plainchant,...continue...
Recording information: Garnisons Kirke, Copenhagen, Denmark (01/2011)....continue...

Puer Natus Est: Tudor Music For Advent & Christmas

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2010-10-12

Works: Thomas Tallis: Videte miraculum; Missa Puer Natus Est; John Taverner: Audivi vocem de coelo, motet for 4 voices; William Byrd: Rorate caeli desuper, motet for 5 voices (SATTB); Tollite portas, motet ...
Performers: Ashby, Helen; Ashby, Kate; Hickey, Rebecca; Hill, Katy

For their fifth album, young British choral stars Stile Antico turn to Thomas Tallis' magnificent seven-part Christmas Mass, based on the plainchant Puer natus est...continue...
Recording information: All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak, London (01/2002)....continue...

Carols by Candlelight / Ives, Magdalen College

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2009-11-10

Works: Gregorian Chant: Creator alme siderum, hymn (Advent 1); Ralph Vaughan Williams: Traditional English Carols (8); The Blessed Son of God, for chorus (arranged from "Hodie," Christmas cantata); William ...
Performers: Ford, Martin

Bill Ives leads the famed Choir of Magdalen College in this selection of choral favorites for Advent and Christmas. The music on this recording ranges...continue...

Crystal Tears - Dowland, Ward, Byrd, Johnson, etc / Scholl, Behr, Concerto di Viole

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-06-10

Works: John Dowland: Firste Booke of Songes; A Pilgrimes Solace; Second Booke of Songes; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Lady Rich, her Galliard, P 43; Work(s); Third and Last Booke of Songes; John Ward: Fantas...
Performers: Scholl, Andreas
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Ensemble: Concerto di Viole

"As impressive as he is in such repertoire as the virtuoso arias of Vivaldi and Handel, it's in these lute and consort songs (and elsewhere...continue...

Heavenly Harmonies - Byrd, Tallis / Stile Antico

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-03-11

Works: Thomas Tallis: Psalm Tunes (9) for Mister Parker; William Byrd: Liber primus sacrarum cantionum; Cantiones sacrae, Book 2; Liber secundus sacrarum cantionum; Laetentur coeli; Factus est repente; Trib...

Grammy-nominated vocal ensemble Stile Antico returns with its second recording for harmonia mundi. 'Heavenly Harmonies' juxtaposes the highly expressive Latin motets of William Byrd (c....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...

Music for Compline - Tallis, Byrd, Sheppard / Stile Antico

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-01-09

Works: John Sheppard: Libera nos, salva nos; In pace in idipsum for 4 voices; Jesu Salvator Saeculi, Verbum for 6 voices; In manus tuas Domine I for 4 voices (Passion Sunday); In manus tuas Domine no 1; Pla...

"This outstanding release comes on the heels of another fine recording whose program just happens to concern the same subject: music for Compline, the last...continue...

The Devil's Dream / Ghielmi, Pianca, Gibelli

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-12-12

Works: Solomon Eccles: A Ground; Thomas Robinson: Plaine Song; Queene's good night; Fantasy; Thomas Ford: Why not here, M. Crosse his choice; Cate of Bardy, The Queenes Jig; John Dowland: My Lord Willobes W...
Performers: Ghielmi, Vittorio; Gibelli, Graciela; Noir, J.D.; Pianca, Luca

In this their third collaboration with harmonia mundi, Luca Pianca and Vittorio Ghielmi perform English music from the time of Elizabeth I. As with their...continue...

English Church Music - Byrd, Humphrey, Gibbons

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-11-14

Works: William Byrd: Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB); Regina coeli, motet for 3 voices (SAT); Propers for the Mass of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for 5 voices (Gradualia, Book 1); Ave regina caelor...
Performers: Bhattacharya, Robi; Connolly, Stephen [Bass Vocals]; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Deam, Donna; Hardy, Jonathan; Harpin, William; Harrold, Steven; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Hickman, Michael; Minter, Drew [Counter...
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas; Ives, Bill Grayston
Ensemble: Fretwork; Romanesca

"Considerable care has been taken in this recording to illuminate every detail." -Gramophone...continue...

Classical Express - Music for a Hidden Chapel / Chanticleer

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2004-06-01

Works: William Byrd: Propers for the Mass of Easter Day, for 5 voices (Gradualia, Book 2); Regina coeli, motet for 3 voices (SAT); Propers for the Mass of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for 5 vo...
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Ensemble: Chanticleer

Shakespeare Songs / Alfred Deller, Desmond Dupré, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2000-10-01

Works: Thomas Morley: First Booke of Ayres; O mistress mine, where are you roaming; John Wilson: Take, O Take Those Lips Away; Thomas Weelkes: Strike it up tabor, madrigal for 3 voices; Anonymous: Willow So...
Performers: Dupré, Desmond
Conductors: Deller, Alfred
Ensemble: Deller Consort