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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Music from THE ETON CHOIRBOOK
The Eton Choirbook is a giant 500 year-old manuscript from Eton College Chapel, and one of the greatest surviving glories of pre-Reformation England. This recording features the earliest polyphonic Passion by a named composer, two heartrending motets for five and six voices, two thrilling settings of the Magnificat, and an extraordinary canon in 13 parts, Jesus autem transiens. The ensemble TONUS PEREGRINUS has been widely acclaimed, not least for its “richly sung and very well recorded” programme of Orlando Gibbons, L’Estrange, and Pitts. (The Penguin Guide on 8557681) “The 15th-century collection of sacred music known as the Eton Choirbook is regularly extolled but far less often performed. So three cheers to Antony Pitts’s subtly expressive choir Tonus Peregrinus...These ravishing melismas seem to lead the ear on and on towards eternity — as, probably, they were intended to do.” The Times, 4th August 2012 **** “This new collection...is exceptionally successful and sonorous...the incomplete chant-based Matthew Passion by Richard Davy makes a strong centrepiece, while for sheer contrapuntal virtuosity you cannot beat the oddest piece, the final 13-part canon by Robert Wylkynson.” The Observer, 12th August 2012 “These performances are commendable, displaying unearthly breath control in the long phrases of works such as Kellyk's Magnificat, and great clarity of texture in the dense counterpoint typical of these pieces” BBC Music Magazine, October 2012 **** “listeners need not expect the crystalline textures of the specialist Tudor music groups in such music. The high-quality recording technique brings out quite a few different kinds of voice here, with different degrees of vibrato and different approaches to musical line; but, within those limitations, the CD is an undoubted success.” Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012 “Unless you insist on boys’ voices rather than those of women, this mixed-voice choir deserves your surely delighted attention...At every turn these are fine performances, excellently recorded by Geoff Miles using new, experimental microphones with happy results.” MusicWeb International, April 2013 | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | 40 Voices
While the latter half of the sixteenth century saw the first stirrings of the Baroque, this period also witnessed the creation of the finest cathedrals in sound, with their foundations in the distant Gothic era of music ... Composers vied with each other in daring and ingenuity, presenting works with twelve, sixteen, twenty-four and even, in the case of Tallis’s famous Spem in alium, forty different voices! The Huelgas Ensemble celebrates its thirty-fifth anniversary with a spectacular selection of these works, recorded live without a ‘safety net’. “...as the many polyphonic strands surround you – and here they do surround you, thanks to this hybrid SACD – you’d have to have a cold heart not to be caught up in the performances. The ingenuity of the composers is extraordinary” Andrew McGregor, bbc.co.uk, 14th February 2007 “this live recording testifies to their astonishing dynamism, energy and coherence.” Gramophone Magazine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Pillars of EternityMusic from the Eton Choirbook Vol. III
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| |  | Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of IlluminationA British Library Exhibition CD
Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination – the British Library’s first major exhibition to bring together the Library’s Royal collection, a treasure trove of illuminated manuscripts from between the 9th and 16th centuries collected by the kings and queens of England. The exhibition, which ran from November 2011 to March 2012, featured stunning manuscripts that are among the most outstanding examples of royal decorative and figurative painting from this era surviving in Britain today. They unlock the secrets of the private lives and public personae of the royals throughout the Middle Ages and provide the most vivid surviving source for understanding royal identity. Created especially to accompany the exhibition, this disc features works from the Eton Choirbook alongside fascinating pieces from medieval and Renaissance France, equally preserved in beautifully illuminated collections of manuscripts. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Sanctum Est Verum LumenMulti-Part Music for Choir
Tallis's monumental Spem in alium is one of the greatest glories of Western polyphony, and its preechoes and aftershocks reverberate through all the other pieces on this disc.The massed voices of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, in their 25th anniversary year, dazzle in this programme of choral jewels from the 15th and 16th centuries, interspersed with virtuoso tributes from three leading contemporary composers, including Gabriel Jackson's own 40-part motet. “…though, this is a disc of stunning music beautifully performed.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2009 **** “Sanctum est verum lumen… comes across as an astonishing tour de force, the strands of musical texture cascading through this cast choir with glorious luminosity. These young singers take the work to heart and beyond the almost incredible choral discipline and uniformity of tone that Brewer produces from well over 200 individual voices, there is a real sense of enthusiasm which never intrudes into the technical security of the performance but adds a lovely lustre to Delphian's luxuriant recording. It is... unusual to hear Spem in alium performed with... between five and six voiced per part. ...if one is prepared to put thoughts of authenticity aside, the results are spine-tinglingly spectacular.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2009 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | The Sound of Cambridge Voices
Allegri: | Miserere mei, Deus | Despres: | Tulerunt Dominum meum | Duruflé: | Tota pulchra es, Op. 10 No. 2 | Gibbons, O: | O clap your hands | Hildegard: | Ave Generosa (vv. 1, 3, 5, 7) | Massini: | Blessed by the Holy Trinity Time (In memoriam Princess Diana) Micheline Lighten our Darkness Notre Père | Parsons, R: | Ave Maria | Purcell: | Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15 Thou knowest, Lord | Rachmaninov: | Bogorodice Devo | Tallis: | Sancte Deus | Tavener: | The Lamb | trad.: | Were you there? (Spiritual, arr. de Massini) | Wylkynson: | Jesus autem transiens/Credo in Deum |
Hilary Sage (reader) Cambridge Voices, Ian de Massini Recorded November 2000 at The Church of SS Cyriac and Julitta, Swaffham Prior | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | The Eton Choirbook CollectionVolume 1: The Rose and the Ostrich Feather, volume 2: The Crown of Thorns, volume 3: The Pillars of Eternity, volume 4: The Flower of All Virginity, volume 5: The Voices of Angels
anon.: | This day day dawes Ah, my dear, ah, my dear Son! Afraid, alas, and why so suddenly? | Browne, J: | Stabat iuxta Christi crucem Jesu, mercy, how may this be? Stabat Mater Salve Regina O Maria salvatoris mater | Cornysh the elder: | Stabat Mater Ave Maria Mater Dei | Cornyshe: | Salve Regina | Davy, R: | Stabat Mater O Domine caeli terraeque creator Ah, mine heart, remember thee well A Blessid Jhesu Salve Regina In Honore Summae Matris | Fayrfax: | Magnificat 'Regale' | Hygons: | Salve Regina | Kellyk: | Gaude Flore Virginali | Lamb, W: | Stella caeli Salve Regina | Monk, W: | Magnificat | Nesbett: | Magnificat | Plummer: | Tota Pulchra es Anna Mater Matris Christi | Sheryngham: | Ah, gentle Jesu | Turges: | From stormy windes | Wylkynson: | Jesus autem transiens/Credo in Deum Salve Regina |
5 CDs for the price of 3 - Boxed Set "Wonderful music, wonderfully performed ... sit back and let these glorious sounds fill your ears and lift your spirits" The Gramophone | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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