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Fans of Orlando Gibbons’ church music will be pleased with this generously filled program, which purports to contain “all of the hymn melodies ascribed to
Thomas Tallis’ 40-voice motet Spem in alium (scored for eight five-part choirs) was composed some 400 years before the modern age of recordings, and perhaps
How can you go wrong with Fretwork and Orlando Gibbons? You can’t–and when you add the bright, resonant sonority and consummate style of Oxford’s Choir
Much has been written on this site extolling the brilliance of Orlando Gibbons’ music, and this new recital by the viol consort Phantasm (celebrating its
The musical and sonic splendors of this CD having already been discussed at length by David Vernier (type Q7162 in the search box for his
Here’s one of those “instrument-right-in-the-room-with-you” recordings, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, especially where the “often-barely-audible” harpsichord is concerned. We’re also fortunate that this particular
This is a collection of 1979 performances reissued for Astrée’s massive Jordi Savall Edition. If you’re a Savall fan and not necessarily a Gibbons aficionado,
There’s no more agreeable, melodious, or concordant sound on earth than that of a consort of viols, and Orlando Gibbons’ music for these instruments is
In our century, 16th-century English composer Orlando Gibbons’ reputation rests primarily on his choral church music–a revered body of service music, hymns, motets, and anthems.
If it’s a rousing start you want, you certainly get it here, with the Winchester Cathedral Choir’s rendition of Orlando Gibbons’ zesty anthem Hosanna to
