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William Byrd, Philippe de Monte, Harry Christophers
Byrd: Masses for 4 & 5 Voices - Harry Christophers, The Sixteen
Genres: Pop, Classical

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Diliges Dominum, motet for 8 voices (SSAATTBB)
2. Ad Dominum cum tribularer, motet for 8 voices (SSAATTBB) (text missing)
3. Gaudeamus omnes, motet for 5 voices (SATTB)
4. Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB): Kyrie
5. Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB): Gloria
6. Timete Dominum, motet for 5 voices (SSATB)
7. Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB): Credo
8. Justorum animae (also anthem 'Souls of the righteous'), motet for 5 voices (SSATB)
9. Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB): Sanctus
10. Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB): Benedictus
11. Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB): Agnus Dei
12. Beati mundo corde, motet for 5 voices (SSATB)
Track Listings (16) - Disc #2
1. Super Flumina Babylonis, for 8 voices
2. Quomodo cantabimus, motet for 8 voices (SSAATTBB)
3. Tu es pastor ovium, motet for 6 voices (SSATBB)
4. Quodcunque ligaveris, motet for 6 voices (SSATBB)
5. Hodie Simon Petrus, motet for 6 voices (SSAATB)
6. Nunc scio vere, motet for 6 voices (SSATTB)
7. Mass for 4 Voices (SATB): Kyrie
8. Mass for 4 Voices (SATB): Gloria
9. Constitues eos Principes, motet for 6 voices (SSATTB)
10. Tu es Petrus, motet for 6 voices (SSATTB): Alleluia
11. Mass for 4 Voices (SATB): Credo
12. Constitues eos Principes, motet for 6 voices (SSATTB)
13. Mass for 4 Voices (SATB): Sanctus
14. Mass for 4 Voices (SATB): Benedictus
15. Mass for 4 Voices (SATB): Agnus Dei
16. Tu es Petrus, motet for 6 voices (SSATTB): Tu es Petrus

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CD Details

All Artists: William Byrd, Philippe de Monte, Harry Christophers, The Sixteen
Title: Byrd: Masses for 4 & 5 Voices - Harry Christophers, The Sixteen
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Virgin / Angel Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2002
Re-Release Date: 12/23/2002
Album Type: Import
Genres: Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 724356201323

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CD Reviews

Overwhelmingly beautiful

Leslie Richford | Selsingen, Lower Saxony | 10/13/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I have only heard the Mass for Five Voices with motets and excerpts from the Gradualia from a previous single CD edition (= the first CD of this set), so I cannot comment on this entire edition. But as for what I have heard: what beautiful music this is! The Sixteen is one of Britain's leading professional mixed choirs, and this production can be compared with those of the Tallis Scholars: superb voices, including a pure 'mean' (high soprano, here sung by females), a perfect feeling for this 'ancient' music (Byrd was a contemporary of Shakespeare), overwhelmingly beautiful both with 'the early Byrd' (motets) and the more meditative gradualia and mass pieces. The recording, made in 1988 at Boxgrove Abbey in England, is equally excellent.

Of course, there are different ways of performing Byrd's music, and some would prefer a puristic, one-voice-to-a-part approach (see for example the EMI Hilliard Ensemble recording). Others might consider using boy sopranos for the 'mean'. You just have to find out for yourself which approach you think adequately captures the spirit of this music. At all events, Byrd is the winner by this disc, which motivated me to move from Byrd's Catholic masses to his Anglican church music, his 'Great Service', of which there is an equally enthralling disc by the Tallis Scholars."