Ward: Fantasies & Verse Anthems

The four-part viol fantasies complement Phantasm's previous recording of Ward's five- and six-part works and show an equally fluent and skilful style exemplifying Jacobean consort fantasy at its best. The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, directed by Daniel Hyde, joins Phantasm to perform Ward's verse anthems which contain an ever-shifting kaleidoscope of textures and generous word painting amidst a polyphonic swirl of viols.

Phantasm's illustrious recording career has resulted in the viol consort being repeatedly recognized at the Gramophone Awards with two Awards and several ‘Finalist' nods to its name.

A 24-bit 192 kHz studio master for this album is available from the Linn Records website.

CKD427  59 minutes 46 seconds
'The current Magdalen choir has a range of marvellous voices used for the solos, with particularly admirable diction, especially from the trebles' (Gramophone)