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Barnby: | Sweet and low The Kiss | Beale: | Come let us join the roundelay | Bishop, H R: | Foresters sound the cheerful horn | Bridge, Frederick: | The Goslings Two Snails | Byrd: | Though Amaryllis dance in green | Cavendish: | Come, gentle swains | Cooke, B: | Epitaph On A Dormouse | Cooke, T: | Strike The Lyre | Elgar: | As torrents in summer | Gibbons, O: | Ah, dear heart O That The Learned Poets | Morley: | Fyre! Fyre April is in My Mistress' Face My bonny lass she smileth | Paxton, W: | Breathe Soft, Ye Winds | Pearsall: | There is a paradise on earth O who will o'er the downs so free Waters of Elle | Ramsey, R: | Sleep, fleshy birth | Smart, G T: | The Squirrel | Sullivan, A: | The long day closes | Tomkins: | Music divine, proceeding from above | Vautor: | Sweet Suffolk Owl | Weelkes: | Hark All Ye Lovely Saints Thus Sings My Dearest Jewel |
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| |  | Dialogues of SorrowPassions on the Death of Prince Henry (1612)
In 1612, Prince Henry Frederick, son of James I and heir to the thrones of England and Scotland, died from a suspected bout of typhoid fever. His untimely death inspired a massive outpouring of artistic tributes in both verse and music, reflecting the mood of a nation mourning the loss of this popular future king at just 18 years of age. This is the second disc from early music consort group Gallicantus, joined by lutenist Elizabeth Kenny to perform works of the early 17th Century by a variety of composers. Their performances reflect the precision of Tenebrae, combined with a passion and commitment to crafting exemplary interpretations of the music they love. “Crouch's programme of madrigals, lute songs and motets explores the public outpouring of grief and bitterness at the death of Prince Henry in 1612...The voices of Gallicantus milk every plangent suspension.” The Independent on Sunday, 5th September 2010 “Gallicantus has compiled a selection of the mourning songs written for Henry...exquisitely rendered with clarity and poise, either a cappella or with just lute accompaniment. There is a fine balance of high and low registers, while the individual singers' solos are marked by calm sincerity.” The Independent, 10th September 2010 **** “The music is first-rate and Gallicantus creates an affecting picture of a nation in mourning with singing of textural and verbal clarity, suppleness and poignancy.” The Telegraph, 13th September 2010 ***** “The eight singers of Gallicantus balance finely, enunciate clearly and tune precisely...Their clear words are a joy.” Classic FM Magazine, December 2010 *** “Despite the common theme and elegiac mood, there is some variety in the programme, in which madrigals alternate with lute songs...this is a well-sung, intelligently produced and exhaustively researched project, which deserves great success.” International Record Review, November 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | English Madrigals
Bennet: | All creatures now are merry-minded | Byrd: | Though Amaryllis dance in green | Farnaby, G: | Carters, now cast down | Gibbons, O: | Ah, dear heart The Silver Swan | Morley: | Hark! Alleluia Phyllis, I fain would die now | Ramsey, R: | Sleep, fleshy birth | Tomkins: | Woe is me that I am constrained When David Heard Bonus tracks – Anthems & Sacred Madrigals recorded in Salle Church, Norfolk,
on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 1988 Then David mourned Bonus tracks – Anthems & Sacred Madrigals recorded in Salle Church, Norfolk,
on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 1988 Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom Bonus tracks – Anthems & Sacred Madrigals recorded in Salle Church, Norfolk,
on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 1988 Woe is me that I am constrained Bonus tracks – Anthems & Sacred Madrigals recorded in Salle Church, Norfolk,
on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 1988 Be strong and of a good courage Bonus tracks – Anthems & Sacred Madrigals recorded in Salle Church, Norfolk,
on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 1988 O sing unto the Lord a new song Bonus tracks – Anthems & Sacred Madrigals recorded in Salle Church, Norfolk,
on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 1988 O God, the proud are risen against me Bonus tracks – Anthems & Sacred Madrigals recorded in Salle Church, Norfolk,
on July 18th, 19th and 20th, 1988 | Vautor: | Cruel Madame | Weelkes: | Hark All Ye Lovely Saints | Wilbye: | Draw on, sweet night |
“Originally released on the Classics for Pleasure label, the issuing of this CD will mark the first time these tracks have been commercially available for over 20 years. The twelve madrigals presented here were deliberately chosen to show off the scope of the best English madrigal writing around the year 1600. Do I regret not having done more of this repertoire in the intervening years? I would, if there hadn’t been so much first-rate sacred music to explore.” Peter Phillips This unique album, the only recording by The Tallis Scholars of English Madrigals
and their first-ever digital recording, was made in the Great Hall at Deene Park,
Northamptonshire, on April 23rd, 24th and 25th, 1982 “This sole recording of secular music by the Tallis Scholars makes one wish for more. Byrd's 'Though Amaryllis's is very nimble, the graded dynamics in Bennet's 'All Creatures' superb.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2008 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Flora gave me fairest flowers21 madrigals of the English Renaissance
Bennet: | Round about in a fair ring | Byrd: | Though Amaryllis dance in green The sweet and merry month of May Lullaby, my sweet little baby | East, M: | Quick, quick, away, dispatch! | Farmer: | A little pretty bonny lass | Gibbons, O: | Dainty fine bird The Silver Swan | Morley: | Now is the month of maying My bonny lass she smileth Fyre! Fyre | Ramsey, R: | Sleep, fleshy birth | Tomkins: | Too much I once lamented Adieu, ye city-prisoning towers! | Weelkes: | Hark, all ye lovely saints above Ha ha! This world doth pass Death hath deprived me | Wilbye: | Weep, weep, mine eyes Flora gave me fairest flowers Draw on, sweet night Adieu, sweet Amaryllis |
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| |  | What is our life?Renaissance Laments and Elegies
Cambridge Taverner Choir, Owen Rees Recorded March 1995 at Charterhouse Chapel, Surrey | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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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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