This page lists all recordings of Senex puerum portabat (from Gradualia 1605), by William Byrd (1543-1623) on CD. Generally, more recent releases are listed first, but with priority given to those that are in stock. |
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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Calefax Reed Quintet
Kai Wessel (counter-tenor) Calefax Reed Quintet The English Renaissance master William Byrd and the Baltic innovator Arvo Pärt have much more in common than just one-syllable last names. Both draw on the compositional technique of the Middle Ages and Renaissance and are featured together on this recording by the Calefax Reed Quintet, a one-of-a-kind Dutch wind ensemble. Their music also finds a strong vocal advocate in this splendid performance by the countertenor Kai Wessel. Outstanding (BBC Music Magazine) | 
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| |  | A Year at Winchester
The second in the new series from Regent charting a musical journey through the church’s year at well-loved cathedrals. The Choir of Winchester Cathedral is regarded as one of the world’s finest choirs. This journey in music features music appropriate to the main seasons of the church’s year, including first recordings of two works by Donald Sweeney, and the original version of John Rutter’s ‘Winchester Te Deum’ written for the Choir of Winchester Cathedral. Features both the boy and girl choristers and men of the choir. “An auspicious start to what should prove a major collection of choral recordings.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2012 “'Hail, gladdening light'...[is] given with confidence, firm tuning, clear diction and phrasing and even a little drama, the excellent of the performances masking just how difficult it can be to make this sort of music work well.” International Record Review, March 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Epiphany at St Paul’s
Hyperion’s long series of St Paul’s recordings is graced by an addition dedicated to music for Epiphany, a companion disc to Advent at St Paul’s. In the Christian Church year, Epiphany is the period after Christmas commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the Magi, celebrated on 6 January. The programme embraces music from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, from Bach to Bingham, and includes many long-established favourites by Wesley, Cornelius, Howells and others. “This series is the richest treasure trove an Anglican musician or English choral buff could hope to find. Texts and notes are an Anglophile’s dream. Sound is stunningly rich and ringing” American Record Guide “Fascinatingly diverse anthology … a tonal brightness and rhythmic vitality that sparkle with festive brilliance” BBC Music Magazine “The eclectic and thoughtful repertoire mix make for compelling listening … warmly recommended” Classic FM Magazine “The choral tone is pleasant, the soloists are well chosen, and the recorded balance keeps everything in perspective” Fanfare “Luminous with a sense of goodness and well-being, brightest and best of choral records for the last many months … a distinguished record” Gramophone Magazine “Hurrah for John Scott and St Paul’s, who with this wonderful CD remind all how glorious the Epiphany repertoire is … every piece is approached as if it were the finest thing ever written, and joy is taken in rendering the simple beautiful … let us rejoice at the richness of this programme” Organists Review “This sequence, first released a decade ago, of 17 hymns and carols for Epiphany admirably avoids seasonal cliché (these aren’t Christmas carols, after all) and, more than that, offers an intermittent stiffening of sublime polyphonic music by Byrd and Marenzio...Holst’s eight-part Nunc dimittis is particularly invigorating.” Sunday Times, 18th December 2011 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | William Byrd - Anthems, Motets and Services
"distinguished by its vitality of style and opulence of sound" Gramophone “…a rare feeling for the balancing of parts, for rhythm and for the vitality of words.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2006 | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | A Celebration of CandlemasAt Oriel College, Oxford
Alexander Morrison and David Maw (organ) The Choir of Oriel College, Oxford, Andrew Furniss | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | English Church Music & Favourite Christmas Carols
Recorded 1949-54 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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