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The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book is essentially a collection of late […]
There are dozens (hundreds?) of recordings similar to this one: compilations of Renaissance motets. One reason is the sheer quantity of repertoire–so much to choose
For whatever reason, it’s always been unusual for German choirs (or French ones, or Italian ones, for that matter) to venture into English/English language choral
English virginal music from the 16th and early 17th centuries
What a beautiful CD! If you’ve never heard the rich-textured, vibrant sound of voices and viols, this would make an ideal first experience; and if
If you’re an early music fan and you haven’t yet discovered this disc, you’ll be interested in the fact that it’s the first-ever complete traversal
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
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
Back in the late 1980s I heard what turned out to be an outstanding recording called Heart’s Ease (on Virgin Classics), by an ensemble of
Although it has some redeemable virtues, this is not a world-class recording of vocal works of English composer Thomas Tomkins. In its favor is the
