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Compact Disc CDA66658
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Recorded on 28, 29, 30 April 1993
- Recording Engineer
- TONY FAULKNER
- Recording Producer
- ARTHUR JOHNSON
- Editor
- ROBERT MENZIES
- Design
- TERRY SHANNON
- Executive Producers
- JOANNA GAMBLE
- JUDY TARLING
Duration: 69'34
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Front illustration: A young man singing to a violin by Jacob Ochtervelt
Contents:
- Awake, awake, my Lyre! (A Supplication) [13'06]
2 sopranos, tenor, bass, 2 violins, bass viol, theorbo, chamber organ - Salvator mundi salva nos [2'27]
2 sopranos, 2 tenors, bass, theorbo, chamber organ - Stay, gentle Echo, dear nymph, stay (A Dialogue between Philander and the Echo) [4'00]
2 tenors, bass vioI, theorbo, harpsichord - Sonata in A major [5'57]
Largo - [Andante] - Allegro - Adagio
2 violins, bass viol, theorbo, chamber organ - Poor Celadon, he signs in vain (Loving above himself) [4'07]
tenor, 2 violins, bass viol, theorbo - Music's the cordial of a troubled breast (from the Ode for St Cecilia's Day, 1684) [3'55]
bass, 2 violins, bass viol, theorbo, harpsichord - Go, perjur'd man, and if thou ere return (The Curse) [4'54]
soprano, bass, 2 violins, bass viol, theorbo, chamber organ - Help, Father Abraham! (A Dialogue betwixt Dives and Abraham) [5'43]
tenor, bass (Abraham), bass viol, theorbo, harpsichord - Chloe found Amyntas lying all in tears (Rondelay) [5'43]
2 tenors, bass, bass viol, theorbo, harpsichord - Ground in G minor [3'43]
2 violins, bass viol, theorbo - Paratum cor meum deus [1'51]
2 sopranos, bass viol, theorbo - Whilst on Septimnius's panting breast (Septimnius and Acme, Ode from Catullus) [6'11]
2 sopranos, bass, 2 violins, bass viol, theorbo, harpsichord - Gloria patri, qui creavit nos [3'14]
2 sopranos, 2 tenors, bass, theorbo, chamber organ - Sing ye muses (Epilogue) [3'19]
2 sopranos, 2 tenors, bass, 2 violins, bass viol, theorbo, harpsichord
'Another revelatory disc in Hyperion's wonderful 'English Orpheus' series ... Treasures to savour from a fine composer' (British Music Society Journal)
'First rate. Add to the excellent performances a clear, balanced recorded sound, and you have a highly recommended disc' (In Tune, Japan)
'Red Byrd's recordings have been consistently superb ... and this recording is no exception' (Fanfare, USA)
'Delightful' (Gramophone)
- See also:
- Arne: Six Favourite Concertos
- Croft: Te Deum & Burial Service
- Linley: Lyric Ode
- Locke: Anthems, Motets and Ceremonial Music
- Motets by Peter Philips
- The English Orpheus
- The English Orpheus, Vol 1 - John Stanley Concertos
- The English Orpheus, Vol 18 - Fairest work of happy Nature
- The English Orpheus, Vol 25 - Keyboard Music by Peter Philips (c1561-1628)
- The English Orpheus, Vol 27 - The Romantic Muse
- The English Orpheus, Vol 33 - Arne's Artaxerxes
- The English Orpheus, Vol 44 - Vital Spark of Heav'nly Flame
- The English Orpheus, Vol 48 - Haydn and his English Friends
- The English Orpheus, Vol 49 - Nativity
- The English Orpheus, Vol 50 - Orpheus with his lute
- Croft: Te Deum & Burial Service
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