Byrd: Awake, awake, my Lyre! (A Supplication)

This page lists all recordings of Awake, awake, my Lyre! (A Supplication), by William Byrd (1543-1623) on CD. Generally, more recent CDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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The English Orpheus 20 - Awake my lyre

The English Orpheus 20 - Awake my lyre


Byrd:

Awake, awake, my Lyre! (A Supplication)

2 sopranos, tenor, bass, 2 violins, bass viol, theorbo, chamber organ

Salvator mundi salva nos

2 sopranos, 2 tenors, bass, theorbo, chamber organ

Stay, gentle Echo, dear nymph, stay (A Dialogue between Philander and the Echo)

2 tenors, bass vioI, theorbo, harpsichord

Sonata in A major

2 violins, bass viol, theorbo, chamber organ

Poor Celadon, he signs in vain (Loving above himself)

tenor, 2 violins, bass viol, theorbo

Music's the cordial of a troubled breast (from the Ode for St Cecilia's Day, 1684)

bass, 2 violins, bass viol, theorbo, harpsichord

Go, perjur'd man, and if thou ere return (The Curse)

soprano, bass, 2 violins, bass viol, theorbo, chamber organ

Help, Father Abraham! (A Dialogue betwixt Dives and Abraham)

tenor, bass (Abraham), bass viol, theorbo, harpsichord


The Parley of Instruments, Red Byrd

'Another revelatory disc in Hyperion's wonderful 'English Orpheus' series ... Treasures to savour from a fine composer' (British Music Society Journal)

Hyperion - The English Orpheus - CDA66658

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