Cornyshe
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Western Wind
RecommendedMusic By John Taverner & Court Music For Henry VIII
Emily Van Evera (soprano), Charles Daniels (tenor)
Taverner Choir & Players, Andrew Parrott
The Western Wynde Mass nicely contrasts with The Tallis Scholars’ recording, being incisive and brisk where Peter Phillips’s reading is smoother and more leisurely. Parrott is perhaps more persuasive... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Winner - Early Music
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Cornysh's music is a riot of abundant, often seemingly wild melody, constantly in search of wanton, abstract, dare-devil ideas. Take, for example, the extraordinary conclusion to the five-part... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The Field of Cloth of Gold
A Celebration in Music of the Meeting in 1520 of Henry Vlll of England and François I of France
Jennie Cassidy (mezzo), Mark Padmore (tenor)
Musica Antiqua of London, Philip Thorby
Excellent recording in the demonstration bracket —
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More Divine Than Human: Music from the Eton Choirbook, Vol. 1
The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Stephen Darlington
What makes this disc entrancingly fresh is its use of boy choristers: their translucence as a choir, their colours as soloists, and their easy swing through florid passages inject lightness... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Early Music
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Special offer. The Rose and the Ostrich Feather
RecommendedEton Choirbook Volume 1
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
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Gramophone Awards, 1992, Winner - Early Music
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Special offer. Good Night, Beloved
Alexandra Kidgell, Mark Dobell, George Pooley, Rob Macdonald, Christopher Glynn (piano), Jeremy Budd (tenor), Ben Davies, Julie Cooper, Kirsty Hopkins, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
The album is an enchanting collection of works loosely themed around the night, from lullabies and nocturnes to the music of late-night revelry. The disc’s title track is a highlight: ‘Good... —
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Music from the Reign of Henry VIII
Forbury and Holbein Consorts & Trinity Baroque, Julian Podger (director)
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