William Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae (1589)

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Byrd was the most prominent--and greatest--of the group of Elizabethan composers that included Tallis, Gibbons, Weelkes, and Morley. His three Masses are among the finest liturgical creations from any era. Byrd's collection of Latin motets, published in 1589 as Cantiones Sacrae (Sacred songs) contains one outstanding example after another of his inimitable style--long, interweaving lines and artfully crafted phrases that arrive at brief resting places, then build again until reaching a final, climactic, soul-satisfying cadence. Byrd's music is always full of intense human feeling, whether joy, despair, hope, or prayerful contemplation--and in each setting always seems to find perfect expression. The men and boys of The Choir of New College, Oxford have a centuries-old tradition of performing this kind of music--and it shows, especially in transcendent works such as "Ne irascaris Domine" and "Vide Domine afflictionem." --David Vernier

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Average customer rating: Great literature... but thats about it Essential listening. Captivating! Lofty music Slow down Maestro !

Beyond Chant: Mysteries Of The Renaissance Manufacturer: Delos Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Gibbons, Orlando | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Lassus | Lassus, Orlando di(Lasso) | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sweelinck | Sweelinck, JanPieterszoon | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tallis | Tallis, Thomas | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Voices Of Ascension: From Chant To Renaissance The Greatest Choral Music of Palestrina: Prince of Music Mysteries Beyond: Songs and Chants in Praise of Mary Duruflé: Requiem Op.9/Messe Cum Jubilo,Op.11 Josquin Desprez: Motets & Chansons ASIN: B0000006ZN Release Date: 1994-05-23

Tracks:

1. Sicut Cervus
2. Ave Maria
3. Justorum Animae
4. Jesu Rex admirabilis
5. Exultate Deo
6. Exultate Justi
7. Jesu,Dulcis Memoria
8. Ave Verum Corpus
9. Psalm 90
10. Psalm 96
11. Hodie Christus Natus Est
12. O Maria Virgo Pia
13. Tu Pauperum Refugium
14. O Sacrum Convivium
15. If Ye Love Me,Keep My Commandments
16. Hosanna To The Son Of David
17. O Quam Gloriosum
18. Selig sind die Toten
19. Heu Nos Miseros
20. Exaltabo Te
21. O Sing Joyfully
22. O Magnum Mysterium
23. Laudate Nomen
24. Cantate Domino

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Go right to the first track and prepare for one of the most masterful and stylish performances of Palestrina that you'll ever hear. It's not flashy music nor is the singing especially virtuosic, but the unified phrasing, ideal balance among sections, and overall ensemble technique is impressive, and Palestrina's little motet simply opens and displays itself like a beautiful flower. The rest of the program, which includes a variety of beautiful flowers from composers such as Josquin, Sweelinck, and Tallis, maintains the same standard. Anyone looking for an introduction to Renaissance sacred choral music will find much here to encourage further exploration--standards like Byrd's "Ave verum corpus" and Victoria's "O magnum mysterium"-- and lesser known tiny masterpieces such as Victoria's "Jesu, dulcis memoria." The Voices of Ascension ranks with the world's finest choirs, and this recording reflects both the highest standard of choral singing and the highest standard of choral composition during the Renaissance. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

Great literature... but thats about it.......2007-06-17

This cd was mildly dissapointing, to say the least. The literature is fantastic. Some of the greats are featured on here with some of their best works. No doubt a great taste of the Renaissance, especially for someone new to it. However, I'm sorry to say that the performance is second-rate, at best. Dennis Keene apparently is either unaware, or just simply understudied when it comes to the Renaissance. He shows an incredible lack of messa di voce, which was what drove the counterpoint of the Renaissance. His interpretations rob this music of its deeply personal purpose. I would suggest the Hilliard Ensemble over any ensemble for Renaissance literature, and find it dissapointing that so many people praise such emotionless, understudied Renaissance ensembels such as the Voices of Ascension, the Tallis Scholars, and the Oxford Camerata, just to name a few. Very good literature... But always pick the Hilliard Ensemble or Anthony Rooley's Consort of Musike when you have the option. It seems like Paul Hillier and Anthony Rooley are the only two true Renaissance scholars currently conducting ensembles.

Essential listening........2007-03-05

This was my first CD of Renaissance choral music, as it undoubtably has been for a great many people. It offers the best possible introduction to the genre for 2 main reasons: 1. No other CD of Renaissance choral music contains such a varied cross-section of early to late Renaissance sacred music styles. 2. The performance and recording quality are fabulous.

