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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.) “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 *** “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 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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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 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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