Naxos
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Despres: Missa L'homme armé, Ave Maria, Absalon Fili Mi
RecommendedOxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Tomkins: Music for viols, organ, harpsichord
RecommendedRose Consort of Viols, Red Byrd, Thos Roberts, J Bryan
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The Oxford Camerata provides a representative selection of choral works by Gibbons, together with three of his organ pieces. The programme is introduced by a bright and busy performance of the... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 1996, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, October 2018, Recommended Recording
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The centrepiece here is Ockeghem's L'homme armé Mass. It may be one of his earliest Masses, dating perhaps from the early 1450s. It's also one of his most curious. For the most part it lies... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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The disc puts a triumphant cap on a few years of seriously marvellous issues of 15th-century songs. It comes with a lucid and informative booklet note by Gramophone’s Fabrice Fitch. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Early Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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…seven three-dance sets are illuminatingly contrived and despatched with effortless insight. Dowland was praised for the richness of his tone, but it’s hard to imagine even him outdoing the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2007, Instrumental Choice
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The prospect of a Nigel North set is something to drool over, and this first installment doesn't disappoint. Pre-eminently the lutenist's lutenist, North is steeped in the music - and technically... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2006, Instrumental Choice
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The Houghton Chapel is nowhere near as resonantly spacious as the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam, but its relative intimacy doesn't rob the organ of its natural resonance and tonal beauty. James David... —
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Argentum et aurum
Musical Treasures from the Early Habsburg Renaissance
Els Janssens-Vanmunster (voice), Raitis Grigalis (voice), Miriam Andersen (Swedish cowhorn), Tobie Miller (symphonia), Liane Ehlich (flute)
Ensemble Leones, Marc Lewon
Ensemble Leones has come up with a good concept and gives a very lively, transparent and authentic performance of these tunes, originally sung by balladmongers. With an ear for authenticity,... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2016, Winner - Early Music
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Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli, Missa Aeterna Christi Munera & Stabat mater
RecommendedOxford Schola Cantorum, Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly
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Building a Library, January 2015, First Choice
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