Keene uses a variety of different voicings and numbers of singers according to the needs of each particular piece, sometimes with only 2 on a part. The ensemble heard on this recording is a select professional core of The Voices Of Ascension, one of the best choral groups in the country. The voices are all very rich and resonant, and the intonation through the entire CD is unquestionably on par with the best in the world. The singing is, for the most part, completelly vibratoless and extremely smooth, which creates a gorgeous purity that allows this music to shine. However, it does become strident at times, which may put off some choral conductors who are strongly against straight-tone singing.

Of particularly high quality and beauty are the Viadana "Exultate Justi", Byrd's "Ave Verum Corpus", Tallis' "O Sacrum Convivium", and the Victoria and Sweelinck pieces. Another extraordinary track is Leonardo Leo's "Heu Nos Miseros", a late Baroque piece included because of its influence from earlier styles. It is a 9 part double choir piece full of extravigant dissonances and emotion, performed breathtakingly.

Captivating!.......2006-04-12

I was christened as a choral music fan once, as a college student, I heard the music of the Cambridge Singers. Inundated with classical music for years, how could I never have heard such music?! It was as if my musical senses were born anew: for it was with the same awe as a child encountering the world for the first time, that I discovered this novel and fascinating world of a cappella choral music. There were landmark discoveries along the way: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge; Concordia Choir; St. Olaf Choir; the Dale Warland Singers; the Kansas City Chorale; Kantorei; the West Coast Mennonite Chamber Singers...and (as you expected!) I must end with the Voices of Ascension. The clarity of their pure voices can only be paralleled by the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge. Chant haters, do not avoid this CD - you will find no chants here! Chants hold absolutely NO intrigue for me and I cannot endure listening to them for long periods of time. By contrast, this music, aptly named "Beyond Chant," truly does uncover hidden musical treasures of the Renaissance for those who would ordinarily avoid such music. The intricately woven a cappella harmonies are captivating and satisfying. I highly recommend this CD to all choral music fans.

Lofty music.......2005-10-14

Some of the earliest pieces of Christian music are the various kinds of chant. These hearken back to synagogue singing; there were various kinds of chant, including Gregorian, Old Roman, Mozarabic, Cistercian and Anglican chant. These tend toward the monophonic, singing with a single 'tune' or lone. They are generally without regular beats or set meters. However, in the Renaissance, monophonic chant grew into a polyphonic form, and this is one of the most glorious eras of music. (My shelves at home are filled with CDs of this sort.) Composers in this era include many represented on this disc - Palestrina, Desprez, Victoria, Lassus, Byrd, Gibbons and Tallis were some of the leading lights of the time. Lesser known but still glorious include Tye, Viadana, Sweelinck, Hassler, Batten and Schutz.

One of the interesting features of this disc is that it includes three pieces by Sweelinck, two psalm settings and 'Hodie Christus Natus Est'. (Sweelinck is very under-represented in recording and performance today). Some pieces are very well known - Byrd's 'Ave Verum Corpus' is perhaps one of the most familiar pieces from this period, as is Palestrina's 'Exultate Deo'. This is a collection that draws from the breadth of the Western Christian tradition of music from this time, with composers from Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Germany, and Spain.

The composers here wrote liturgical music for Masses and other worship services, as well as other pieces - motets and other kinds of new music. This disc represents music that is two or three steps removed from plainsong and basic forms of chant - some are quite a bit distant. Viadana's composition for 'Exultate Justi', for example, was actually composed later, and despite being done in a more Renaissance style, shows decided influences of the Baroque (this might also be part of the performance of the Voices of the Ascension that gives this impression).

The Voices of Ascension, under the direction of Dennis Keene, grew out of the choir of the Church of the Ascension in New York City. Many of the singers are active soloists in addition to being part of this group (whose numbers vary, but often around 40). Keene is a conductor, organist and teacher (not an uncommon combination). Trained at Juilliard, he has led the Voices of Ascension through many outstanding recordings and performances.

This is a performance that is definitely uplifting, and a good collection of music in its breadth to introduce the glories of Renaissance polyphony to those who with little exposure to it. The recording quality is very good, and the choir is quite full and well suited for the music. Some have commented upon the tempo, but this was not a concern for me, and did not stand out as unusual or a problem upon listening (indeed, there were a few points at which I might wish for it to be a bit faster, rather than slower).

