Singing in Secret - Clandestine Catholic Music by William Byrd

Singing in Secret - Clandestine Catholic Music by William Byrd

DCD34230 (Delphian Records, CD)

DDD
24-bit stereo
NEW RELEASE (27 March 2020)

Playing time: 60'14"
Tracks: 14
Booklet pages: 20
© 2020 Delphian Records Ltd
Main country of recording: UK
Country of manufacture: EU
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Singing in Secret - Clandestine Catholic Music by William Byrd published on 23 March 2020


Listen: William Byrd: Credo (Four Part Mass) (track 6, 0:08-1:06)

The Marian Consort:
Charlotte Ashley, soprano (tracks 1-6 and 9-14)
Lucinda Cox, soprano (tracks 2-13)
Helen Charlston, alto (tracks 3-4, 6, 9, 11-12 and 14)
Hannah Cooke, alto (tracks 3-4, 6, 9 and 11-12)
Rory McCleery, countertenor (tracks 1-2, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 13), director (tracks 3-4, 6, 9, 11-12 and 14)
Edward Ross, tenor (tracks 1-14)
Ashley Turnell, tenor (tracks 3-4, 6, 9, 11-12 and 14)
Michael Craddock, bass (tracks 1, 3-4, 6-9, 11-12 and 14)
Edmund Saddington, bass (tracks tracks 1-14)

William Byrd (1539/40-1623):

1 Miserere mei
2 Gaudeamus omnes
3 Kyrie (Mass for Four Voices)
4 Gloria (Mass for Four Voices)
5 Timete Dominum
6 Credo (Mass for Four Voices)
7 Ave Maria
8 Laetentur caeli
9 Sanctus & Benedictus (Mass for Four Voices)
10 Justorum animae
11 Agnus Dei (Mass for Four Voices)
12 Deo gratias
13 Beati mundi corde
14 Infelix ego

Recorded 5-7 August 2019 at Crichton Collegiate Church, Midlothian, Scotland

 

 

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