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from notes by John Milsom © 2014
extrait des notes rédigées par John Milsom © 2014
Français: Hypérion
aus dem Begleittext von John Milsom © 2014
Deutsch: Viola Scheffel
 All in the April EveningCDH55243  ‘It's a delightful disc … if there was a 'Critics' Fancy' it would be there sure enough’ (Gramophone) ‘This is a delightfully nostalgic trip through English part-singing from the first half of the 20th century. The programme is deftly chosen and Laudib ...» More |
 Byrd & Britten: Choral worksStudio Master: SIGCD481Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available  Jesus College Choir continues its much-praised series of recordings with a new album of works by Britten and Byrd.» More |
 Byrd: Ave verum corpus & other sacred musicCSCD507Download only  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 |
 Byrd: Mass for five voicesCDH55348 Recorded in the magnificent acoustic of Winchester Cathedral, this is a welcome revisiting of one of Byrd’s crowning musical achievements, his beautiful third and final setting of the Mass, an unashamedly Catholic celebration of the Feast of Corpu ...» More |
 Byrd: MotetsStudio Master: KGS0024-DDownload onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available  Eighteen of William Byrd's most perfect motets illuminate a journey through the Church's year in the company of perhaps the world's most famous choir.» More |
 Byrd: Playing Elizabeth's TuneGIMDN902This album is not available for download  NTSC FORMAT DVD. Filmed performances of sacred music by William Byrd together with a documentary on the troubled times that produced some of the most intimate and passionate sacred music ever written.» More |
 Byrd: Playing Elizabeth's TuneGIMDP901This album is not available for download PAL FORMAT DVD. Filmed performances of sacred music by William Byrd together with a documentary on the troubled times that produced some of the most intimate and passionate sacred music ever written.» More |
 Byrd: Playing Elizabeth's TuneGIMSA592This album is not available for download SACD. Peter Phillips directs The Tallis Scholars in sacred music by William Byrd, recorded while filming for the BBC in Tewkesbury Abbey.» More |
 Byrd: Playing Elizabeth's TuneStudio Master: CDGIM992Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available Peter Phillips directs The Tallis Scholars in sacred music by William Byrd, recorded while filming for the BBC in Tewkesbury Abbey.» More |
 Byrd: The Tallis Scholars sing William ByrdCDGIM2082CDs for the price of 1 "England has never produced a greater composer than William Byrd. His music for the Anglican Church has been sung without interruption since the 16th century. In stark contrast his Catholic music was not heard for over 300 years. This specially pr ...» More |
 Byrd: The three MassesCDGIM345 The original release on CD of this classic recording of the three Masses by William Byrd.» More |
 Byrd: The three MassesStudio Master: CDA68038Studio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available A new recording of the most perfect of Tudor masterpieces, Byrd’s three Mass-settings, from the cradle of their nineteenth-century rehabilitation. Westminster Cathedral Choir is enjoying a vintage period, and here we hear its trademark sound in al ...» More |
 Exultate DeoCDA66850 ‘The answer to many prayers; a blockbusting survey of choral masterpieces performed by a choir of exceptional calibre’ (Classic FM Magazine) ‘For anyone eager to sample varied music from the Golden Age of polyphony this is a perfect disc’ (Classic CD)» More |
 Faire is the HeavenCOLCD107Download only Drawn from three key periods: the Reformation, the Restoration and the Anglican revival, here are 23 motets and anthems, sung in the beautiful acoustic of the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral.» More |
 Great Cathedral AnthemsStudio Master: SIGCD514Download onlyStudio Master FLAC & ALAC downloads available Infusing the hallowed spaces of Canterbury Cathedral with their singing for the first time in 2014, the Girls here join the Men of the Cathedral Choir in a sequence of anthems from Tallis and Byrd to Howells and Leighton.» More |
 Naked Byrd, Vol. 1SIGCD180Download only Crossing several centuries, from the sixteenth to the present day this album displays how every generation has been inspired to use both sacred and secular music as a powerful medium to express their personal emotions.» More |
 Sacred Music in the Renaissance, Vol. 1GIMBX301Boxed set (at a special price) — Download only The first of three volumes featuring The Tallis Scholars' finest recordings, one for each decade, and each offering over five hours of the award-winning performances that helped establish Renaissance Polyphony as one of the great repertoires of we ...» More |
 The music of Westminster Cathedral ChoirWCC100Super-budget price sampler 'A wonderful programme. Westminster Cathedral Choir excite, enthral and electrify under both James O'Donnell and his predecessor David Hill. It would make an ideal gift for any lover of the tradition' (Cathedral Music) 'Bargain of the month' ( ... » More |