A collection that soars!

Slow down Maestro !.......2004-01-04

Another reviewer writing about another album by Dennis Keene wrote:

"Yet the performance is not the slowly flowing honey usually served up by, say, the Tallis Scholars (as good as that is). Particularly in the Gloria and Credo of the Mass, Dennis Keene deliberately de-emphasizes the rise and fall of the different voices' lines in favor of a more naturally speech-like declamation of the long Latin texts. This means a surprisingly fast tempo--and some rhythmic spring and syncopation one might not expect in Palestrina. Some (not all) of the motets get a similar treatment: it works well in joyous pieces like the Pentecost motet Dum complerentur, but listeners might miss that melodic rise and fall in some of the slower works. The singers of Voices of Ascension are quite skillful, and the slight edge in their tone helps make the different melodies unusually audible. Very worthwhile, but not your father's Palestrina."

As a matter of fact, I used to like this album quite much although it was certainly not my favorite. That was until I listened to Robert shaw's "O Magnum Mysterium", which is amedley of Renaissance, negro spiritual, Russian and Western contemporary religious music. I was struck by Shaw's profoundly spiritual interpretation of the pieces by Victoria and Tallis that are also recorded on "Beyond Chant".

From then on I could no longer listen to this cd without feeling feeling increasingly dissatisfied. I tried to find a precise reason and not being a music specialist I was quite at a loss until I found the review above. Maybe the quick tempo is the key to my dislike.

I definitely feel that Dennis Keene and his singers do not have the depth of the Robert Shaw Festival Singers although the booklet accompanying the cd claims that the audience was spellbound by their performance, which took place in a cathedral in New York.

You may have a more gratifying experience if you buy a cd by the Tallis Scholars, Robert Shaw ("O Magnum Mysterium"), Pomerium(see their wonderful "Book of Hours") or even by the French countertenors and baritones of the Organum Ensemble ("Missa Pange Lingua").

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Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae Manufacturer: Chandos Chaconne ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000NY1656 Release Date: 2007-05-22

Tracks:

1. 1591, No.21. Haec Dies
2. 1591, No.13. Miserere Mei, Deus
3. (I) Laetentur Coeli-
4. (II) Orietur In Diebus Tuis
5. (I) Salve, Regina-
6. (II) Et Jesum
7. (I) Laudibus In Sanctis-
8. (II) Magnificum Domini-
9. (III) Hunc Arguta Canant
10. (I) Ne Irascaris, Domine-
11. (II) Civitas Sancti Tui
12. 1589, No.10. In Resurrectione Tua
13. 1591, No.15. Domine, Non Sum Dignus
14. 1589, No.9. Vigilate
15. 1589, No.15. Domine, Secundum Multitudinem Dolorum Meorum
16. 1591, No.20. Domine, Salva Nos
17. 1591, No.18. Cantate Domino
18. (I) Quis Est Homo-
19. (II) Diverte a Malo
20. (I) O Quam Gloriosum Est Regnum-
21. (II) Benedictio, Et Claritas

Average customer rating: Perfect...!

The William Byrd Edition, Vol. 8: Cantiones Sacrae 1589 & Propers for the Purification William Byrd , David Skinner , and The Cardinall's Musick Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The William Byrd Edition, Vol. 7: Cantiones Sacrae 1589 & Propers for Lady Mass from Christmas to Purification The William Byrd Edition, Vol 2: Early Latin Church Music & Propers for Christmas The William Byrd Edition, Vol. 3: Early Latin Church Music & Propers for the Epiphany The William Byrd Edition, Vol. 6: Music for Holy Week & Easter The William Byrd Edition, Vol. 5: The Masses ASIN: B00006RSMO Release Date: 2003-01-21

Tracks:

1. Vigilate
2. In Resurrectione Tua
3. Aspice Domine De Sede
4. Ne Irascaris Domine
5. Antiphon - Senex Puerum Portabat
6. Processional - Adorna Thalamum
7. Introit - Suscepimus
8. Gradual - Suscepimus
9. Alleluia - Senex Puerum
10. Tract - Nunc Dimittis
11. Offertory - Diffusa Est Gratia
12. Communion - Responsum Accepit
13. Antiphon - Hodie Beata Virgo
14. Antiphon - Ave Regina Caelorum
15. O Quam Gloriosum
16. Tribulationes Civitatum
17. Domine Secundum Multitudinem
18. Laetentur Caeli

Customer Reviews:

Perfect...!.......2005-05-23

Andrew Carwood directs the Cardinall's Musick in a recording of Propers for the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary and motets from Cantiones Sacre, 1589, by William Byrd (c1535-1623).

