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The English Orpheus

Peter Philips (1560/1-1628)

Keyboard Music

Paul Nicholson (harpsichord/virginals)
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Label: Hyperion
Recording details: December 1993
All Saints' Church, Old Heathfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: September 1994
Total duration: 70 minutes 17 seconds

Cover artwork: The Virginalist by Jan Miensz Molenaer (c1610-1668)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
 

Reviews

‘Strongly recommended as a step on the path to discovering one of the outstanding musicians of the late 16th/early 17th century’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘The complete restoration of a great composer's name may be beyond the capacity of a single CD, but if anything can do the trick, this one ought to. A release to treasure’ (CDReview)

‘One of the finest composers nurtured in Elizabethan England … these performances can only enhance the composer's reputation further’ (Early Music)

«Voici un disque de toute beauté pour fêter Palestrina» (Répertoire, France)

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