
Any attention given to the music of English composer Robert Parsons (c1535-1572) is a good thing, and The Cardinall’s Musick takes a good thing and
The Cardinall’s Musick is now at Volume 11 in its long-ongoing–and well-regarded–William Byrd series (which began on ASV), and perhaps it’s not surprising that at
Although at first glance William Byrd’s music seems to have fared pretty well on disc, it’s only a relative few works that get most of
The Byrd masses have received a pretty fair shake on recordings; almost no one who shouldn’t record them has foisted a mediocre performance on the
There are two primary purposes for a recording: to document and, in the strict sense, to entertain. This very well sung and vividly recorded program
If this were back in the LP era I’d say just “drop the needle” anywhere on this recording and your ears and soul will be