"The choir enters deeply into an understanding of what lies behind these pieces....sustained restraint, perfect balance and crisp rhythms" (Gramophone)

The works on this recording:

1. Vigilate, motet
2. In resurrectione tua, motet
3. Aspice Domine de sede, motet
4. Ne irascaris Domine, motet
5. Propers For The Feast Of The Purification
6. O quam gloriosum, motet
7. Tribulationes civitatum, motet
8. Domine secundum multitudinem, motet
9. Laetentur caeli, motet

Average customer rating: Wonderful CD, cheaper elsewhere Perhaps my favorite Christmas albumn A Wonderful Christmas Pageant Personal and Universal Beatiful choir

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Tracks:

1. Prologue: Gloria in excelsis Deo (Robert Cowper)
2. The Annunciation: Ave Maria, gratia plena (Plainsong)
3. The Annunciation: Angelus ad Virginem (English Carol, 13th Century)
4. The Annunciation: Alma Redemptoris Mater (Pierluigi da Palestrina)
5. The Annunciation: Gabriel's message (arr. Edgar Pettman)
6. The Appearance of the Angles To The Shepherds: Hodie Christus natus est (Giovanni Bassano)
7. The Appearance of the Angles To The Shepherds: Jolly Shepherd (English Anonymous Round)
8. The Appearance of the Angles To The Shepherds: Hodie Christus natus est (Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck)
9. The Appearance of the Angles To The Shepherds: Past three a clock (arr. Charles Wood)
10. The Birth: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen (Praetorius/Vulpius)
11. The Birth: There is no rose of such virtu (English Carol, 15th Century)
12. The Birth: Ave maris stella (Lajos Bardos)
13. The Birth: A spotless Rose (Herbert Howells)
14. The Birth: O magnum mysterium (William Byrd)
15. The Birth: Ach Herr, Du Schr (Heinrich Sch
16. The Angels Greet The New - Born Child: This endris night (arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams)
17. The Angels Greet The New - Born Child: Entre le boeuf (French Carol, 13th century)
18. Arrival Of The Shepherds At Bethlehem: Guillran ton tamborin (arr. Louis-Gaston Soublette)
19. Arrival Of The Shepherds At Bethlehem: Psallite (Michael Praetorius)
20. Arrival Of The Shepherds At Bethlehem: Quem vidistes pastores? (Richard Dering)
21. The Rocking Of The Cradle: The cradle (harm. Martin Shaw)
22. The Rocking Of The Cradle: Lullaby (William Byrd)
23. The Rocking Of The Cradle: El Rorro (Mexican traditional carol)
24. The Rocking Of The Cradle: Once as I remember (arr. R. Hammond)
25. The Rocking Of The Cradle: The Lamb (John Tavener)
26. The Rocking Of The Cradle: Joseph lieber, Joseph mein (Johannes Walther)
27. The Adoration Of The Magi: Entry of the Three Kings (John Gardner)
28. The Adoration Of The Magi: The King of all Kings (collected by Cecil Sharp)
29. The Adoration Of The Magi: Ring out ye crystal spheres (Robert Armstrong)
30. The Adoration Of The Magi: Gloria in excelsis deo (Thomas Weelkes)

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful CD, cheaper elsewhere.......2005-12-05

I first heard of this cd when I heard the glorious El Rorro on a mix of christmas music which I got with a copy of a magazine called Classic CD. I looked everywhere for the cd but had trouble finding it anywhere and even heard from one record store that the cd had been deleted. I checked here on Amazon and saw that it was only available used for $32.50. I seriously considered buying it even for that price.

I was therefore ecstatic when I found it on iTunes for $11.99 and instantly purchased it online. You can find it there, not under the US title but the original UK title which is Once as I Remember. For those who enjoy old English choral music, then this cd can become one of those you will have to listen to every christmas. This is one of mine.

