Inventa Records
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Byrd 1588: Psalmes, Sonets & Songs of Sadnes and Pietie
RecommendedPsalmes, Sonets & Songs of sadnes and pietie
Alamire, Fretwork, David Skinner
The real beauty of these readings...is the singers’ poetic nuancing of the texts, which they articulate with glassy clarity. The members of Fretwork play with characteristic grace, weaving gossamer... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Early Music
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Early Music
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Building a Library, July 2023, Recommended Recording
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Byrd 1589: Songs of sundrie natures
Jacob Heringman (lute), Lynda Sayce, Clare Wilkinson (contralto), Fretwork (early music ensemble), Martha McLorinan
Alamire, Fretwork, David Skinner
The Fretwork instrumentalists are supportive and nuanced throughout. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2023, Editor's Choice
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Hieronymus Praetorius: Motets in 8, 10, 12, 16 & 20 Parts
Stephen Farr (organ)
Alamire, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts, David Skinner
The largest motet, Decantabat populus a 20 is a text about singing praises. Despite grand forces and wide vocal ranges, the textures avoid heaviness through use of word-rhythms and sprightly... — More…
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This, Fount & Origin’s debut album, leads me to hope for many sequels...they produce a warm, clear, luminous sound, with the parts beautifully blended yet clearly articulated and well served... — More…
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The Linarol Consort play on a set of viols copied from the one surviving instrument by the Venetian luthier Francesco Linarol. The sound is marginally less ‘gamy’ than one is used to from this... — More…
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Inn Stetter Hut: Sixteenth-century Viol Music for the Richest Man in the World - Volume II
Linarol Consort; James Gilchrist
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Flores de Musica pera o Instrumento de Tecla, & Harpa. 1620 • Volume 2
André Ferreira, Maria Bayley
Ars Lusitana, Maria Bayley
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Coelho: Flores de musica pera o instrumento de tecla, & harpa, Volume 1
Sérgio Silva, Mariana Moldão, Maria de Fátima Nunes
Sérgio Silva brings years of devoted musicological research to this repertory. He plays cleanly and rhythmically, with an unerring sense of purpose. His detailed booklet notes are helpfully comprehensive... — More…
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Alamire perform Media vita at a pitch where their tenors shine particularly brightly. In their hands this polyphony has a lower centre of gravity than the famous recording by The Tallis Scholars... — More…
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Handel Uncaged: Cantatas for Alto
Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor), Jonathan Manson (cello and viola da gamba), Andrew Maginley (theorbo & guitar) & Guillermo Brachetta (harpsichord)
Zazzo taps into the passion of these cantatas rather than their archness, and the gorgeous additions by cellist Jonathan Manson, theorbist Andrew Maginley and harpsichordist Guillermo Brachetta... — More…
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