William Byrd: The Complete Keyboard Music [Box set]
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Today, English composer William Byrd (1540-1623) is mostly remembered for his vocal works, but his keyboard output--a vast array of pavans, galliards, plainsong interpretations, preludes, and popular-song arrangements--is just as noteworthy. Indeed, as Byrd sought to find his voice in writing music for the (relatively) new instrumental genre, he employed experimentation, creativity, and virtuosity that still sound fresh today. This ambitious set features virtually all Byrd's keyboard music, performed by Davitt Maroney on a handful of replica instruments. Spread over seven CDs (and with a solid 100 pages of liner notes dissecting the works), it's an impressive set for keyboard buffs and people curious about what music in Elizabethan England sounded like. Throughout, Maroney plays these challenging pieces impeccably, whether on harpsichord, church organ, clavichord, or muselar virginal (a type of plucked keyboard instrument). Sometimes musical labors of love don't translate to good listening, but in the case of William Byrd: The Complete Keyboard Music, we should all be thankful for Maroney's efforts. --Jason Verlinde
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In Nomine: 16th Century English Music for Viols Including the Complete Consort Music of Thomas Tallis - Fretwork
John Taverner , Thomas Preston , Robert Johnson , Robert Parsons , Alfonso Ferrabosco , Richard Campbell , Julia Hodgson , William Hunt , Elizabeth Liddle , and Christopher Wilson
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ASIN: B000002048
Release Date: 1995-03-06 |
Tracks:
- In Nomine A 4, No. 1
- In Nomine A 5 'Crye'
- In Nomine A 5 'Trust'
- Solfaing Song A 5
- Fa La Sol A 3
- In Nomine A 4
- Fant A 5
- In Nomine A 5
- In Nomine A 4, No. 2
- Fant A 3, No. 3
- In Nomine
- In Nomine A 4, No. 2
- O Lux Beata Trinitas A 3
- In Nomine A 4
- In Nomine A 5
- Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La A 4
- In Nomine A 5
- Lute Fant, No 5
- Fant A 4
- Libera Nos, Salva Nos A 5
- In Nomine A 4
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- Like a box of your favorite chocolates...
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For When You're Alone (Dig)
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ASIN: B00006JK9Z
Release Date: 2002-09-24 |
Tracks:
- Air On G String - Karl Richter
- Andantino - Arthur Grumiaux
- Larghetto - Manfred Clement
- Bourree 1 & 2 - Pepe Romero
- Contrapunctus No.9 - Sir Neville Marriner
- Adagio - Heinz Holliger
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- Siciliano - Irena Grafenauer
- Larghetto, Con Sordini - Heinz Holliger
- Andante - Heinz Holliger
- Aquarium - Andre Previn
- Berceuse - Julian Lloyd Webber
- Andante Con Moto - Maria Graf
- Largo - Catherine Mackintosh
- The Bells - Frederick Fennell
- Chorale Prelude: 'Wir Glauben All An Einen Gott', BWV 680 (Giant Fugue) - Leopold Stokowski
- Nocturne, Op.19 No.4 - Mischa Maisky
- Adagietto - Adagio - Myung-Whun Chung
- Larghetto - Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
Customer Reviews:
Like a box of your favorite chocolates..........2003-05-01
This is a really well-thought-out selection of quieter Baroque, Classical and Romantic works, played primarily on strings but not exclusively. Some of the works are transcribed to other instruments--oboe in the case of a Bach harpsichord concerto, guitar instead of solo cello in the Bouree. This CD includes a lovely, lilting work by Pergolesi, who lived from 1710 to 1736. His wistful and playful music always provokes a happy-sad reaction from me because it's so beautiful and there is of course so little of Pergolesi due to his tragically short life.
This is not just a CD to play while you are alone in your bath, as the cover suggests. It's a nice evening wind-down CD and a great Sunday morning brunch album. It's one of those you can take on plane trips, play anytime you want something quiet yet uplifting. This is a fantastic selection of works, like a box of favorite chocolates only...no guilt and no calories. Sweet!