Perhaps my favorite Christmas albumn.......2005-12-04

I originally bought this CD merely because it was on sale from a record club. I had no idea at the time how astonishingly good it was. It has quickly become perhaps my favorite albumn of Christmas music, and in fact it is one of the CDs that gives me most pleasure throughout the year. The range of selections is incredibly broad and extremely tasteful. The songs are alternately joyous, rousing, subtle, and very moving, and the perfomances are superb. It would be wonderful if this CD were reissued in an inexpensive format; I would love to be able to give this as a gift to many friends. I particularly recommend selections 5, 22, 23, and 27. The last two of these, especially, deserve to be much better known and more widely performed than is presently the case.

A Wonderful Christmas Pageant .......2005-10-24

John Elliot Gardiner has brought us a great deal of wonderful music and has been a leader in what used to be called early music performance practice (nowadays it is just the way the music is performed). Apparently, he came from a well to do family and for some period of time they had their own Christmas pageant that told the story of the Nativity with a mix of various musical numbers that ranged the ancient to the relatively modern.

This is a terrific album all on its own, but it may spark some ideas for your own Christmas celebrations and introduce you to some new pieces new approaches for the Holiday. The music is all excellently performed, I suspect far more professionally than when he was a child, but we always idealize our fond memories don't we?

The disk comes with all the texts for the pieces along with his explanation of how the pageant worked along with the spoken parts (not included on the disk) and that is a nice touch. If you wanted, you could simply use the disk for the musical portions and take turns in your family of just reading the spoken parts. Just a though.

Enjoy!

Personal and Universal.......2000-12-19

This recording is a personal memoir of John Eliot Gardiner's childhood. His family put on an annual Christmas pageant involving a large cast of family, friends, neighbors, etc. The selections on this CD are the selections that were used for the pageant, plus a few of Mr. Gardiner's new favorites added as well. (The readings that were part of the pageant are included on the liner notes.)

On my first listen to this recording the music was beautiful, but it seemed like an ad hoc collection. The cause for this seemed to be the variety of fairly diverse styles from one selection to the next. There are high Renaissance pieces, contemporary pieces, traditional carols, some Medieval selections, and a few other odds and ends. Most of the works are a cappella, but some are accompanied. All are executed with the flawlessness of the Monteverdi Choir. But the album didn't seem to have a flow or direction.

Then I read the readings that went between the selections as well as the liner notes about the pageant. Ever since then the CD "clicked." The flow of the selections made wonderful sense.

If you by this CD I suggest you read the liner notes first and the readings in the order they are intended. At least for me it made the CD a complete work of art.

This CD is a glimpse into what "made" the conductor John Eliot Gardiner. It is also a universal statement of Christmas.

Beatiful choir.......1999-12-10

The Monteverdi choir sounds very well and all the melodies are sweet. Listen the third theme or ONCE AS I REMEMBER.

Average customer rating: 4 Disc tour de' force of "high church" Christmas music

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Tracks:

1. Once In Royal David's City - King's College Choir, Cambridge
2. O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Palestrina
3. The First Nowell - King's College Choir, Cambridge
4. I Saw Three Ships - King's College Choir, Cambridge
5. Personent hodie - Byrd
6. Myn Lyking - Byrd
7. A Spotless Rose - Gibbons
8. Away In A Manger - Weelkes
9. I Sing Of A Maiden - Weelkes
10. O Come, O Come Emmanuel - King's College Choir, Cambridge
11. While Shepherds Watched - King's College Choir, Cambridge
12. Up! Good Christian Folk And Listen - King's College Choir, Cambridge
13. In The Bleak Midwinter - King's College Choir, Cambridge
14. Silent Night - King's College Choir, Cambridge
15. The Holly And The Ivy - King's College Choir, Cambridge
16. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Taylor
17. The Three Kings - King's College Choir, Cambridge
18. On Christmas Night - King's College Choir, Cambridge
19. A Child Is Born In Bethlehem - King's College Choir, Cambridge
20. In dulci jubilo - King's College Choir, Cambridge
21. O Come, All Ye Faithful - King's College Choir, Cambridge
22. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Warlock

Tracks:

1. Once In Royal David's City - King's College Choir, Cambridge
2. Bidding Prayer - King's College Choir, Cambridge
3. Resonet in laudibus - King's College Choir, Cambridge
4. Genesis 3 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
5. Adam lay ybounden - King's College Choir, Cambridge
6. Sussex Carol - King's College Choir, Cambridge
7. Isaiah 9 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
8. Joseph And Mary - King's College Choir, Cambridge
9. St Luke 1 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
10. A Maiden Most Gentle - King's College Choir, Cambridge
11. St Luke 2 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
12. Stille Nacht! - King's College Choir, Cambridge
13. Chester Carol - King's College Choir, Cambridge
14. St Luke 2 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
15. Angels, From The Realms Of Glory - King's College Choir, Cambridge
16. St Matthew 2 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
17. A Babe Is Born - King's College Choir, Cambridge
18. St John 1 - King's College Choir, Cambridge
19. O Come, All Ye Faithful - King's College Choir, Cambridge
20. Collect For Christmas Eve And The Blessing - King's College Choir, Cambridge
21. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - King's College Choir, Cambridge
22. In dulci jubilo - King's College Choir, Cambridge

