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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | 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 King’s Singers - Romance Du Soir
Bairstow: | Music, When Soft Voices Die | Brahms: | Waldesnacht, Op. 62 No. 3 | Elgar: | O happy eyes, Op. 18 No. 1 Love, Op. 18 No. 2 | Larsen, L: | A Lover's Journey | Lasso: | Toutes les Nuitz | Saint-Saëns: | Calme des nuits, Op. 68 No. 1 Sérénade d'hiver Romance du soir, Op. 118 | Schubert: | Liebe | Schumann: | Ritornelle Op. 65 | Senfl: | Ach Elslein, liebes Elselein | Strauss, R: | Traumlicht, No. 2 of Drei Männerchöre AV123 | Sullivan, A: | The long day closes | Wilbye: | Draw on, sweet night Weep, weep, mine eyes |
Combining perennial favourites with wonderful new discoveries, these immediately appealing pieces reflect the much-loved repertoire at the heart of a King's Singers programme, performed with the skill and flair that distinguishes the group as one of the world's most popular a cappella ensembles. Signum Records latest venture with The King's Singers, Romance du Soir, follows hot on the heels of a Live DVD and CD release of their 2008 performance at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall (SIGDVD005 and SIGCD150), and the 2008 Grammy-nominated album Simple Gifts (SIGCD121). “This sweetshop full of lollipops offers some favourites from the King's Singers' vast repertoire of melodious part songs, sung with their trademark lustrous tone and precise, yet unforced, clarity.” The Observer, 21st February 2009 “Here's a stunning display of unaccompanied part-singing by six consummate vocal artists. Sullivan's 'The Long Day Closes', beautifully shaped and shorn of sentimental Victorian accretions, draws the curtain down on an outstandingly successful recital.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2009 ***** “The balancing of voices, their almost-eerie technical perfection, their awareness of the relationship between text and harmony, their musical inquisitiveness and joyful unstuffiness... I could go on. It's a wonderful programme, and a disc I shall be returning to often.” Charlotte Gardner, bbc.co.uk, 27th March 2009 | | | 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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| |  | The Art of Melancholy
Monika Mauch & Natacha Ducret (soprano), Pascal Bertin (alto), Otto Rastbichler, Eitan Sorek & Josep Benet (tenor), Josep Cabré (baritone), Stephan Macleod, Daniele Carnovic & Paul Willenbrock (bass) Ensemble Daedalus, Roberto Festa (recorder & direction) Roberto Festa and his Ensemble Daedalus present a superbly expressive picture on the subject of “melancholy” in 16th and 17th century music. | | | 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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| |  | 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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