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Aston, H: | Gaude, virgo mater Christi | Byrd: | Christe qui Lux Miserere mihi, Domini Nunc dimittis | Gregorian Chant: | Salva nos, Domine Miserere mihi, Domine Veni Domine | Sheppard, J: | Libera nos 1 & II In pace in idipsum Jesu salvator saeculi, verbum In manus tuas I, II & III | Tallis: | In manus tuas Miserere nostri, motet for 7 voices, P. 207 In pace in idipsum Te lucis ante terminum | White, Robert: | Christe qui lux es et dies |
Helen Ashby, Kate Ashby, Alison Hill (sopranos), Emma Ashby, Eleanor Harries, Carris Jones,Timothy Wayne-Wright (altos), Peter Asprey, Andrew Griffiths,Tom Herford (tenors) & Oliver Hunt, Matthew O' Donovan, David Wright (basses) Stile Antico Vocal ensemble Stile Antico made its harmonia mundi début with this programme of 16th- and 17th-century polyphony written by some of England's greatest composers for the office of Compline, last of the daily hours and a form of night prayer. It went on to become one of the year's best sellers and achieved worldwide critical acclaim. “This outstanding release … features absolutely ravishing performances by Stile Antico… This is an extraordinary recording: In its debut on Harmonia Mundi Stile Antico has given choral music lovers everywhere a reason to
celebrate what looks like the beginning of another beautiful relationship!” Classics Today 10/10 “The singing is staggeringly beautiful, the balance meticulous.” Sunday Times “Debut recordings rarely come as impressive as this sequence of 16th-century English music for the evening service that concluded the daily monastic round of prayer. It suggests that Stile Antico have a future as
bright as their pure and crystalline soprano sound, which is heard to special advantage in the pieces by John Sheppard, the most lavishly represented composer on the disc.” The Telegraph | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | John Sheppard - Cantate Massand other sacred choral music
“The Sixteen consistently convey the rapturous beauty of Sheppard's writing, above all in the ethereal passages in the highest register, very characteristic of him. There are not many more beautiful examples of Tudor polyphony than this.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | The Golden Age of English Polyphony
Fayrfax: | Aeternae Laudis Lilium Missa Albanus | Mundy, W: | O Lord, the maker of all things Videte miraculum Sive vigilem Ah, helpless wretch Vox Patris caelestis Kyrie ‘Orbis factor’ O Lord, the world's Saviour Magnificat Nunc dimittis The secret sins Beatus et sanctus Adolescentulus sum ego | Sheppard, J: | Cantate Mass Salvator mundi Domine Verbum caro factum est Laudem dicite Deo Reges Tharsis et insulae In manus tuas I Filiae Hierusalem venite In pace in idipsum Paschal Kyrie Jesu salvator saeculi, verbum Mass 'The Western Wynde' The Second Service Te Deum laudamus Spiritus sanctus I Justi in perpetuum vivent Libera nos 1 & II Audivi vocem de caelo Deus tuorum militum I Ave maris stella Jesu salvator saeculi, redemptis Spiritus Sanctus procedens II Beata nobis gaudia In manus tuas II Gaude gaude gaude Maria Haec dies quam fecit Dominus Impetum fecerunt unanimes Dum transisset Sabbatum I Sancte Dei pretiose Sacris solemniis Hostes Herodes impie Dum transisset Sabbatum II In manus tuas III Aeterne Rex altissime | Taverner: | Archangeli Michaelis Interventione Kyrie 'Le Roy' Missa O Michael Dum transisset Sabbatum I Gaude plurimum Ex eius tumba Missa Corona Spinea In pace, in idipsum O splendor gloriae Te Deum Alleluia. Veni, electa mea Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas In nomine a 4 Audivi vocem de coelo Dum transisset Sabbatum II Hodie nobis caelorum rex Mater Christi Sanctissima Magnificat a 4 - Nesciens mater Quemadmodum a 6 Missa Mater Christi sanctissima Mass 'The Western Wynde' O Wilhelme, pastor bone Missa Sancti Wilhelmi 'Small Devotion Mass' |
When The Sixteen embarked upon their recording career back in 1982, few would have been able to predict quite how successful they would become, or how far they would go towards rehabilitating the little-known and barely recorded music of these four master composers of the sixteenth century. In this their 30th anniversary year, we join them in celebrating a Golden Age of Polyphony, and of music-making, by presenting their twelve discs of this repertoire in an attractively packaged (and priced) 10-CD remastered set. “English choral music at its finest.” The Observer, 29th November 2009 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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