Tag: Thomas Weelkes
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Madrigals & Keyboard Music of the English Renaissance
From the vaults of Musical Heritage society, one of the most prestigious independent classical labels of all time, comes this program of music from the English Renaissance – madrigals of Orlando Gibbons, William Byrd, and other luminaries of the era sung by London’s renowned Ambrosian Singers conducted by John McCarthy, along with selected masterpieces from…
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Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
“Guest directs the excellent St.John’s College Choir with sensitivity and fervour and a high standard is attained … smaller pieces are equally satisfying, notably deeply devotional and miraculously fresh singing in Bach’s Jesu, joy, and Mozart’s Ave verum corpus … with Britten’s rare genius for setting words to music” (Gramophone)
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The Rise of English Music
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The Rise of English Polyphony
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Evening Hymn
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John Dowland & Friends “Earth, Water, Fire & Air”
“Anthony Rooley and the Consort have been acknowledged world specialists in Dowland’s music since they began their first complete survey of his works in 1976”
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English Anthems from Oxford (Byrd to Britten)
John Harper leads the Magdalen College Choir in four centuries of church anthems by British composers.
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The English Anthem Anthology, Volume I (1540-1870)
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Traditional Glees and Madrigals
This new collection, compiled from outstanding recordings by England’s renowned Pro Cantione Antiqua, new collection to showcase traditional Glees to the growing young market of singing and glee clubs, takes a fascinating look at the traditional glee (from which “glee clubs” get their name) and its roots in secular madrigals.
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Great Tudor Anthems
The greatest & perhaps the most precious anachronism is the continuing tradition of the cathedral choirs…it tells of a civilization utterly different from the one we seem to be preparing for the 21st century. The mastery of our Tudor composers in their choral writing tells of a rich culture, in which the cathedrals were very…
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Tudor Age Music
More music from the Tudor Age, this time concentrated more on established composers of the day in lighter mood, such as Dowland, Gibbons (his famous “Silver Swan”), Morley, Deering, Weelkes.
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Advent in Winchester “O Come Emmanuel”
One of the best cathedral acoustics and one of the very best choirs in England present their own popular Advent Service in their Griffin debut. “This is a most enjoyable disc. Some of the music is fairly familiar but there`s a good and welcome leavening of less familiar and, indeed, recent music. The programme as…