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- Very, very nice set
- Very, very nice set
- Plain And Simple - GET THIS!!!
- a delight
- Excellent Set, Authentic perfromance
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William Byrd: The Complete Keyboard Music
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
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ASIN: B00002EIUD
Release Date: 1999-10-12 |
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Today, English composer William Byrd (1540-1623) is mostly remembered for his vocal works, but his keyboard output--a vast array of pavans, galliards, plainsong interpretations, preludes, and popular-song arrangements--is just as noteworthy. Indeed, as Byrd sought to find his voice in writing music for the (relatively) new instrumental genre, he employed experimentation, creativity, and virtuosity that still sound fresh today. This ambitious set features virtually all Byrd's keyboard music, performed by Davitt Maroney on a handful of replica instruments. Spread over seven CDs (and with a solid 100 pages of liner notes dissecting the works), it's an impressive set for keyboard buffs and people curious about what music in Elizabethan England sounded like. Throughout, Maroney plays these challenging pieces impeccably, whether on harpsichord, church organ, clavichord, or muselar virginal (a type of plucked keyboard instrument). Sometimes musical labors of love don't translate to good listening, but in the case of William Byrd: The Complete Keyboard Music, we should all be thankful for Maroney's efforts. --Jason Verlinde
Customer Reviews:
Very, very nice set.......2003-08-23
I've been a fan of William Byrd's choral music (and have performed a few pieces, such as the Mass for Five Voices), but this is the first time I've really gotten deep into his keyboard music. I was not disappointed.
Some period keyboard recordings sound relentless--I have to admit that I cannot endure more than about 45 minutes of harpsichord music at a sitting, because it just lacks too much color and variation. Moroney has dealt with that by using a collection of period instruments and varying the mix. But (unlike Glenn Gould) he does not add in the piano. (I think the piano has a superior sound, simply because its dynamic range is wider, but it's wrong for Byrd's period. Moroney has answered that pretty well without cheating.)
If you are a polyphonic, contrapuntal music maniac the way I am, you will really enjoy wallowing in this stuff the way a hog wallows in mud. (OK, maybe I feel a little guilty for pigging out on Byrd music by buying 7 CDs of it. But I only feel a LITTLE guilty.)
Very, very nice set.......2003-08-23
I've been a fan of William Byrd's choral music (and have performed a few pieces, such as the Mass for Five Voices), but this is the first time I've really gotten deep into his keyboard music. I was not disappointed.
Some period keyboard recordings sound relentless--I have to admit that I cannot endure more than about 45 minutes of harpsichord music at a sitting, because it just lacks too much color and variation. Moroney has dealt with that by using a collection of period instruments and varying the mix. But (unlike Glenn Gould) he does not add in the piano. (I think the piano has a superior sound, simply because its dynamic range is wider, but it's wrong for Byrd's period. Moroney has answered that pretty well without cheating.)
If you are a polyphonic, contrapuntal music maniac the way I am, you will really enjoy wallowing in this stuff the way a hog wallows in mud. (OK, maybe I feel a little guilty for pigging out on Byrd music by buying 7 CDs of it. But I only feel a LITTLE guilty.)
Plain And Simple - GET THIS!!!.......2003-02-28
If you're even _looking_ at this set of music, then chances are that you are already enamoured of either it (under the guise of a different performer) or similar early keyboard music. So . . . um . . . what are you waiting for?!? If such a thing as "definitive" Byrd exists on recording --- _this_ is definitive! The instruments (two organs, two harpsichords, a muselar virginal, and a clavichord) are breathtaking --- especially the muselar in "The Battell!" (Yes, the poor thing's a little clackety, but --- holy cow!! You'll hear what I mean.) And Moroney's technique does complete and utter justice to the music. I remember futzing my way through _The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book_ and _My Ladye Nevell's Book_ like a clod; Moroney, in contrast, makes the notes spring off of the pages and into life, with generous (but not overbearing) ornamentation and sprightly tempi (never too fast, never too slow, but always "just right" - I can't say such a thing very often). I don't know if Byrd sounded like he does here, but I can't imagine this music sounding any better. I'm done raving now. ;-)
a delight.......2001-01-28
As I write this I am listing to one after another of these CD. One can find scraps of this keyboard of the Tudor age on all sorts of `collection' CDs from `The Best Of ...' to those really featuring `a consort of viols' or the lute. Variation, I guess. And, of course, there is a large collection of Byrd on MIDI.
