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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Byrd & Dowland: Ye Sacred MusesComplaintes, élégies et chansons
Jean-Michel Fumas (countertenor) Eliza Consort Jean-Michel Fumas has studied piano, organ and singing and specialised in baroque music at the Studio Baroque Opera de Versailles. He has performed early music with the most celebrated French ensembles, including La Fenice and Il seminario Musicales and has become established as a concert soloist. He excels in Dowland’s Elizabethan airs. This CD illustrates his artistry, beautifully accompanied by the Eliza Consort. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Carols from OxfordVictorian and English
Barnby: | The Virgin Stills the Crying (A Cradle-Song of the Blessed Virgin) | Britten: | A New Year Carol | Byrd: | Lullaby, my sweet little baby This Day Christ was Born | Dykes: | Sleep, Holy Babe | Goss, J: | See amid the winter's snow | Hadley, P: | I sing of a maiden | Holst: | Lullay my liking, H129, Op. 34 No. 2 Of one that is so fair and bright, H130, Op. 34 No. 3 This have I done for my true love, H128, Op. 34 No. 1 | Hopkins, J H: | We three Kings of Orient are | Smart: | Why, Most Highest? (Jesus In The Manger) | Sullivan, A: | All This Night Bright Angels Sing (Carol for Christmas Day) | trad.: | Come All You Worthy Gentlemen Nova, nova, ave fit ex eva Gooday, Sir Christèmas Ave Maria, Hail Blessed Flower Nowell, out of your sleep arise Coventry Carol Remember, O thou man As Jacob With Travel Was Weary One Day (Jacob's Ladder) The First Nowell The Moon Shines Bright I saw three ships What Child is this? (Greensleeves) Good Christian men rejoice Good King Wenceslas A Babe is Born, All of a Maid Wassail Song (Here We Come A-Wassailing) |
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| |  | A Choral Christmas
A leading light in the world of youth choral music, the Rodolfus Choir is made up of choristers from ages 16-25 who are past and present participants of the Eton Choral Courses, begun by the choir's director Ralph Allwood in 1980. This new Christmas programme mixes the familiar with pieces not usually heard in carol services – such as Tomas Luis de Victoria's stunning eight-part 'Ave Maria' (from an edition prepared by John Rutter), and more recent works like Chris Chivers' 'Ecce Puer' and Eric Whitacre's 'Lux Aurumque'. Such a programme is well-suited to a group with the versatility and enthusiasm of the Rodolfus choir. “The freshness of attack you get with younger voices is put to incisive use by conductor Ralph Allwood...Some of the emotional deepening which comes with vocal maturity is occasionally missing, but there are many qualities here that compensate.” BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012 **** “From start to finish this is a superb recital and I’m delighted it is available widely to the public. The test of a good CD is wanting to play it again immediately and this is certainly one. A Christmas record to be delighted to give or receive!” MusicWeb International, November 2012 “For smooth, refined, effortless and warmly communicative singing this Christmas, you probably need look no further than this disc of somewhat less than mainstream Christmas music from the ever-impressive Rodolfus Choir.” International Record Review, December 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Sing Choir Of AngelsTraditional carols & Christmas music
anon.: | The Angel Gabriel Singscape, Sarah Tenant-Flowers Lullay, lullow: I saw a swete semely sight Queens' College Choir, Cambridge, James Weeks Greensleeves Magdalen College Choir, Oxford, Bill Ives Nowell, nowell, Tydinge trew Singscape, Sarah Tenant-Flowers | Bach, J S: | Christmas Oratorio, BWV248: Schlafe, mein Liebster Martin Souter (piano) Cantata BWV140 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme' Martin Souter (piano) Chorale Prelude BWV729 'In dulci jubilo' Martin Souter (piano) | Byrd: | Lullaby, my sweet little baby Queens' College Choir, Cambridge, James Weeks | Goss, J: | See amid the winter's snow Magdalen College Choir, Oxford, Bill Ives | Hopkins, J H: | We three Kings of Orient are Magdalen College Choir, Oxford -, Bill Ives | Mendelssohn: | Kinderstücke (6), Op. 72 'Christmas Pieces' Martin Souter (piano) | trad.: | It came upon the midnight clear Singscape, Sarah Tenant-Flowers Ther is no rose of swych vertu Singscape, Sarah Tenant-Flowers Coventry Carol Magdalen College Choir, Oxford, Bill Ives Past Three a Clock Sara Stowe (soprano), Matthew Spring (cittern) Wassail Song (Here We Come A-Wassailing) Magdalen College Choir, Oxford, Bill Ives |
From 'The angel Gabriel' to 'In dulci jubilo' the tone of this programme is set by Christmas lullabies, medieval English carols and a cradle song. This lovely Christmas feast comes from a variety of choirs and instrumentalists. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Christmas From Cambridge
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| |  | A Child Is BornCarols and music for Christmas