Tracks:

1. Hodie Christus natus est - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
2. Hodie Christus natus est - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
3. O magnum mysterium - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
4. Senex puerum portabat - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
5. Senex puerum portabat - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
6. Hodie beata virgo - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
7. Hosanna To The Son Of David - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
8. Hosanna To The Sun Of DAvid - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
9. Gloria in excelsis Deo - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
10. When To The Temple Mary Went - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
11. Nowell! Nowell! Nowell! - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
12. The Holly And The Ivy - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
13. Angelus ad virginem - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
14. Angelus ad virginem - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
15. I Sing Of A Maiden - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
16. Watt's Cradle Song - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
17. My Dancing Day - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
18. Sing A Song Of Joy - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
19. Jesus Christ The Apple Tree - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
20. Most Glorious Lord Of Life - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
21. That Lord That Lay In Asse Stall - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger
22. Where Riches Is Everlastingly - King's College Choir - Philip Ledger

Tracks:

1. I Look From Afar - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
2. Come, Thou Redeemer Of The Earth - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
3. Isaiah 40: 1 - 8 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
4. Drop Down, Ye Heavens, From Above - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
5. Jeremiah 23: 5 - 6 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
6. O Come, O Come Emmanuel! - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
7. Haggai 2: 6 - 9 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
8. Up, Awake And Away! - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
9. All And Some - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
10. Isaiah 35: 1 - 6 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
11. 'Twas In The Year - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
12. The Cherry Tree Carol - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
13. King Jesus Has A Garden - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
14. On Jordan's Bank The Baptist's Cry - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
15. St. Luke 1: 26 - 35 And 38 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
16. Gabriel's Message - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
17. Wake, O Wake! With Tidings Thrilling - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
18. St. Mark 1: 1 - 4a And 7 -15 - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
19. I Wonder As I Wander - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
20. My Dancing Day - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
21. Judah And Jerusalem, Fear Not - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
22. Prayers And Blessing - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
23. Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
24. Nun komm', der Heiden Heiland - The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge

Customer Reviews:

4 Disc tour de' force of "high church" Christmas music.......2003-04-19

It's in there.. this is a great collection of Anglican Cathedral Christmas music. Highly recommended.

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The William Byrd Edition, Vol. 4: Cantiones Sacrae 1575 William Byrd , David Skinner , Andrew Carwood , and The Cardinall's Musick Manufacturer: Gaudeamus ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The William Byrd Edition, Vol. 3: Early Latin Church Music & Propers for the Epiphany The William Byrd Edition, Vol 2: Early Latin Church Music & Propers for Christmas The Byrd Edition, Vol. 1: Early Latin Church Music & Propers for Lady Mass in Advent The William Byrd Edition, Vol. 7: Cantiones Sacrae 1589 & Propers for Lady Mass from Christmas to Purification The William Byrd Edition, Vol. 8: Cantiones Sacrae 1589 & Propers for the Purification ASIN: B000038I8G Release Date: 2000-01-11

Tracks:

1. Emendemus In Melius
2. Libera Me, Domine, Et Pone Me
3. Peccantem Me Quotidie
4. Aspice, Domine Quia Facta Est
5. Attolite Portas
6. O Lux Beata Trinitas
7. Laudate Pueri Dominum
8. Memento, Homo
9. Siderum Rector
10. Da Mihi Auxilium
11. Domine, Secundum Actum Meum
12. Diliges Dominum
13. Miserere Mihi, Domine
14. Tribue Domine
15. Libera Me, Domine, De Morte Aeterna

Average customer rating: a voice teacher and early music fan

Gradualia: Marian Masses Byrd , Turner , and William Byrd Choir Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000066448 Release Date: 2002-07-09

