Weelkes: As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending

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The Triumphs Of Oriana

The Triumphs Of Oriana


Bennet:

All creatures now are merry-minded

Carlton:

Calm was the air and clear the sky

Cavendish:

Come, gentle swains

Cobbold:

With wreaths of rose and laurel

East:

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, J:

Thus Bonny-boots the birthday celebrated

Hunt, T:

Hark! did ye ever hear so sweet a singing?

Johnson, E:

Come, blessed Bird

Jones, R:

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


The King's Singers

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.

Signum - SIGCD082

(CD)

$16.99

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The Lover’s Ghost

The Lover’s Ghost

A selection of European & American Choral Music


Berlin:

Blue skies

Elgar:

My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land Op. 18 No. 3

Finzi:

My spirit sang all day

Lauridsen:

O magnum mysterium

Mendelssohn:

Richte mich, Gott Op. 78 No. 2

Pearsall:

Lay a garland

Who shall have

Purcell:

Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15

Rachmaninov:

Bogorodice Devo

Stanford:

Heraclitus (Callimachus, trs William Cory) Op. 110 No. 4 (1910, arr 1918)

Beati quorum via, Op. 38 No. 3

Tomkins:

When David Heard

Vaughan Williams:

The Lover's Ghost

Weelkes:

As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending

Whitacre:

Leonardo dreams of his flying machine

World premiere recording

Sleep


Coro, Mark Griffiths

Dal Segno - DSPRCD600

(CD)

$10.99

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The King's Singers - from Byrd to Beatles

The King's Singers - from Byrd to Beatles


Byrd:

Haec dies

O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth

Ellington:

Creole Love Call

Gesualdo:

Luci serene e chiare

Joel:

Lullabye 'Goodnight my Angel'

Kodály:

Esti dal

Kreek:

Õnnis on inimene

Psalm 121

Lasso:

Dessus le Marche d'Arras

Lennon & McCartney:

Honey Pie

Blackbird

Mercury:

Seaside Rendezvous

Passereau:

Il est bel et bon

Reger:

Agnus Dei

Rossini:

Il barbiere di Siviglia Overture

Tallis:

Spem in alium for eight five-part choirs '40-part Motet'

Tallis’ famous forty-part motet. How does a six-member ensemble perform this piece? All is revealed in sequences interspersed between the concert performances that show the singers at work solving this problem.

trad.:

Down to the River to Pray

Weelkes:

As Vesta was from Latmos Hill descending


The King's Singers

Concert recorded at the Cadogan Hall, Chelsea in 2004

DVD Video

Region: 2,5

Format: PAL

Arthaus Musik - 101248

(DVD Video)

$26.49

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The Triumphs of Oriana

The Triumphs of Oriana

Madrigals, compiled by Thomas Morley, 1601


Bennet:

All creatures now are merry-minded

Byrd:

Galliard (Hirsch No. 2)

Carlton:

Calm was the air and clear the sky

Cavendish:

Come, gentle swains and shepherds' dainty daughters

Cobbold:

With wreaths of rose and laurel

East:

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, J:

Thus Bonny-boots the birthday celebrated

Hunt, T:

Hark! did ye ever hear so sweet a singing?

Johnson, E:

Come, blessed Bird

Jones, R:

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


David Miller (lute)

I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth

Chandos Chaconne - CHAN0682

(CD)

$16.99

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English Madrigals and Songs

English Madrigals and Songs

from Henry VIII to the 20th Century


anon.:

Hey Trolly Lolly Lo

Carlton:

Sound Saddest Notes

Cornyshe:

Blow thi Horne

A robyn, gentyl robyn

Farmer:

Fair Phyllis I saw

Henry VIII:

Pastyme with good companye

Pearsall:

Lay a garland

Ramsey:

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


Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly

These [Oxford Camerata] are singers with feeling" - Gramophone

Naxos Early Music Collection - 8553088

(CD)

$6.99

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