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Track(s) taken from CDH55429

O God that guides the cheerful sun

composer
William Byrd (1539/40-1623)
author of text
Anonymous - Renaissance
A carol for New-year's Day

Robin Blaze (countertenor), Concordia
Recording details: May 2003
All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Julian Millard
Release date: May 2004
Total duration: 6 minutes 4 seconds

Cover artwork: Woman with a lute (detail, c1664). Jan Vermeer (1632-1675)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York / Bridgeman Images
 

Other recordings available for download

Helen Charlston (mezzo-soprano), Lucy Cox (soprano), Amy Lyddon (alto), Guy Cutting (tenor), Malachy Frame (baritone), Edmund Saddington (bass), Fretwork

Reviews

‘These songs are pure heaven: melancholic and moody, sweet and sad, Blaze—supported by the excellent viol consort Concordia (with Elizabeth Kenny providing lute accompaniment)—captures their heart with deceptive ease. A lovely release’ (The Independent)

‘Blaze is on superb form in this recording, his clear, unpretentious sound an ideal partner for Concordia … very satisfying it is too. Any chance of more of the same, Hyperion?’ (International Record Review)

Other albums featuring this work

An Elizabethan Christmas
Fretwork
Studio Master: SIGCD680Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available

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