Byrd - Diliges Dominum
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Choral » Anthems & Motets
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Homophonic passages impress with their splendour, enriched here by the chestnut hues of basses William Gaunt and Robert Macdonald. The clarity of line lays bare the ingenuity of counterpoint,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2011, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. The Deer’s Cry: The Sixteen sing Pärt, Byrd & Tallis
RecommendedThe Sixteen, Harry Christophers
[The Deer's Cry] is a deceptively easy-looking piece on the page, but keeping its halting, minimalist ground-rhythm pulsing meaningfully, and building the slow-burn crescendo over several minutes... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Viri Galilaei: Favourite Anthems from Merton
Charles Warren, Peter Shepherd
Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Benjamin Nicholas, Peter Phillips
the Merton choir's singing is notable for its clarity. The polyphonic lines of Byrd's Diliges Dominum, the antiphonal effects of Harris's classic Faire is the heaven and even the dense textures... —
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Time and its Passing
Where except in the present can the eternal be met? C. S. Lewis
Rodolfus, Ralph Allwood
The fresh, unforced quality of these young singers brings a pleasant friction to grave-facing works like Gibbons's What is our life? and Howells's Even such is time, and comes into its own in... —
