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This second volume of The Cardinall's Musick's Byrd edition is, if anything, more impressive than the first. It may be a matter of programming, for the works recorded here seem to be of a higher... — More…
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Byrd Edition Volume 7
Cantiones Sacrae, 1589 - Propers for Lady Mass from Christmas to Purification
Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood
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An Elizabethan Christmas RecommendedByrd, Holborne, Gibbons, Peerson, Weelkes
Fretwork, Helen Charlston
The songs are interspersed with short instrumental pieces, including two genial fantasies ‘for ye great dooble bass’ by Gibbons. All are played with Fretwork’s typical attunement to the sensibilities... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd December 2021
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From the vaults of Westminster Cathedral RecommendedA procession of chant & polyphony from Advent to Christmas & the Epiphany and Presentation of our Lord
Matthew Martin (organ accompaniment), & Martin Baker (organ improvisations)
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, Martin Baker
Epiphany brings Monteverdi's Messa a 4 da cappella, whose polyphonic complexities elicit a confidently assertive response from the choir, with fine internal balances between the voice sections. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th November 2009
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Technically the singing is immaculate, though some of the arrangements (‘Away in a Manger’, ‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’) may be a little sugar-coated for some. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 64th Awards (2022), Winner - Best Engineered Classical Album
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Conductorless Stile Antico may be, but they could never be accused of lacking direction or clear-sighted commitment to the works on this generously-filled album...The approach encourages long-range... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th November 2010
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Ranging from plainchant and motets to 17th Century dialogues and contemporary carol settings, it sounds like it may come across as a bit of a hotchpotch. But it doesn’t at all and with singing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th December 2011
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What Christmas music was sung during the English Civil War period? The York-based Ebor Singers answer that question in this fine anthology of works by Gibbons, Byrd, Dering, Jenkins and others. — More…
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This superior seasonal disc, chiefly of carols (some with organ played by Luke Bond), is satisfyingly divided into three parts: Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. Each starts with a plainchant,... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Christmas Choice
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The pulsing, fidgety rhythms of Adrian Peacock’s ‘Venite, Gaudete!’ mark the ORA Singers out as a chamber choir of high accomplishment. The technical accuracy is exceptional and the sound smoothly... — More…
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