Several recordings have recently explored the largely neglected work of English composer Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625). But it is fitting that With a Merrie Noyse has been the one to receive a Grammy award nomination, for Best Small Ensemble Performance, in 2004. This U.S. industry award tends to be bestowed on good collaborations, and With a Merrie ...
A fairly random collection of the sacred music of three English composers from the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, each disc of this Harmonia Mundi three-disc set nevertheless has its attractive qualities. In the disc given to two masses and three motets by the celebrated William Byrd, the all-male Chanticleer sings with an austere ...
Following on a successful and equally distinctive release offering service music and anthems of Gibbons, the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, and its director Bill Ives return with a similar program devoted to William Byrd. Once again the most immediately unusual feature of the sound is the presence of instrumental accompaniment by the viol ...
Aside from how tremendous the music is and how terrific the performances are, the first thing one notices about this disc is how good it sounds. With incredibly warm and unbelievably immediate sound, Harmonia Mundi has always been one of the best classical labels in the world. But, even by its standards, the sound of the Choir of Magdalen College ...
Best known as the composer of the Requiem frequently coupled on recordings with the much more popular work in the same form by Fauré, Maurice Duruflé is all too rarely granted a disc all to himself. Thankfully, this 2008 Hyperion disc is such a disc, and, even more thankfully, it's a honey. Containing not only his relatively well-known Requiem, ...
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