This set surpasses all of those by an astronomical margin.
Some will not like this set. If one enjoys Rap turned to an ear bleeding volume at 4 in the morning the chances are that you will not care for this quiet, intellectual music.
Likewise if your idea of the sounds of everlasting bliss is the Mormon Tabernacle Choir rendition of A MIGHTY FORTRESS ... well ,you're going to recall that Byrd was a Catholic and lay curses against these truly wonderful works from Nephi to the border.
Everyone else needs this set.
I have more then 200 classical CD. These 7 are recorded well, the notes are great, the playing top notch and the music itself exquisite.
Excellent Set, Authentic perfromance.......2000-06-29
This wonderful set contains all Byrd's keyboard work, from organ to harpsichord. The playing style of Moroney is greatly correct and neatly fresh. His interpretation of these almost neglected music is wonderful. The touch and the tone of his performance, as well as the ornament, is natural and elegant. This is a must for those who love old keyboard music. The record is excellent too.
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Percy Grainger: The Complete Piano Music
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ASIN: B0000037AX
Release Date: 1997-11-18 |
Tracks:
- Handel In The Strand
- Bridal Lullaby
- English Waltz
- Mock Morris
- To A Nordic Princess
- In A Nutshell-Ste: I. Arrival Platform Humlet
- In A Nutshell-Ste: II. Gay But Wistful
- In A Nutshell-Ste: III. Pastoral
- In A Nutshell-Ste: IV. 'The Gum-Suckers' March
- Peace
- Saxon Twi-Play
- Andante Con Moto
- Children's March
- The Immovable Do
- Sailor's Song
- Colonial Song
- Walking Tune
- Harvest Hymn
- In Dahomey
Tracks:
- b flat Pno Con (Opening)
- Cradle-Song
- Love Walked In
- Second Pno Con (3rd Movt)
- Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part
- Nimrod
- Ramble On The Last Love-Duet
- Chinese Melody-Beautiful Fresh Flower
- Paraphrase On The Flower Waltz
- Lullaby From 'Tribute To Foster'
- American Song-The Rag-Time Girl
- 'Blithe Bells'
- Fugue In a
- The Man I Love
Tracks:
- Country Gardens
- The Merry King
- Molly On The Shore
- Irish Tune From County Derry
- Knight And Shepard's Daughter
- The Nightingale And The Two Sisters
- Jutish Medley
- Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol
- The Rival Brothers
- Near Woodstock Town
- Will Ye Gang To The Hielands, Lizzie Lindsay
- The Brisk Young Sailor
- One More Day My John (Easy Version)
- Rimmer And Goldcastle
- Spoon River
- The Widow's Party
- The Hunter In His Career
- My Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone
- Died For Love
- Scotch Strathspey
- One More Day My John (Complex Version)
- Bristol Town
- Hard-Hearted Barb'ra Helen
- Mo Ninghean Dhu
- Lisbon (Dublin Bay)
- Stalt Vesselil
- O Gin I Were Where Gowrie Rins
- Shepard's Hey
Tracks:
- Four Irish Dances: I. A March-Jig
- Four Irish Dances: II. A Slow Dance
- Four Irish Dances: III. The Leprechaun's Dance
- Four Irish Dances: IV. A Reel
- Nell
- Apres Un Reve
- Pno Con, First Movt
- Tiger-Tiger
- Air And Dance
- Hornpipe
- Toccata And Fugue in d
- Lullaby From 'Tribute To Foster' (Easy Grainger)
- Angelus Ad Virginem
- Klavierstuck in E
- Eastern Intermezzo
- The Bigelow March
- Pno Con, First Movt
- At Twilight
- Klavierstuck in a
- Klavierstuck in B Flat
- Klavierstuck in D
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- Up-Country Song (Colonial Song)
- English Dance
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- 'Spoon River'-American Folk Dance
- Train Music
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- Green Bushes-Passacaglia On An English Folksong
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Customer Reviews:
Every last note..........2006-06-14
A super budget 5 CD collection of all of Grainger's Piano music.
