The Cardinall's Musick

The Byrd Edition, Vol. 2: Propers for Christmas Day / Carwood, Skinner, Cardinall's Musick

1 CD / ASV / 2012-04-24

Works: William Byrd: Ave regina caelorum, motet for 5 voices (SAATB); O salutaris hostia, motet for 6 voices (SAATTB); Alleluia. Confitemini Domino, motet for 3 voices (ATB); Work(s); Puer natus est à...
Conductors: Carwood, Andrew
Ensemble: The Cardinall's Musick

..I strongly urge anyone with an interest in choral music to add this to their collection (Choir & Organ) ASV proudly launched The Byrd Edition...continue...

The Byrd Edition, Vol. 3: Propers for Epiphany / Carwood, Skinner, Cardinall's Musick

1 CD / ASV / 2012-04-24

Works: William Byrd: Domine ante te, motet for 6 voices (SSATTB) (inc. but can be reconstructed); Circumspice Hierusalem, motet for 6 voices (SSATBB) (inc. but can be reconstructed); Te lucis a 4, for instr...
Conductors: Carwood, Andrew
Ensemble: The Cardinall's Musick

The Byrd Edition is a long-term project that is one of the most comprehensive ever undertaken in the early music field. It provides a chronological...continue...

Lassus: Missa Surgens Propera; Motets / Carwood

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2011-04-03

Works: Orlande de Lassus: Quam pulchra es, motet for 6 voices, M. xv (S. xiii/149); Veni in hortum meum, motet for 5 voices, M. ii (S. v/120); Surge propera amica mea et veni, motet for 6 voices, M. iv (S. ...
Conductors: Carwood, Andrew
Ensemble: The Cardinall's Musick

The Cardinall's Musick and Andrew Carwood, winners of the Gramophone 2010 Record of the Year for the final installment of their Byrd Edition, sing music...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...

The Byrd Edition Vol 11 - Byrd: Hodie Simon Petrus / Carwood, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-02-10

Works: William Byrd: Cantiones sacrae, Book 2; Gradualia, Volume 2; Gradualia, Volume 1
Conductors: Carwood, Andrew
Ensemble: The Cardinall's Musick

This latest release in The Cardinall's Musick complete Byrd Edition is surely one of the most eagerly-awaited events in the early music calendar. Previous discs...continue...

Palestrina: Stabat Mater / Carwood, The Cardinall's Musick

1 CD / ASV / 2003-10-21

Works: Plainchant: Hosanna filio David; Et Respicientes, antienne; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Pueri Hebraeorum, motet for 4 voices (from Motets Book II for 4 voices); Popule meus; O Domine Jesu, mote...
Conductors: Carwood, Andrew
Ensemble: The Cardinall's Musick

"The 'Stabat Mater' is the best-known work here, partly because of Richard Wagner's famous edition of it. This is a beautiful piece of music. It...continue...

The Byrd Edition Vol 5 /Carwood, Skinner, Cardinall's Musick

1 CD / ASV / 2000-10-24

Works: William Byrd: Fantasia a 4, for instrumental consort in D minor (doubtful); Mass for 4 Voices; Fantasia (Voluntary for my Lady Neville), for keyboard in G major, MB 61; Mass for 3 Voices; Fantasia a ...
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Ensemble: The Cardinall's Musick

"...These new performances from The Cardinall's Musick release the music's native expressive potential with...tonal balance and vocal precision [and] emotional poise...[Their] lithe counterpoint and r...continue...

Fayrfax: Vol 5, Missa Regali ex progenie/ Cardinall's Musick

1 CD / ASV / 1999-05-18

Works: Robert Fayrfax: Lauda Vivi Alpha Et O; Antiphona Regali Ex Progenie; Missa Regali ex Progenie; That Was My Woo; Alas, For Lak of Her Presens; Magnificat ("Regale")
Conductors: Carwood, Andrew
Ensemble: The Cardinall's Musick

"The three large sacred works...are wonderful examples of that richlysonorous early Tudor polyphonic writing, with high-flying 'mean' soprano parts and long-limbed and soaring lines that...continue...

Fayrfax: Vol 2, Missa Tecum principium / Cardinall's Musick

1 CD / ASV / 1995-11-21

Works: Plainchant: Antiphona Tecum Principum; Robert Fayrfax: Missa Tecum Principum; Paramese Tenor; O lux beata trinitas; Maria plena virtute
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Ensemble: Frideswide Consort; The Cardinall's Musick

"...Their fluid expressive singing works particularly well here [in the Mass Tecum principium], both in full and reduced voice sections, and in the large-scale votive...continue...