April 2016

Sacred Spain

The Victoria Requiem, settings for the Virgin Mary, and a Spanish Baroque mass.

Composer: Francisco Guerrero , Josquin Des Prez, John Dunstable, Leonel Power, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Francesc VALLS (c.1671-1747)

CD Info: SFM CD, Phi CD LPH 005, CD LAU014.

The Secular Elizabethans

Dowland, dances, and music in the court of Mary Queen of Scots.

Composer: Thomas Morley (1557/8–1602), Henry Purcell (1659–95), John Blow (1649–1708) ,Nicholas Lanier (1588–1666), John Dowland (1563–1626), Robert Johnson (1572/3 – 1637), Alfonso Ferrabosco (1575 – 1628), Robert Burns, John BLACK (fl.c.1516-1587), James LAUDER (c.1535-1595), Wilson (c.1550), David PEEBLES (c.1530-1576), William BYRD (c.1543-1623), Robert JOHNSON (c.1500-1560), Anthony HOLBORNE (c.1550-1602), John BENNET (fl.c1595-1614),Robert JOHNSON (the younger) (c.1583-1633), Renaldo PARADISO (d.1570), Thomas TALLIS (c1505-1585)

CD Info: CD AV2325, Alpha/Outhere CD 823, CD MS1490.

Secular Spain

Luys Milan, Cabezon, and the Guerra Manuscript.

Composer: Antonio de Cabezón, Hernando de Cabezón ,Thomas Crecquillon , Philippe Verdelot , Luys Milán’s El Maestro (1536), José Miguel Guerra , Juan Hidalgo , José Marín , Juan de Navas

CD Info: Ricercar CD 335, Naxos CD 8.573305, Naxos CD 8.572876

The Sacred Side

Music from Shakespeare’s time featuring the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, the ensemble Ora, and The Sixteen.

Composer: Orlando di Lasso, Taverner, Samuel Scheidt, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Matthew Martin, Bassano, Palestrina , Michael Haller, L'Heritier, Rachmaninov, Wesley,Hadley , Stanford , Charlotte Bray , William Byrd,Roxanna Panufnik, Owain Park, Roderick Williams, Sir William Harris (1883-1973), Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623), James MacMillan (b.1959), Ivor Gurney (1890-1937),Robert Ramsey (c.1590-1644), Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986) , Michael East (1580-1648), Herbert Howells (1892 -1983), Robert Pearsall (1795-1856) , Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)

CD Info: CD HMU 907655, CD HMU 906102, CD COR16134