Every last note!
The shipping alone would be $17.00+ for the 5 individual Cds.
Englishman Martin Jones plays these as if he wrote them. He is thoroughly inside this music.
I think his best work to date.
He is joined on CD #5 by Richard Mcmahon and Phillip Martin. Where they rollick in various combos and trios on 1, 2 and 3 pianos. This is exhilerating. Especially on an truly uplifting version of Green Bushes.
The entire set is strongly idiomatic and given a clear, crisp, warm and spacious recording. FIRST CLASS sound.
There are too many highlights to single out, but the In A Nutshell Suite and Green Bushes are especially GOOD!
There is not a bad note or "vibe" on any of these CDs.
Highly recommended for Granger fans and fans of English Piano Music.
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- DON'T TAKE US FOR GRANTED
- Definetly for the Anglophile
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John Williams: Echoes of London
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Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
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- For 2 Guitars: Holland Park
- For 2 Guitars: Courante
- For 2 Guitars: Sarabande/Air
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- For Guitars and Orchestra: Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner
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DON'T TAKE US FOR GRANTED.......2005-01-14
John Williams is a great player of the guitar and no two ways about that. Apart from his solo and individual performances, I recall his duo concerts with Julian Bream. Williams would sit upright, poised, aloof and above-it-all while Bream sweated and laboured, but when it comes to sheer aristocracy as a player I can't think Williams is the equal of the great Bream.
This disc is a very odd medley indeed. Stephen Dodgson's 'Fantasy Divisions' is an original composition for the guitar, and no arrangement is attributed to the three Dowland numbers at the start of the disc, from which I infer that they must be lute works. The others are arrangements either by Williams himself or by Steve Gray, or, in the case of the Lennon/McCartney 'Fool on the Hill', by Leo Brouwer. There is a vague link of 'London' in the music -- obviously Handel's English career happened there and several of the other pieces have the capital's name in their titles, but I would have liked less eclecticism in the choice of music, and I don't believe we would have lost anything by abandoning the half-hearted London theme. The recital starts with mediaeval music, skips to Purcell and Handel and then, via Elgar's ever-fresh Salut d'Amour, to a a complete ragbag of 20th century offerings. Dodgson's modernistic Fantasy Divisions are not likely to share much of a public with Lennon and McCartney, I wouldn't have thought, although I hope Ralph McTell's 'The Streets of London' will appeal to anyone who is not tone-deaf and who has any love of any kind of music at all. In my own view a love of music is a serious impediment to being able to tolerate 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square', although I owe to this production the information that the world owes this work to one Sherwin Maschwitz. Otherwise the Gershwins are here, as is Stanley Myers's Cavatina which was adapted for The Deer Hunter. I own up to an abomination of Noel Coward that turns me off anything bearing his name, and I find that Sandy Wilson's 'A Room in Bloomsbury' was partly responsible, alas, for launching the career of Julie Andrews. There are some orchestral contributions, but the names of the participants, other than the conductors, remain understandably suppressed.
I can forgive just about any compositional atrocity when the performance is of a certain stature. However I have to measure this record against a recently acquired disc of 'Spanish'/Catalan works from Bream, and the playing here just does not seem to me to be in the same class. Maybe Williams deliberately adopts a certain sameness of tone to reflect English pallor, but I suspect that the wonderful creativity and versatility of Bream is just not Williams's way of doing things.
