The Rose and the Ostrich Feather - Eton Choirbook Vol I

Editorial Reviews
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Following a first encounter with the music from The Eton Choirbook everyone makes the same comment: Why don't I know about this music? And who are these composers--Richard Hygons, Edmund Turges, John Browne? The disturbing fact is that there are many more composers from 15th- and 16th-century England whose names and/or music we will never know. Vast amounts of music were destroyed during the Reformation and subsequent centuries, due to neglect, vandalism, and ignorance. We are fortunate to have this early 16th-century manuscript, preserved at Eton College, which, as you will hear from the first notes of Robert Fayrfax's Magnificat, is a treasure worth preserving at all costs. This is music full of character, often elaborate in length and complexity, with highly original writing, especially regarding voicing. The Sixteen's performance is impressive for its total technical mastery and for its warm expressiveness. --David Vernier

Tracks:

Magnificat
Salve Regina
From Stormy Windes
Stabat Luxta Christi Crucem
This Day Day Dawes
Salve Regina

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Following a first encounter with the music from The Eton Choirbook everyone makes the same comment: Why don't I know about this music? And who are these composers--Richard Hygons, Edmund Turges, John Browne? The disturbing fact is that there are many more composers from 15th- and 16th-century England whose names and/or music we will never know. Vast amounts of music were destroyed during the Reformation and subsequent centuries, due to neglect, vandalism, and ignorance. We are fortunate to have this early 16th-century manuscript, preserved at Eton College, which, as you will hear from the first notes of Robert Fayrfax's Magnificat, is a treasure worth preserving at all costs. This is music full of character, often elaborate in length and complexity, with highly original writing, especially regarding voicing. The Sixteen's performance is impressive for its total technical mastery and for its warm expressiveness. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

Incredible music.......2004-01-16

I've had this CD for 10 years now, know every song by heart, and any time I'm stressed or freaked or just out of sorts I play it. The music is incredible. You can get lost in the harmonies. Defn recommend for anyone with any taste for choral or classical music.

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Must Be Live

Richard Wernick: Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto

Steakbone Slide Guitar

Lou Takes Off

Pleasure & Pain

Take Me Higher

That Lucky Old Sun [Box set] [Import]

Shostakovich: Music From The Film Alone, Op.26

Sampler Vol. 1 / Various

The Chicago Sessions

stereopathetic soulmanure

Say Si! Si!

Rancheras de Lujo

Diana & Marvin

The Malcolm X Jazz Suite