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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Tune thy Musicke to Thy HartTudor & Jacobean music for private devotion
Amner: | O ye little flock A stranger here | Browne, J: | Jesu, mercy, how may this be? | Byrd: | Why do I use my paper, inke and penne? | Campion: | Never weather-beaten sail | Croce: | From profound centre of my heart | Dowland: | I shame at mine unworthiness | Gibbons, O: | See, see, the Word is incarnate | Parsons, R: | In nomine a 4 No. 1 In nomine a 4 No. 2 | Ramsey, R: | How are the mighty fallen | Tallis: | Purge me, O Lord | Taverner: | In nomine a 4 | Tomkins: | O Praise the Lord, All Ye Heathen When David Heard |
Stile Antico (joined by Fretwork) explore long-neglected repertory: the wealth of Tudor and Jacobean sacred music written for domestic devotion, rather than for church worship. Culled from collections intended for use in private homes, these pieces by Tomkins, Campion, Byrd, Tallis, Dowland, Gibbons and others, offer a unique insight into the turbulent religious climate of the time and the thriving musical culture at its heart. Stile Antico is now established as one of the most original and exciting voices in its field. Much in demand in concert, the group performs regularly throughout Europe and North America. Their recordings are the best-sellers on the harmonia mundi label, winning awards including the Diapason d’or de l’année and the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, and have twice attracted GRAMMY nominations. Their release Song of Songs won the 2009 Gramophone Award for Early Music and reached the top of the US Classical Chart. Few ensembles can match the breadth of Fretwork’s repertoire, which ranges from the first printed collection published in 1501 in Venice to music commissioned by the group this year. In the 25 years since its debut, Fretwork’s pioneering work has taken its members all over the world. Their consistently high standards have brought music old and new to audiences hitherto unfamiliar with the inspiring sound-world of the viol. Fretwork’s acclaimed recordings of the classic English viol repertory – Purcell, Gibbons, Lawes, Byrd – have become the benchmark by which other performances are measured. Its arrangements of the music of J. S. Bach have garnered particular praise. Released in 2009, the harmonia mundi recording of Purcell’s Complete Fantazias won the Gramophone Award for Baroque Chamber Music. “We are, perhaps, in a wood-panelled Elizabethan hall, where in the early 17th century the family of a large house gather for their private prayer. Voices and viols mix in harmony, ranging from the familiar simplicity of Thomas Campion's "Never weather-beaten sail" to the elaborate verse anthem by Orlando Gibbons's "See, see the word is incarnate"...Another triumph” The Observer, 29th January 2012 “The beautifully blended voices of Stile Antico give this music with all the intensity that its emotional content merits. But then every work here fairly burns itself on the heart.” Sunday Times, 12th February 2012 “the performances are wonderfully fresh, revelling in the harmonic false relations and affectingly attentive to the import of the words.” The Telegraph, 18th February 2012 ***** “a varied treasure trove of seldom heard but extremely affecting music, nicely sung and spliced together with some darkly-glittering string In Nomines played by Fretwork...[They] easily persuade us that there is such a thing as beautiful simplicity.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2012 **** “Stile Antico's sleek tuning and supple attention to words, and the studio recording, intimate but not claustrophobic, do bring a carefully plotted span (over 120 years) of sacred styles into our listening rooms with rare success.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2012 “another winner from the 12-voice ensemble Stile Antico... The two pieces by Thomas Tomkins, O praise the Lord and When David heard, epitomise the expressive richness of the style. But the simplicity of Campion’s Never weather-beaten sail is also gorgeous, and there’s an unexpected rocking figure, John Browne’s much earlier Jesu, mercy, how may this be?, that becomes a real earworm. The contributions of the viol consort Fretwork are equally fine” Irish Times, 20th April 2012 ***** “The group's singing is, as ever, breathtakingly beautiful” Classical Music, 2nd June 2012 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Tallis Scholars sing Thomas Tallis