The recorded sound is fine if unexciting, and the liner note moderately informative. We are not told who is responsible for them, and I can't say I feel particularly curious either.
Definetly for the Anglophile.......2001-03-20
For lovers of classical guitar and London, this album is a great addition to a good CD collection.
John Williams plays many of the songs on this album accompanied by full orchestra and chorus, and while the album does not bring out the extent of William's talent as one the world's best classical guitarists, it does evoke whimsical memories of London and is very well crafted. Let me put it this way, this album is best enjoyed on a rainy afternoon with a hot cup of tea. It is beautiful relaxing music that will not be dissappoint you.
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Music for Brass Ensemble from the 16th - 18th Centuries
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ASIN: B0000016A8
Release Date: 1994-09-22 |
Tracks:
- Suite Of Dances
- Drottningholmsmusiken
- Sonata from 'Die Bankelsangerlieder'
- English Dances
- Swedish Dances
- English Dances
- Pavanne D'Angleterre/Gaillarde
- Revecy Venir Du Printans
- Music For His Majesty's Sackbuts And Cornetts
- Canzon A 5 Voc. Ad Imitationem Bergamas Angl.
- Canzon Septimi Toni No.1 Sacrae Simphoniae - Venice
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Visions of Heaven
Manufacturer: Delos Records
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- Beyond Chant: Mysteries Of The Renaissance
ASIN: B000000717
Release Date: 1997-07-22 |
Tracks:
- Invitation To Prayer
- Jesu Rex admirabilis
- Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (From Cantata No. 147)
- Sanctus (From Requiem, Op. 9)
- Ave Maria
- Ave Maria
- Ave Maria
- Chorale Prelude, Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele, Op. 122, No. 5
- Agnus Dei (Transcribed From Adagio, Op. 11)
- Tui nati vulnerati (Of Your Wounded Son) From Stabat Mater, Op. 58
- Prelude in E-Flat
- Lord, For Thy Tender Mercy's Sake
- Rejoice, rejoice
- Air On The G String
- Kyrie
- Gradual - Os justi (The Mouth Of The Righteous)
- O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen (Blessed Are Ye Faithful Souls)
- He Shall Feed His Flock (From Messiah)
- Justorum Animae
- Let My Prayer Come Up As The Incense
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- A Compendium of Classic Marches
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Frederick Fennell Conducts
Manufacturer: Philips
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ASIN: B000A5DLP6
Release Date: 2005-09-13 |
Tracks:
- Hands Across The Sea
- Father Of Victory
- The Golden Ear
- Old Comrades
- March, Op.99
- Valdres March
- Inglesina
- Knightsbridge March
- The U.S. Field Artillery
- The Thunderer
- Washington Post
- King Cotton
- El Capitan
- The Stars And Stripes Forever
- Amerian Patrol
- On The Mall
- Lights Out
- Barnum And Bailey's Favorite
- Colonel Bogey
- The Billboard
Tracks:
- Country Gardens
- Shepherd's Hey
- Colonial Song
- Children's March
- The Immovable Do
- Mock Morris
- Handel In The Strand
- Irish Tune From County Derry
- Spoon River
- My Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone
- Molly On The Shore
- I. Halcyon Days
- II. Springtime In Angus
- III. Youth Of Britain
Tracks:
- I. Covent Garden
- II. Westminster
- III. Knightsbridge
- I. Northwards
- II. Eastwards
- Pirate Dance From Goldilocks
- Suite Of Carols (Excerpts)
- A Christmas Festival
- Sandpaper Ballet
- Forgotten Dreams
- Trumpeter's Lullaby
- Penny-Whistle Song
- Bulger's Holiday
- I. The Irish Washerwoman
- II. The Minstrel Boy
- III. The Rakes Of Mallow
- IV. The Wearing Of The Green
- V. The Last Rose Of Summer
- VI. The Girl I Left Behind
Tracks:
- I. The Earle Of Oxford's Marche
- II. Pavana
- III. John Come Kisse Me Now
- IV. The Mayden's Song
- V. Wolsey's Wilde
- VI. The Bells
- Crown Imperial: A Coronation March
- Hammersmith: Prelude And Scherzo, Op.52
- I. Serenade
- II. Spiritual
- III. Celebration
- Fanfare And Allegro
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A Compendium of Classic Marches.......2007-01-10
The performances contained herein are very good. I only wish there were more Sousa marches in the collection. However, those that are there are well-performed and the recording is very good.
