Browse: Byrd - The Great Service

Here is Byrd composing for Protestants: and what wondrous stuff it is – both a magnificent expression of the aesthetic liturgical leanings encouraged by Elizabeth I, and an anti-Calvinist celebration... — Choir & Organ, July 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The singing is neat, clear and fluid, with beautifully elastic phrasing from the two tenors. The Nunc Dimittis provides the sweetest moments in the Great Service itself — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This particular work needs no introduction; indeed, some fine recordings already exist of this set, which has become a particular favourite of modern choirs. The atmosphere one associates with... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

This will delight fans of Byrd and this choir. Compelling performances (especially Ave verum) and a resonant if slightly distant sound. Some pieces though (the Mass a 5) have a surface, rather... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

King’s is King’s, and its steadfast traditions – of sound production as much as procedure (as in the wholly counterintuitive pointing of its psalter) – is its wonder. Finzi’s Lo, the full final... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2020 More…