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Track(s) taken from CDA67568

Beata viscera

composer
5vv; Gradualia 1605 I:xi
author of text
Communion at Lady Mass in Eastertide; Communion at Mass for the Nativity of the Virgin

The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood (conductor)
Recording details: May 2006
Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle, United Kingdom
Produced by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood
Engineered by Martin Haskell & Iestyn Rees
Release date: November 2006
Total duration: 1 minutes 48 seconds

Cover artwork: The Annunciation (Ms Fr 71 folio 5). Jean Fouquet (c1420-1480)
Musée Condé, Chantilly, France / Giraudon / Bridgeman Images
 

Other recordings available for download

The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood (conductor)
The King's Singers

Reviews

‘The grasp that Andrew Carwood and his Cardinall's Musick group have on Byrd's scores now seems unassailable; the fluidity and elevated level of internal detail in the opening 'Laudibus in sanctis' sets out their stall for the rest of this thoughtfully conceived album’ (Choir & Organ)

‘This is the tenth disc in the ensemble's complete recordings of Byrd, but the first in the series with Hyperion … [the] engineering gains and the artists' freshness and conviction make this recording a high-water mark in the project. Carwood has captured the passion, delicacy and complexity of England's greatest Renaissance composer’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘If, according to Burney, the Mannheim orchestra of 1772 was 'an army of Generals', the Cardinall's Musick of 2006 is surely 'an exaltation of larks' … performances of exquisite perfection’ (International Record Review)

‘The 12 voices sing out, individuality intact and ideal for airing the awesome polyphony of Byrd's Latin motets, both fervent and meditative’ (The Times)

‘An ideal interpreter of this music, his insight into the music combining with his sympathy for the composer’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘Sit back and enjoy the gleaming passionate tones of the Cardinall's Musick as they take you on a tour of some of the choral finest music of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries’ (Early Music Forum of Scotland News, Scotland)

‘This disc offers sacred works from two of his collections: Cantiones Sacrae (1591) and the 1605 Gradualia. The latter includes the complete Propers for Lady Mass in Easter Tide as well as a gorgeous Regina caeli setting. The Cardinall's Musick perform with powerful energy and a creamy vocal blend. Highly recommended’ (CD Hotlist, USA)

‘Andrew Carwood and the Cardinall's Musick are distinguished exponents of this repertoire and their singing is uniformly superb and vigorously uplifting. Annotations and sound are beyond blemish in what is an issue of five-star quality’ (Classical.net)

«Le volume X atteint une variété sonore qui rend justice à tous les registres du programme, jusqu'aux passages madrigalesques les plus échevelés, Apparebit in finem le premier. Toujours à un par voix, brillamment conduits, ces excellents chanteurs magnifient avec autant de maîtrise que d'engagement un immense compositeur. Magistral» (Diapason, France)

Other albums featuring this work

Byrd: Assumpta est Maria & other sacred music
Studio Master: CDA67675Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
The King's Singers Christmas Presence
Studio Master: SIGCD497Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available
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