Browse: Choral, Byrd (composer)
This page lists all classical by William Byrd (c.1540–1623), in genre: Choral.
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There will be many recordings of Byrd's music in this 400th anniversary year of his death, but few will match the superb balance and poise of these performances from Stile Antico. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2023, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2023, Choral & Song Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Early Music
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The choir is at its best in the full choral works such as the anthem ‘Turn Our Captivity’ where they impressively shape and unfold the music...this is a significant and welcome addition to Byrd’s... — More…
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Record Review, 8th October 2022
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2022, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Finalist - Early Music
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The singing is technically polished, the tuning faultless and the overall sonority rounded and rich. — More…
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Building a Library, December 2003, First Choice
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Building a Library, June 2013, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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An English Coronation, 1902-1953 RecommendedEdward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II
Gabrieli, Paul McCreesh
Some may find the extensive spoken liturgy excessive but such is Simon Russell Beale’s compelling delivery that the sheer beauty of the words offers a musical diversion of a different kind. Most... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2019
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Vocal
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Choral
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Choral
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The musical imagination of The Cardinall's Music does full justice to that of Byrd. The group's delivery is a sensual delight, as an individual singer's colours will flash up in polyphonic lines,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 4th October 2010
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2010, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Recording of the Year
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From Weelkes we have the immensely subtle Hark all ye lovely saints, set to springy, vertiginous changes of metre beautifully negotiated by the singers, and his In nomine a 4, performed in a... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, Choral & Song Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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It’s the breadth – not just of repertoire but of sound, technique and approach – that makes it so arrestingly excellent… The musicianship here is dazzling, and nowhere more so than in Britten’s... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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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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Contrapunctus really knows what to do with these pieces and from the very first item...the tuning is superb and the ensemble rock solid. Moreover, Owen Rees's interpretations are revelatory and... — More…
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Sunday Times, 2015, Albums of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2015, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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The entire program is sung with the utmost restraint...Among the miscellaneous collections of Byrd’s music, this ranks near the top, an impressive presentation sung one voice to a part, beautifully... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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