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John Sheppard (c1515-1558)

Church Music, Vol. 1

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (conductor)
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Label: Hyperion
Recording details: January 1988
All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: October 1988
Total duration: 56 minutes 0 seconds
 

All of the music on this album is also available as part of the specially priced box set The Golden Age of English Polyphony: 'English choral music at its finest: 11 hours 25 minutes of Tudor polyphony' (The Observer).

Awards

PENGUIN GUIDE ROSETTE

Reviews

‘A magnificent collection. The Sixteen consistently convey the rapturous beauty of Sheppard's writing, above all in ethereal passages in the highest register. There are not many more beautiful records of Tudor polyphony than this’ (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

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