Customer Reviews:

a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-01-09

A Catholic in the Protestant England of Queen Elizabeth had to be careful to keep his head, in every sense of the word. William Byrd, Master of Musicke, succeeded in living to be eighty years old and dying in one piece. By writing for the Protestant Church a Great Service and a Short Service, and for the Papists three masses, besides madrigals, anthems, and hymns,he remained in the good graces of both. Today he is acknowledged as one of the most versitile, original, and creative composers of all time. The Marian Masses that form the contents of this recording include not only the Marian Feasts generally authorised in 1605,but also the Votive Masses associated with the Virgin. A Votive Mass is a Mass offered for a particular intention or purpose, either on behalf of a group of people, or, as in this case, to a saint who was thought to possess special powers of entreaty at the throne of heaven.This recording contains motets for 3 to 5 voices that comprise the entire material for the Marian Masses. However, it's not necessary to get too involved in the structure of the mass but to simply enjoy William Byrd's polyphonic writing. There isn't a church within miles from where I live that sings any of this music at all including the Catholic churchs. That's why we all seek out recordings to satisfy our musical thirst. The singing on this CD is exquisite, the balance always correct and the intensity of devotion always right. And no wonder if you look at the 5 voice choir: Deborah Roberts, David Cordier, Michael Chance, John Mark Ainsley and Michael George. This is acappela singing at its greatest!

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The William Byrd Edition, Vol. 7: Cantiones Sacrae 1589 & Propers for Lady Mass from Christmas to Purification William Byrd , Andrew Carwood , David Skinner , and The Cardinall's Musick Manufacturer: Gaudeamus ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The William Byrd Edition, Vol. 8: Cantiones Sacrae 1589 & Propers for the Purification The William Byrd Edition, Vol 2: Early Latin Church Music & Propers for Christmas The William Byrd Edition, Vol. 5: The Masses The William Byrd Edition, Vol. 6: Music for Holy Week & Easter The William Byrd Edition, Vol. 3: Early Latin Church Music & Propers for the Epiphany ASIN: B00005QITI Release Date: 2001-11-20

Tracks:

1. Defecit In Dolore
2. Domine Praestolamur
3. O Domine Adjuva Me
4. Tristitia Et Anxietas
5. Propers For Lady Mass From Christmas To The Purification: Introit - Vultum Tuum
6. Propers For Lady Mass From Christmas To The Purification: Gradual - Speciousus Forma
7. Propers For Lady Mass From Christmas To The Purification: Alleluya - Post Partum Virgo
8. Propers For Lady Mass From Christmas To The Purification: Tract - Gaude Maria
9. Propers For Lady Mass From Christmas To The Purification: Offertory - Felix Namque Es
10. Propers For Lady Mass From Christmas To The Purification: Communion - Beata Viscera
11. Memento Domine
12. Vide Domine Afflictionem
13. Deus Venerunt Gentes
14. Domine Tu Jurasti

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Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae 1571, 1589, 1591 - Choir of New College Oxford - Higginbottom - 3CD Box Set Manufacturer: CRD Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00069PE2Y Release Date: 2004-10-18

Album Description

William Byrd (1543-1623)

Cantiones Sacrae 1571, 1589, 1591

Choir of New College Oxford
Directed by Edward Higgenbottom

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Peter Philips: Cantiones Sacrae Quinis Vocibus, Antwerp 1612 Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005NUOG Release Date: 2001-10-23

Tracks:

1. Factum Est Silentium
2. O Crux Splendidior
3. Ascendit Deus
4. Modo Veniet Dominator Dominus
5. Ave Verum Corpus
6. Cantantibus Organis
7. Gaudent In Coelis
8. Hodie Sanctus Benedictus
9. Mulieres Sedentes
10. O Beatum Et Sacrosanctum Diem
11. Simon Petre
12. Gaudeamus Omnes
13. O Nomen Jesu
14. Iste Est Iohannes
15. Cantabant Sancti
16. Sergens Jesus
17. Stella, Quam Viderant Magi
18. Hodie Beata Virgo Maria

Track Listings:

1. 1000 Years Of Russian Monastery Music
2. 16th Century English Harpsichord and Virginals Music
3. 17th Century Genoan Instrumental Music
4. A Musical Souvenir from Darlovy Vary
5. American Piano Music of the 20th century
6. Arensky: Piano Trio, Op. 32; Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet
7. Arriaga & Wikmanson: String Quartets
8. Boccherini: String Quartets, Op. 52, Vol. 3
9. Boyce: 8 Symphonies
10. Brahms, Mozart and Busoni

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