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- Go To Amazon.com/uk
- Wonderful Set, but why pay this much?
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Thomas Tallis: The Complete Works (Box Set)
Manufacturer: Signum UK
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ASIN: B0006OR0DA
Release Date: 2005-01-25 |
Customer Reviews:
Go To Amazon.com/uk.......2006-02-23
Thank you Paul Schleuse. Your review is right on, and most importantly, I paid $113. (including shipping) from amazon.com/uk to Boston. Less than halk the price here.
Wonderful Set, but why pay this much?.......2005-07-30
This is a landmark set: the complete works of one of the most important composers of the 16th century, in performances of grace and clarity. However, you can get it for less than half of the US price by buying it at Amazon.co.uk. At GBP65.20, it works out to just over $100, or about $10 per disc--quite a bargain on a major addition to any serious early-music collection.
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Magnum Mysterium, Vol. 2: Classical Music
Manufacturer: Celestial Harmonies
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ASIN: B00000080I
Release Date: 1991-10-16 |
Tracks:
- Alma Redemptoris Mater
- Christe Redemptor
- Mass Tu Es Petrus/Agnus Dei II
- Missa de Beata Virgine Maria/Agnus Dei
- O Quam Suavis Est
- Pacem Domine
- Salve Regina Mater Misericordiae
- Innsbruck
- Voluntary
- Mass O Quam Gloriosum/Agnus Dei
- Mass Tu Es Petrus/Agnus Dei I
- Euge Bone Mass/Agnus Dei [Excerpt]
- Fourth Pavan and Galliard
- Herr Christ der Einz'ge Gottes Sohn
- Hilf Gott, BWV 624/Chorale Prelude
- Komm, Gott Schr
- Liebster Jesu, Wir Sind Hier, BWV 633/Chorale Prelude. Liebster ...
- Gloria in D Major, RV. 588/Et in Terra Pax
- Gloria in D Major, RV. 589/Et in Terra Pax
- Liebster Jesu, Wir Sind Hier, BWV 731/Chorale Prelude
Tracks:
- Spem in Alium
- Crucifixus
- Crux Fidelis [Excerpt]
- Ave Verum Corpus
- Suite No. 5 in G Minor/Fantasie [Excerpt]
- Lagrime di San Pietro /Vide Homo
- Psalmus Poenitentialis V No. 1
- Jesu Redemptor
- Battell/The Buring of the Dead
- Requiem Mass in Six Parts/Introitus /Kyrie/Agnus Dei
- Requiem Mass/Introitus /Kyrie/Agnus Dei/Communio
- Requiem/Agnus Dei/In Paradisum
- Requiem, Op. 48/Offertoire /Sanctus
- St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244/Recitative No. 71 /Chorale ...
- Gelobet Seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 604/Chorale Prelude
- Wenn Wir in Hten Nn Sein, BWV 641/Chorale Prelude
Customer Reviews:
Spectacularly Arranged.......2002-08-14
This is not your typical copulation of sacred classical music however it covers an eclectic selection of choirs and monasteries from east to west. Lots of Gregorian Chants balanced with treatises for pipe organ and other medieval and renaissance chorus. I highly recommend it whether you are in the mood for spiritual contemplation or just want to listen to something classicaly religious.
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Dos de Coleccion
En Vivo en Buenos Aires
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Ten Cents a Dance