“The Tallis Scholars produce a distilled, transparent sound and the spiritual tone of their performance is one of serene contemplation through which the Requiem's ecstatic 'external light' shines.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2005 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Thomas Tallis - The Complete English Anthems
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| |  | Thomas Tallis - Complete Works Volume 9Instrumental Music and Songs
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| |  | Anthology of English Anthems450 years Byrd to Tavener
Attwood, T: | Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire | Bairstow: | Blessed City, heavenly Salem Let all mortal flesh keep silence | Battishill: | O Lord, look down from heaven | Bennett, R R: | Verses | Berkeley, L: | Thou Hast Made Me | Blow: | My God, My God, Look Upon Me | Boyce: | O where shall wisdom be found? | Britten: | Hymn to St. Peter, Op. 56a | Byrd: | O Lord Turn Thy Wrath Teach me, O Lord Exalt Thyself, O God Sing joyfully | Croft: | God Is Gone Up With A Merry Noise | Fanner: | The Lord's Prayer | Farrant, R: | Hide not thou thy face | Finzi: | Welcome Sweet and Sacred Feast, Op. 27 No. 3 | Gibbons, O: | O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not O Lord, I Lift My Heart To Thee | Greene, M: | Lord, Let Me Know Mine End | Harper, J: | Salve Regina Ubi Caritas | Harris, W: | Bring us, O Lord God | Harvey, J: | Come, Holy Ghost The Tree | Holst: | The Evening-watch, H159 | Howells: | Like as the Hart Thee will I love Come, my soul | Ireland: | Greater Love Hath No Man | Joubert: | O Lorde, the maker of al thing | Leighton: | Drop, Drop Slow Tears Give me the wings of faith | Morley: | Out of the Deep Nolo mortem peccatoris | Ouseley: | Is it Nothing to You? O Saviour of the world | Parry: | My soul, there is a country (No. 1 from Songs of Farewell) | Purcell: | I was glad when they said unto me, Z19 Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15 O God, thou hast cast us out, Z36 Remember not, O Lord, our offences, Z50 | Rose, B: | Praise Ye the Lord | Sheppard, J: | The Lord's Prayer | Stainer: | I saw the Lord | Stanford: | The Lord is my shepherd Glorious and Powerful God, Op. 135 No. 3 | Stewart, H C: | King of Glory, King of Peace | Tallis: | I call and cry to thee, O Lord Purge me, O Lord O Lord, give thy holy spirit | Tavener: | Hymn to the Mother of God | Tomkins: | Then David mourned O Praise the Lord, All Ye Heathen | Tye: | I Will Exalt Thee | Vaughan Williams: | Whitsunday Hymn | Walton: | Set me as a seal upon thine heart | Weelkes: | Hosanna to the Son of David O Lord Arise | Wesley, S S: | Blessed be the God and Father The Wilderness | Wilder, P: | Blessed Art Thou | Wood, C: | O thou the central orb Hail, gladdening Light Expectans Expectavi |
Magdalen College Oxford, John Harper “this set contains some very fine performances – particularly of the early twentieth century works. It makes fascinating listening especially for anyone interested in the development of music.” MusicWeb International, October 2012 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Sacred Music in the Renaissance Volume 1finest recordings 1980-89
Allegri: | Miserere mei, Deus 1980 recording | Byrd: | Mass for five voices Ave verum Corpus | Clemens: | Missa Pastores quidnam vidistis Tribulationes civitatum Ego flos campi | Cornyshe: | Salve Regina Gaude virgo mater Christi | Crecquillon: | Pater peccavi | Despres: | Missa La sol fa re mi | Gregorian Chant: | Assumpta est Maria | Palestrina: | Assumpta est Maria a 6 Missa Assumpta est Maria | Sheppard, J: | Media vita | Tallis: | Spem in alium for eight five-part choirs '40-part Motet' Sancte Deus Salvator mundi, salva nos 1 & 2 Gaude gloriosa Dei mater Miserere nostri, motet for 7 voices, P. 207 Loquebantur variis linguis If ye love me Hear the voice and prayer A new commandment O Lord, give thy holy spirit Purge me, O Lord Verily, verily I say unto you Remember not, O Lord God Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter O Lord, in thee is all my trust Christ Rising Again Blessed are those that be undefiled | Victoria: | Requiem 1605 'Officium defunctorum' Versa est in luctum |
The Tallis Scholars’ finest recordings presented in three volumes, one for each decade, and each offering over five hours of the award-winning performances that helped establish the sacred vocal music of the Renaissance as one of the great repertoires of western classical music. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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