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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | The Queen: Music for Elizabeth I
The Toronto Consort: Michele DeBoer (soprano), David Fallis (tenor), Ben Grossman (cittern), Katherine Hill (soprano, viola da gamba), Paul Jenkins (tenor, harpsichord), Terry McKenna (lute, bandora), Alison Melville (recorder, renaissance flute), John Pepper (bass), Laura Pudwell (mezzo-soprano), with Lucas Harris (lute, bandore) & Christopher Verrette (violin) ‘The Queen’ is a new CD by the Toronto Consort – numbering some of Canada’s leading early music specialists – which recreates musical life at the court of Elizabeth I. Many of these songs were written for or about this remarkable monarch, while others are songs that would have been performed at her court. The Toronto Consort is Canada’s foremost chamber ensemble specialising in the music of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and early Baroque periods. The consort members include both singers and instrumentalists (lute, recorder, guitar, flute, early keyboards and percussion).They have previously produced a recording for Marquis titled “Praetorius Christmas Vespers” (774718133526), as well as several CDs for the American label Dorian. Queen Elizabeth the First was an accomplished musician so it is likely that she played many of the songs featured on this album. Elizabeth was also, famously, a lover of dancing and dance music. Even as she lay dying, Elizabeth is said to have asked for music so that she might die as gaily as she lived. She heard music until her last breath. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Can She Excuse?English Consort Music and Songs
In this programme, the madrigals chosen illustrate the role of women in the age of Elizabeth I. Works by Byrd, Dowland, Tomkins and Hume are included. Ensemble Mikado was The Bank Austria Artist of the Year in 2008. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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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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| |  | All in the April EveningFavourites from the repertoire of the Glasgow Orpheus Choirs
‘It’s a delightful disc … if there was a ‘Critics’ Fancy’ it would be there sure enough’ (Gramophone) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | The Triumphs Of Oriana
Bennet: | All creatures now are merry-minded | Carlton, R: | Calm was the air and clear the sky | Cavendish: | Come, gentle swains | Cobbold: | With wreaths of rose and laurel | East, M: | Hence stars too dim of light | Farmer: | Fair Nymphs, I heard one telling | Gibbons, E: | Round about her charret, with all-admiring strains Long live fair Oriana | Hilton: | Fair Oriana, beauty's Queen | Holmes, John: | Thus Bonny-boots the birthday celebrated | Hunt, T: | Hark! did ye ever hear so sweet a singing? | Johnson, E: | Come, blessed Bird | Jones, Robert: | Fair Oriana, seeming to wink at folly | Kirbye: | Bright Phoebus greets most clearly | Lisley: | Fair Cytherea presents her doves | Marson: | The Nymphs and shepherds danced | Milton: | Fair Orian in the morn | Morley: | Hard by a crystal fountain | Mundy, J: | Lightly she whipped o'er the dales | Nicholson, R: | Sing, shepherds all | Norcome: | With angel's face and brightness | Tomkins: | The Fauns and Satyrs tripping | Weelkes: | As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending | Wilbye: | The Lady Oriana |
A collection of 25 madrigals from 23 different composers, from the famous to the obscure, make up this Elizabethan curiosity, published in 1601 by Thomas Morley. A musical dedication to Queen Elizabeth 1, The Triumphs of Oriana displays the talents of English songwriters, long-overshadowed by their European counterparts, conjuring up an image of an idealised and mythical England of old. | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | A Garland of the ElizabethanFive centuries of madrigals, glees & partsongs with Elizabethan lyrics
The Clerks of Christ Church | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | The Triumphs of OrianaMadrigals, compiled by Thomas Morley, 1601
Bennet: | All creatures now are merry-minded | Byrd: | Galliard (Hirsch No. 2) | Carlton, R: | Calm was the air and clear the sky | Cavendish: | Come, gentle swains and shepherds' dainty daughters | Cobbold: | With wreaths of rose and laurel | East, M: | Hence stars too dim of light | Farmer: | Fair Nymphs, I heard one telling | Gibbons, E: | Round about her charret, with all-admiring strains Long live fair Oriana | Hilton: | Fair Oriana, beauty's Queen | Holborne: | Fantasia No. 2 (Hirsch No. 46) Galliard (Hirsch No. 9) Galliard No. 8 'Jest' or 'Clark's Galliard' (Hirsch No. 15) Fantasia No. 3 (Hirsch No. 49) | Holmes, John: | Thus Bonny-boots the birthday celebrated | Hunt, T: | Hark! did ye ever hear so sweet a singing? | Johnson, E: | Come, blessed Bird | Jones, Robert: | Fair Oriana, seeming to wink at folly | Kirbye: | With angel's face and brightness | Lisley: | Fair Cytherea presents her doves | Marson: | The Nymphs and shepherds danced | Milton: | Fair Orian in the morn | Morley: | Arise, awake, awake Hard by a crystal fountain | Mundy, J: | Lightly she whipped o'er the dales | Nicholson, R: | Sing, shepherds all | Norcome: | With angel's face and brightness | Tomkins: | The Fauns and Satyrs tripping | Weelkes: | As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending | Wilbye: | The Lady Oriana |
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