This page lists all recordings of As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending, by Thomas Weelkes (c.1576-1623) on CD, DVD & download (MP3 & FLAC). Generally, more recent releases are listed first, but with priority given to those that are in stock. |
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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | The King's Singers: Royal Rhymes & Rounds
anon.: | Hey, trolly lolly lo! | Bennet: | Weep, O Mine Eyes | Britten: | Choral Dances from Gloriana, Op. 53 | Cornyshe: | Ah, Robin, gentle Robin Blow thi Horne | Dowland: | Flow my teares (Lacrimæ) | Drayton, P: | A Rough Guide to the Royal Succession (It’s just one damn King after another…) | Elgar: | To her beneath whose steadfast star | Gibbons, E: | Long live fair Oriana | Gibbons, O: | The Silver Swan Round The Silver Swan | Henry VIII: | Pastyme with good companye It is to me a ryght gret joy | Hilton: | Fair Oriana, beauty's Queen | Mundy, J: | Lightly she whipped o'er the dales | Parratt: | The Triumph of Victoria | Parry: | Who can dwell with greatness! | Weelkes: | As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending |
On a new disc to celebrate the 2012 Diamond Jubilee, The King's Singers present a selection of works from the past 500 years written in honour of the great Monarchs of Britain. Starting with works for (and in some cases by) Henry VIII, the programme covers the Elizabethan 'Triumphs of Oriana' by composers such as Gibbons, Mundy and Dowland; a very Victorian selection of dedicatory works by Elgar, Parry and Parrat; choral arrangements from the opera 'Glorianna' by Benjamin Britten; and a new piece by Paul Drayton that comically pens 'A Rough Guide to the Royal Succession'. (Drayton is perhaps best known to fans of The King's Singers as the composer of their much-loved encore work Masterpiece.) “the sound this ensemble makes is beautifully balanced, and you could take dictation from their impeccable enunciation. These are considerable benefits...a notably intelligent, enjoyable Jubilee offering.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2012 **** “Pristinely sung, if starchily interpreted, the selection comprises a predictable trawl through Tudor and Elizabethan partsongs, and a less predictable choice of Victoriana...KS fans will probably buy this recording for Paul Drayton’s A Rough Guide to the Royal Succession, a 12-minute pastiche that romps through 1,000 years of kings and queens.” The Times, 16th June 2012 *** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | All The Queen’s Men: Music for Elizabeth I
‘The Virgin Queen’ Elizabeth I was the focal-point of all England; the subject, dedicatee and audience for much of the music composed and performed throughout her long and now legendary reign. The music on this album, chosen for a concert of words and music devised for the Sarum Consort by Deborah Mackay, includes sacred and secular pieces by composers from Byrd to Weelkes. The Sarum Consort here makes its Naxos début under founding musical director Andrew Mackay. “The Sarum Consort is a finely balanced and blended group… whose pacing and control of light and shade cannot be faulted.” Penguin Guide “The Sarum Consort and its director establish and stick limpet-like to the underlying beat in this album's choice of works for vocal ensemble, catching the sibilant energy and vigour of O clap your hands and unleashing a terrific account of Morley's Hard by a crystal fountain. I've heard other early music ensembles, including household names, make heavy weather of pieces that emerge here with lightness and clarity.” Classic FM Magazine, June 2011 **** | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | The Triumphs Of Oriana
Bennet: | All creatures now are merry-minded | Carlton, R: | Calm was the air and clear the sky | Cavendish: | Come, gentle swains | Cobbold: | With wreaths of rose and laurel | East, M: | Hence stars too dim of light | Farmer: | Fair Nymphs, I heard one telling | Gibbons, E: | Round about her charret, with all-admiring strains Long live fair Oriana | Hilton: | Fair Oriana, beauty's Queen | Holmes, John: | Thus Bonny-boots the birthday celebrated | Hunt, T: | Hark! did ye ever hear so sweet a singing? | Johnson, E: | Come, blessed Bird | Jones, Robert: | Fair Oriana, seeming to wink at folly | Kirbye: | Bright Phoebus greets most clearly | Lisley: | Fair Cytherea presents her doves | Marson: | The Nymphs and shepherds danced | Milton: | Fair Orian in the morn | Morley: | Hard by a crystal fountain | Mundy, J: | Lightly she whipped o'er the dales | Nicholson, R: | Sing, shepherds all | Norcome: | With angel's face and brightness | Tomkins: | The Fauns and Satyrs tripping | Weelkes: | As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending | Wilbye: | The Lady Oriana |
A collection of 25 madrigals from 23 different composers, from the famous to the obscure, make up this Elizabethan curiosity, published in 1601 by Thomas Morley. A musical dedication to Queen Elizabeth 1, The Triumphs of Oriana displays the talents of English songwriters, long-overshadowed by their European counterparts, conjuring up an image of an idealised and mythical England of old. | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | The Lover’s GhostA selection of European & American Choral Music
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| |  | The King's Singers - from Byrd to Beatles
Recording Date: 2004
Place of recording: Cadogan Hall, Chelsea
Running Time: 92+ min
Picture Format: 16:9
Sound Format: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Language: GB
Menu Languages PAL: D, F, GB, SP
Subtitle Languages PAL: D, F, GB, SP
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| |  | The Triumphs of OrianaMadrigals, compiled by Thomas Morley, 1601
Bennet: | All creatures now are merry-minded | Byrd: | Galliard (Hirsch No. 2) | Carlton, R: | Calm was the air and clear the sky | Cavendish: | Come, gentle swains and shepherds' dainty daughters | Cobbold: | With wreaths of rose and laurel | East, M: | Hence stars too dim of light | Farmer: | Fair Nymphs, I heard one telling | Gibbons, E: | Round about her charret, with all-admiring strains Long live fair Oriana | Hilton: | Fair Oriana, beauty's Queen | Holborne: | Fantasia No. 2 (Hirsch No. 46) Galliard (Hirsch No. 9) Galliard No. 8 'Jest' or 'Clark's Galliard' (Hirsch No. 15) Fantasia No. 3 (Hirsch No. 49) | Holmes, John: | Thus Bonny-boots the birthday celebrated | Hunt, T: | Hark! did ye ever hear so sweet a singing? | Johnson, E: | Come, blessed Bird | Jones, Robert: | Fair Oriana, seeming to wink at folly | Kirbye: | With angel's face and brightness | Lisley: | Fair Cytherea presents her doves | Marson: | The Nymphs and shepherds danced | Milton: | Fair Orian in the morn | Morley: | Arise, awake, awake Hard by a crystal fountain | Mundy, J: | Lightly she whipped o'er the dales | Nicholson, R: | Sing, shepherds all | Norcome: | With angel's face and brightness | Tomkins: | The Fauns and Satyrs tripping | Weelkes: | As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending | Wilbye: | The Lady Oriana |
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| |  | English Madrigals and Songsfrom Henry VIII to the 20th Century
anon.: | Hey Trolly Lolly Lo | Carlton, R: | Sound Saddest Notes | Cornyshe: | Blow thi Horne Ah, Robin, gentle Robin | Farmer: | Fair Phyllis I saw | Henry VIII: | Pastyme with good companye | Pearsall: | Lay a garland | Ramsey, R: | Sleep, fleshy birth | Stanford: | The Blue Bird, Op. 119 No. 3 | trad.: | Brigg Fair The Trees They Do Grow High | Vautor: | Mother, I will have a husband | Weelkes: | Thule, the period of cosmography As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending | Wilbye: | Draw on, sweet night Weep, weep, mine eyes |
“These [Oxford Camerata] are singers with feeling.” Gramophone Magazine | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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