classical music: Orlando Gibbons

classical music: Orlando Gibbons

classical music:

Orlando Gibbons

Faire is the Heaven - Music of the English Church

Benjamin Britten, William Byrd, ...

Collegium, 1993

"Treasures of English Church Music": same music, better buy
Thinking of purchasing the "Faire" and "Hail" CDs together? You will save money if you buy them in another guise: "Treasures of English Church Music." This 2-disk set is a reissue that combines Rutter's "Faire" and "Hail" CDs into a single package. You get the same ...

English Renaissance Music

John Bull, William Byrd, ...

Sony, 1990

The finest brass ensembles all on 1 album
I got this CD quite a while ago, and I still listen to it almost daily. Best at night in a candlelit room while it's raining sipping fine wine and reminising of the Renaissance festival! (wierd, I know. But that's just me) If you have an interest in this time ...

Panorama: Dances of the Renaissance

Anonymous, English Anonymous, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2001

renaissance dance music
This CD is a compilation of three recordings which are From The Vault: Dance Music of the High Renaissance by Fritz Neumeyer, Dance Music of the Renaissance by Josef Ulsamer, and Early Baroque Music by Konrad Ragossnig.

The Naxos Book of Carols

Anonymous, English Anonymous, ...

Naxos, 2004

Variations & Value
This CD contains some wonderful variations of traditional Christmas carols. O Little Town of Bethlehem is hauntingly beautiful. The Holly and the Ivy is delightful. One of my favorite holiday songs, Personent Hodie, is particularly interesting and well done. And all ...

Sing Ye Heavens - Hymns for All Time

Cambridge Singers, John Rutter

Collegium, 2000

worship of god made mostglorius in this cd
i was 1st introduced to john rutters music on a radio program... when i 1st heard the arrangement of christ the lord is risen today presented in this cd i pictured a grand celebration of the solemn mass of the resurection of our lord and pictured in particular the ...

Best Loved Hymns

Anonymous, James Bain, ...

EMI Classics, 2001

Buy this CD!
Having heard Kings College Choir twice, in the flesh, at Kings, this CD is a wonderful example of what you might hear. If you can't make it to Cambridge, buy this CD. It contains many of the old favorites and also some hymns that are not found on other English hymn ...

Great Choral Classics from King's Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Bernard Richards, Kenneth Heath, ...

Decca, 1998

Absolutely glorious!
These musical performances are done with consummate artistry. The attack, the phrasing, the tempi, the interpretations are all presented with professionalism and first-rate musicianship. The organ and the setting, as well as choir and director, are associated ...

Classic Thanksgiving Songs of Praise

Arcangelo Corelli, Giovanni Gabrieli, ...

Naxos, 2000

Setting the mood.
This is a great collection of fall/harvest/thanksgiving hymnes. I enjoyed listening to it and getting in the Thanksgiving mood.

Best Carols 100
Gareth Morrell, Hermann Prey, ...

EMI Classics, 2007

2007 release in the Best Classics 100 series, 100 Best Carols is the perfect Christmas release-- six CDs of the most famous carols, all time for the price of one full-priced disc! Among the vocal groups found on this release are the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, the Taverner Choir, the Bach Choir, and the Wiener Sangerknaben, while star ...

Canadian Brass: Legends

Samuel Barber, William Byrd, ...

OPENING DAY ENT, 2008

Tribute to the Legends
"The compositions featured on LEGENDS are absolutely essential to appreciating the Canadian Brass legacy." That about sums up this cd. Fans of the Canadian Brass will find no new compositions on this album but will find new recordings of old standards. I find I ...

Music from the Royal Court

Anonymous, Adriano Banchieri, ...

Umvd Labels, 2003

My best baroque CD
Over the years from time to time I bought some CDs with baroque brass ensemble music, always hoping it would be so fascinating as what I knew from my fathers PJBE vynil records. What I bought so far all are nice but also somewhat boring after short time. Unfortunately ...

Olde English Madrigals & Folk Songs at Ely Cathedral

John & Cambridge Singers Rutter, English Anonymous, ...

American Gramaphone, 1990

Music for the masses
This disc is a bit different from many of the Cambridge Singers' discs in that it is exclusively secular songs. They have retained one of their favourite recording spaces, the Lady Chapel at Ely Cathedral, a structure well atuned to a capella singing (it has a natural ...

Advent at St. Paul's

Anonymous, English Anonymous, ...

Hyperion UK, 1997

good collection of advent music
Not much to say, fine performances and a nice balance of traditional liturgical music styles. I particularly enjoyed the thrilling choral arrangement of Veni Veni Emmanuel. Be warned that, while they probably did their best with the miking and recording, it will ...

Madrigal History Tour

Anonymous, Spanish Anonymous, ...

EMI Classics, 2004

Ever wondered what was before Bach, Lully, or Palestrina?
During the days of the Renaissance, the madrigal was one of the most popular musical forms and outputs. The King's Singers, a modern-day all male vocal group, demonstrate the authentic sound of which these 34 chosen madrigals may have been performed. In the ...

Consort of Musicke by William Byrd & Orlando Gibbons; Sweelinck: Fantasia in D (The Glenn Gould Edition)

Glenn Gould, William Byrd, ...

Sony, 1993

Another Remarkable GG Recording...
As a GG fan for over 30 years, I thought I knew most of his work; Sony, however, has issued more than was previously available--in a most excellent form. And so, I have the pleasure of discovering yet more wonderful GG works. I had previously heard of the infamous ...