Ward: Fantasies & Verse Anthems

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Phantasm is simply the best viol consort around...the all-male choir...has some good individual singers, at their best in the ingenious Down Caitiff Wretch and the exuberant This is a Joyful,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 20th Oct 2014
Catalogue No: CKD427
Label: Linn
Length: 59 minutes

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Ward, J: Fantasia à 4 No. 2, VdGS 22

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Phantasm
Laurence Dreyfus

Ward, J: Praise the Lord, O my soul

Work length8:17

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Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Phantasm
Daniel Hyde

Ward, J: Fantasia à 4 No. 5, VdGS 25

Work length2:49

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Phantasm
Laurence Dreyfus

Ward, J: Mount up, my soul

Work length7:03

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Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Phantasm
Daniel Hyde
Recorded: 6-9 May 2013
Recording Venue: Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Ward, J: Fantasia à 4 No. 1, VdGS 21

Work length2:53

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Phantasm
Laurence Dreyfus
Recorded: 6-9 May 2013
Recording Venue: Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Ward, J: Down, caitiff wretch (Part 1)

Work length5:39

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Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Phantasm
Daniel Hyde
Recorded: 6-9 May 2013
Recording Venue: Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Ward, J: Prayer is an endless chain (Part 2)

Work length5:26

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Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Phantasm
Daniel Hyde
Recorded: 6-9 May 2013
Recording Venue: Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Ward, J: Fantasia à 4 No. 3, VdGS 23

Work length2:25

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Phantasm
Laurence Dreyfus
Recorded: 6-9 May 2013
Recording Venue: Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Ward, J: How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord

Work length4:50

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Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Phantasm
Daniel Hyde
Recorded: 6-9 May 2013
Recording Venue: Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Ward, J: Fantasia à 4 No. 4, VdGS 24

Work length3:11

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Phantasm
Laurence Dreyfus
Recorded: 6-9 May 2013
Recording Venue: Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Ward, J: Let God Arise

Work length6:12

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Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Phantasm
Daniel Hyde
Recorded: 6-9 May 2013
Recording Venue: Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Ward, J: Fantasia à 4 No. 6, VdGS 26

Work length2:53

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Phantasm
Laurence Dreyfus
Recorded: 6-9 May 2013
Recording Venue: Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Ward, J: This is a joyful, happy holy day

Work length5:50

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Choir of Magdalen College at Oxford, Phantasm
Daniel Hyde
Recorded: 6-9 May 2013
Recording Venue: Chapel of Magdalen College, Oxford, United Kingdom

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Featuring ambitious and accomplished music for voices and viols, ‘Ward: Fantasies & Verse Anthems’ offers a privileged glimpse of a special moment in English music history.

The four-part viol fantasies complement Phantasm’s previous recording of Ward’s five- and six-part works and show an equally fluent and skilful style exemplifying Jacobean consort fantasy at its best.

The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford join Phantasm to perform Ward’s verse anthems which contain an ever-shifting kaleidoscope of textures and generous word painting amidst a polyphonic swirl of viols.

This recording is a fitting tribute to John Ward, whose efforts have been rediscovered in our own time and whose mellifluous music deserves a closer look.

Phantasm’s illustrious recording career has resulted in the viol consort being repeatedly recognised at the Gramophone Awards with a one Award and several ‘Finalist’ nods to its name.

Phantasm’s debut on Linn, ‘Ward: Consort music for five and six viols’ was named a ‘Choice’ recording by BBC Music Magazine whilst also receiving many five and four star reviews.

Phantasm has been widely acclaimed for its previous Linn recordings; ‘Byrd: Complete Consort Music’ was named BBC ‘Disc of the Month’ and ‘Lawes: Consorts to the Organ’ was nominated for both BBC and Gramophone Awards.

The award-winning ensemble has been applauded across the globe for its moving performances and is recognised as the most exciting viol consort active on the world scene today.

Critics have described their performances and recordings as 'intoxicating', 'revelatory', 'electrifying', 'interpretations pervaded by a truly burning spirit'.

The quartet’s international members (from Britain, Finland and the US) are based in Oxford and have toured extensively throughout Europe, North America, and East Asia. They are joined by Emily Ashton and Christopher Terepin for this performance.

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February 2015

Phantasm is simply the best viol consort around...the all-male choir...has some good individual singers, at their best in the ingenious Down Caitiff Wretch and the exuberant This is a Joyful, Happy Holy Day.

The treble soloists are particularly fine, but all excel in aptly contrasted ways, from plaintively diffident tenor to well-nourished bass.

December 2014

Phantasm play with their customary verve, just occasionally preferring energy to rhythmic steadiness but never losing the shape of the relatively short fantasias. For the verse anthems, Daniel Hyde opts for a slightly steadier approach...The current Magdalen choir has a range of marvellous voices used for the solos.

19th October 2014

Henry [Prince of Wales] spent a brief spell at Magdalen, Oxford, so it’s appropriate that the college choir should join with resident consort Phantasm to record, with luminous clarity, some mellifluous examples of the form by John Ward...His attractive word painting is vividly realised here.

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