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An Immortal Legacy - Choral works by Tallis, Morley, Gibbons, Byrd, MacMillan, Tippett, Britten, Chilcott / The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2013-05-14

Works: Thomas Tallis: Psalm Tunes (9) for Mister Parker; Absterge Domine; In manus tuas; I call and cry to thee; Loquebantur variis linguis; Thomas Morley: Aprill is in my mistris face, madrigal for 4 voice...
Performers: Evans, Robert; Lane, Carys; MacKenzie, Neil; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: ; The Sixteen

Sixteenth-century England was a place of much religious change. It was a dangerous and confusing time, and it is testament to their incredible skill and...continue...

Four Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal - Tallis, Tye, Byrd, Tompkins / Wilkinson, Rose Consort of Viols

1 CD / Deux Elles / 2008-10-14

Works: Thomas Tallis: Absterge Domine; I call and cry to thee; Derelinquit impius, motet for 5 voices, P. 189; When shall my sorrowful sighing slake; In Nomine no 2; Suscipe quaeso, motet for 7 voices, P. 2...
Performers: Wilkinson, Clare
Conductors:
Ensemble: Rose Consort of Viols

The Chapel Royal, whose origins go back to the 13th century, was the English monarch's private religious foundation, where he or she worshipped, attended on...continue...

Primavera - Monteverdi, etc / Les Voix Humaines, et al

1 CD / ATMA / 2004-04-01

Works: Claude Le Jeune: Revecy venir du printans; Luzzasco Luzzaschi: O Primavera; Claudio Monteverdi: O Primavera, gioventú de l'anno, madrigal for 5 voices (from Book 3), SV 68; Chiome d'oro, Canzone...
Performers: Bergeron, Sylvain; Brault, Oliver; Colpron, Francis; Dhavernas, Vincent; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Maute, Matthias; Plouffe, Helene; Taylor, Daniel
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Voix Humaines

Flora Gave Me Fairest Flowers / Rutter, Cambridge Singers

1 CD / Collegium / 2003-09-01

Works: Thomas Weelkes: Harke all ye lovely saints above, madrigal for 5 voices; As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending, madrigal for 6 voices; Ha ha this world doth passe, madrigal for 3 voices; Death hat...
Conductors: Rutter, John
Ensemble: Cambridge Singers members