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Compact Disc CDH55047

£6.99

Recorded in Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London, on 27, 28 February, 1 March 1990
Recording Engineer
ANTONY HOWELL
Recording Producer
GARY COLE
Design
TERRY SHANNON
Executive Producers
CECILE KELLY
EDWARD PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, 2002
Originally issued on Hyperion CDA66451

Duration: 79'39
DDD
Front illustration: Adoration in the Woods (detail) by Filippo Lippi (c1406-1469)

WILLIAM BYRD (1543-1623)

Gradualia

THE WILLIAM BYRD CHOIR
with DEBORAH ROBERTS soprano
DAVID CORDIER, MICHAEL CHANCE countertenors
JOHN MARK AINSLEY tenor
MICHAEL GEORGE bass

GAVIN TURNER director

Contents:


    GRADUALIA: The Marian Masses

  1. Suscepimus Deus [2'22]
  2. Iustitia [0'38]
  3. Magnus Dominus [1'58]
  4. Sicut audivimus [1'14]
  5. Alleluia [0'40]
  6. Senex puerum [1'42]
  7. Nunc dimittis servum tuum [5'34]
  8. Responsum accepit Simeon [4'07]
  9. Salve sancta parens [1'29]
  10. Alleluia [0'31]
  11. Eructavit cor meum [1'53]
  12. Benedicta et venerabilis [2'27]
  13. Alleluia [0'42]
  14. Felix es, sacra virgo [1'30]
  15. Beata es, virgo Maria [2'01]
  16. Alleluia [0'52]
  17. Beata viscera [1'43]
  18. Alleluia [0'40]
  19. Rorate coeli [1'27]
  20. Benedixisti Domine [2'11]
  21. Tollite portas [2'10]
  22. Ave Maria [1'23]
  23. Alleluia [0'48]
  24. Ecce virgo concipiet [2'07]
  25. Alleluia [0'30]
  26. Vultum tuum [2'22]
  27. Alleluia [0'47]
  28. Speciosus forma [3'04]
  29. Alleluia [0'38]
  30. Post partum [2'56]
  31. Felix namque es [1'41]
  32. Alleluia - Ave Maria [1'57]
  33. Virga Jesse [2'22]
  34. Gaude Maria [3'41]
  35. Diffusa est gratia [1'38]
  36. Propter veritatem [2'42]
  37. Alleluia [0'31]
  38. Vultum tuum [3'55]
  39. Gaudeamus omnes [2'20]
  40. Assumpta est Maria [1'28]
  41. Assumpta est Maria [1'35]
  42. Optimam partem elegit [2'50]
Sleeve Notes

'If you didn't get this disc first time round, don't hesitate to buy it now' (Early Music Review)

'The singing is exquisite, the balance always right, the intensity of devotion always present' (Fanfare, USA)

'Just for fun I listened to all nine Alleluia settings one after the other and was astonished at the variety and interest of the music ... Byrd at his most impressive and sublime here in the glorious Nunc Dimittis and in the delicate intricacy of Optimam partem. The recording and performances are superb' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide)

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