"In my idea at least, the ideal preparation for the contrapuntal pursuits to be found in Bach's music is offered by the music of the English Tudor composers, particularly William Byrd." So wrote ... (Read More)
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Gorgeous masterpieces, stunningly performed, are the stock in trade of this Gramophone Award–winning Early Music ensemble. Stile Antico's voices soar heavenward on this sacred program, which includes ... (Read More)
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Ellen Hargis, soprano. Paul O'Dette, lute, archlute & theorbo.
Label: Noyse Productions. Format: CD.
Label Number: 01. Daedalus Item Code: 18323
English composers like Nicolas Lanier, John Wilson, and Henry Lawes modeled their poetic and refined songs on those of Italian precusors such as Monteverdi.
William Byrd—the leading composer of Protestant, Elizabethan England—also wrote liturgical music for clandestine religious observances. Among his most serene and pure works, these intimate five-voice ... (Read More)
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