Bach, J S: | Chorale Prelude BWV645 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme' Martin Souter Chorale Prelude BWV729 'In dulci jubilo' Martin Souter | Byrd: | Lullaby, my sweet little baby The Choir of Queens' College, Cambridge, James Weeks Laudibus in sanctis English Renaissance, Michael Stoddart | Dykes: | Sleep, Holy Babe The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, Grayston Ives | Goss, J: | See amid the winter's snow The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, Grayston Ives | Gregorian Chant: | A solis ortus cardine The Choir of Queens' College, Cambridge, James Weeks | Hopkins, J H: | We three Kings of Orient are The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, Grayston Ives | Kirkpatrick: | Away in a Manger Sara Stowe, Matthew Spring, Martin Souter | Smert: | Nowell: Dieus wous garde The Choir of Queens' College, Cambridge, James Weeks | trad.: | I saw three ships (arr. by John Stainer) The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, Grayston Ives God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (arr. by John Stainer) The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, Grayston Ives Wassail Song (Here We Come A-Wassailing) The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, Grayston Ives Ther is no rose of swych vertu The Choir of Queens' College, Cambridge, James Weeks Lullay, lullow The Choir of Queens' College, Cambridge, James Weeks Swete was the song the Virgin soong (arr. Hamond) The Choir of Queens' College, Cambridge, James Weeks Gabriel fram evene king The Oxford Girls' Choir, Richard Vendome Past Three a Clock Sara Stowe, Matthew Spring, Martin Souter Angelus ad virginem The Oxford Girls' Choir, Richard Vendome Coventry Carol (arr. by John Stainer) The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, Grayston Ives |
A programme of music spanning a thousand years of Christmas celebrations, from the evocative medieval plainchant of the Sarum Rite to the warmth and joy of modern Christmas carols. Ethereal choirs from Oxford and Cambridge contrast with robust organ music and some famous and well-loved carols such as 'Away in a manger'. | | | (also available to download from $10.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Byrdland
Byrd: | Ye sacred muses - an elegy for Thomas Tallis Lullaby, my sweet little baby Come to me, grief, for ever I Thought That Love Had Been A Boy Crowned with flow'rs and lilies | Danyel: | The Leaves Be Greene | Dowland: | Can she excuse my wrongs? (First Booke of Songes, 1597) Now, O now, I needs must part Flow my teares (Lacrimæ) Fine knacks for ladies In darkness let me dwell | Galilei, V: | La Volta | Gibbons, O: | The Silver Swan Fantasia of four parts | Holborne: | The Fairie-round Galliard | Morley: | April is in My Mistress' Face | Playford: | Under The Greenwood Tree The Indian Queen | Purcell: | If love's a sweet passion (from The Fairy Queen, Z628) Fairest Isle (from King Arthur) Man is for the woman made (from The Mock Marriage, Z605) Dance for the Haymakers (from The Fairy Queen, Z628) An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193 |
A tantalising fusion of ancient and modern, ‘Byrdland’ explores the world of the Renaissance song accompanied by a modern-day saxophone quartet. All the songs on the disc were written by the great composers working in England in the 16th and 17th centuries. Recent recordings by artists as diverse as Sting and Brian Asawa have partnered the singer with the more traditional lute. “Zazzo's interpretation of the text and tasteful shaping of melody would grace any kind of performance style, and it is intriguing to hear some tenderly realised polyphonic lines delineated by the Paragon Saxophone Quartet. Byrd's "Lullaby" and Gibbon's "The Silver Swan" get an attractive alternative life here. ...a rare example of successfully reinventing "early" music.” Gramophone Magazine, October 2007 “…the elegant phrasing and sumptuous tonal character of the Paragon Quartet's playing… combines the warm intimacy of a viol consort with the fruit richness of shawms and crumhorns. Zazzo has one of the most flawless, beautifully-controlled voices you could wish to hear. ...his sound and technique rival even Scholl's and his diction is excellent in this astute mixture of familiar and lesser-known pieces.” BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2007 **** | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Christus Natus EstAn Early English Christmas
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| |  | The Very Best of English Song
anon.: | Willow song | Balfe: | Come into the garden, Maud | Bishop, H R: | Home, Sweet Home | Brahe: | Bless this House | Butterworth, G: | Loveliest of Trees | Byrd: | Lullaby, my sweet little baby Ye sacred muses - an elegy for Thomas Tallis | Carter, S: | Down Below | Dibdin: | Tom Bowling | Dowland: | Can she excuse my wrongs? (First Booke of Songes, 1597) Sorrow, stay Awake, sweet love Woeful heart Shall I sue? Me, me, and none but me Flow my teares (Lacrimæ) | Finzi: | Since we loved Rollicum-rorum | Gurney: | Down by the Salley Gardens Black Stitchel | Ireland: | The Salley Gardens Sea Fever | Johnson, R: | Where the bee sucks Full fathom five | Keel: | Trade Winds (No. 2 from Three Salt-Water Ballads) | Morley: | It was a lover and his lass O mistress mine | Mortimer: | The Smuggler's Song | Parry: | O mistress mine | Peel: | In Summertime on Bredon | Purcell: | Fairest Isle (from King Arthur) Music for a while, Z583 I attempt from love's sickness to fly in vain (from The Indian Queen) If music be the food of love, Z379 An Evening Hymn 'Now that the sun hath veiled his light', Z193 | Quilter: | Love's Philosophy, Op. 3 No. 1 (Shelley) Now sleeps the crimson petal, Op. 3 No. 2 (Tennyson) Come away, death | Shield: | The Plough Boy | Stanford: | Drake's Drum The Old Superb | Swann, D: | The Hippopotamus Song (Mud, mud, glorious mud) A Transport of Delight (The Omnibus) The Wart Hog | trad.: | The Foggy, Foggy Dew Greensleeves | Vaughan Williams: | Linden Lea The Lamb The Shepherd Silent Noon | Walton: | Popular Song from 'Façade' | Warlock: | Yarmouth Fair My Own Country Passing By Pretty Ring Time Balulalow | Woodforde-Finden: | Kashmiri Song |
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| |  | Elizabethan Virginals Music
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