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from notes by Andrew Carwood © 2012
extrait des notes rédigées par Andrew Carwood © 2012
Français: Hypérion
aus dem Begleittext von Andrew Carwood © 2012
Deutsch: Viola Scheffel
Byrd: Ave verum corpus & other sacred music This recording presents a selection of fifteen of the 150 or so Latin motets and three of the dozens of English anthems that, between them, form the larger part of the life’s work of William Byrd (1543-1623), the greatest English composer of his e ...» More |
The Silken Tent From Byrd and Gibbons through to Nyman and Goehr, this album puts to bed the idea that the viol is a spent force, the instruments' beguiling lines sinuously interweaving with soprano voice—and taking in some arresting arrangements.» More |
Vigilate! This album, subtitled 'English polyphony in dangerous times', brings together six English composers whose combined careers span more than a century—Byrd, Tallis, Morley, Philips, White and Tomkins, undercover Catholic composers revelling in clande ...» More |