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This disc is part of an ongoing complete recording of Byrd's vocal music, unbroken despite a move from ASV/Sanctuary to the Hyperion label. The approach of the Cardinall's Musick, under director Andrew Carwood, is clear and focused, with one singer per part (rotating among the 17 singers in the choir) on each of these Latin motets and Mass propers. That approach works especially well in Byrd's small-scale Catholic music, to which this disc is devoted. This was music made on the sly, by English Catholics living dangerously in a Protestant-dominated society, and Carwood captures various aspects of the musical decisions Byrd made in this situation. One is simply the sober reserve of the music, which was recorded in a castle chapel actually used by English recusants or worshipers who refused to convert to the Church of England. Another, more often lost in full-scale choral performances of Byrd, is the focus on texts of trial and persecution ("Tribulation is near, and there is no help at hand," track 2), emphasized in word-painting that sometimes seems akin to the Elizabethan madrigals that were being composed around this time by Byrd and others. The small vocal groups here bring out Byrd's intense reactions to the texts without giving them a heated quality that would have been alien to the composer's exquisite craft. A lovely, intimate set of mostly uncommon Byrd pieces.
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David Martin, Contributor, Work Editor - Anonymous, Author - Carys Lane, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - William BYRD, Composer - The Cardinall's Musick, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Carwood, Conductor, MainArtist - Jeremy Budd, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Macdonald, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Cecilia Osmond, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Craig, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Hyperion Records Limited
David Martin, Contributor, Work Editor - Anonymous, Author - Caroline Trevor, Alto, AssociatedPerformer - William BYRD, Composer - The Cardinall's Musick, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Carwood, Conductor, MainArtist - Robert Evans, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Thomas Hobbs, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Macdonald, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Julian Stocker, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Hyperion Records Limited
David Martin, Contributor, Work Editor - Anonymous, Author - Carys Lane, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - David Gould, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - William BYRD, Composer - The Cardinall's Musick, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Carwood, Conductor, MainArtist - Thomas Hobbs, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Macdonald, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Julian Stocker, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Carys Lane, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - David Gould, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - William BYRD, Composer - The Cardinall's Musick, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Carwood, Conductor, Contributor, Work Editor, MainArtist - Robert Evans, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Thomas Hobbs, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Macdonald, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - David Fraser, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2006 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Carys Lane, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - David Gould, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - William BYRD, Composer - The Cardinall's Musick, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Carwood, Conductor, Contributor, Work Editor, MainArtist - Robert Evans, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Thomas Hobbs, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Macdonald, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal)
℗ 2006 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Carys Lane, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - David Gould, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - William BYRD, Composer - The Cardinall's Musick, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Carwood, Conductor, Contributor, Work Editor, MainArtist - Robert Evans, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Thomas Hobbs, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Macdonald, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - David Fraser, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2006 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Carys Lane, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - David Gould, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - William BYRD, Composer - The Cardinall's Musick, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Carwood, Conductor, Contributor, Work Editor, MainArtist - Robert Evans, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Thomas Hobbs, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Macdonald, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - David Fraser, Contributor, Work Editor
℗ 2006 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Caroline Trevor, Alto, AssociatedPerformer - William BYRD, Composer - The Cardinall's Musick, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Carwood, Conductor, Contributor, Tenor, Work Editor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rebecca Outram, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Hyperion Records Limited
David Martin, Contributor, Work Editor - Anonymous, Author - Caroline Trevor, Alto, AssociatedPerformer - William BYRD, Composer - The Cardinall's Musick, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Carwood, Conductor, MainArtist - Robert Evans, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rebecca Outram, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Macdonald, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Julian Stocker, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Hyperion Records Limited
David Martin, Contributor, Work Editor - Anonymous, Author - Carys Lane, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - William BYRD, Composer - The Cardinall's Musick, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Carwood, Conductor, Tenor, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jeremy Budd, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Macdonald, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Patrick Craig, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Caroline Trevor, Alto, AssociatedPerformer - William BYRD, Composer - The Cardinall's Musick, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Carwood, Conductor, Contributor, Work Editor, MainArtist - Robert Evans, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rebecca Outram, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Stocker, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Carys Lane, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - William BYRD, Composer - The Cardinall's Musick, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Carwood, Conductor, Contributor, Work Editor, MainArtist - Jeremy Budd, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Macdonald, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Cecilia Osmond, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Carys Lane, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - David Gould, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - William BYRD, Composer - The Cardinall's Musick, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Carwood, Conductor, Contributor, Work Editor, MainArtist - Robert Evans, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rebecca Outram, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Hobbs, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Hyperion Records Limited
Anonymous, Author - Carys Lane, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - William BYRD, Composer - The Cardinall's Musick, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Carwood, Conductor, Contributor, Work Editor, MainArtist - Jeremy Budd, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - David Fraser, Contributor, Work Editor - Cecilia Osmond, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Craig, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Hyperion Records Limited
David Martin, Contributor, Work Editor - Anonymous, Author - William BYRD, Composer - The Cardinall's Musick, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Carwood, Conductor, MainArtist - Robert Evans, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Rebecca Outram, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Hobbs, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Macdonald, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Julian Stocker, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Hyperion Records Limited
David Martin, Contributor, Work Editor - Anonymous, Author - Carys Lane, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - William BYRD, Composer - The Cardinall's Musick, Choir, MainArtist - Andrew Carwood, Conductor, MainArtist - Robert Evans, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Jeremy Budd, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Cecilia Osmond, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick Craig, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 Hyperion Records Limited
Album review
This disc is part of an ongoing complete recording of Byrd's vocal music, unbroken despite a move from ASV/Sanctuary to the Hyperion label. The approach of the Cardinall's Musick, under director Andrew Carwood, is clear and focused, with one singer per part (rotating among the 17 singers in the choir) on each of these Latin motets and Mass propers. That approach works especially well in Byrd's small-scale Catholic music, to which this disc is devoted. This was music made on the sly, by English Catholics living dangerously in a Protestant-dominated society, and Carwood captures various aspects of the musical decisions Byrd made in this situation. One is simply the sober reserve of the music, which was recorded in a castle chapel actually used by English recusants or worshipers who refused to convert to the Church of England. Another, more often lost in full-scale choral performances of Byrd, is the focus on texts of trial and persecution ("Tribulation is near, and there is no help at hand," track 2), emphasized in word-painting that sometimes seems akin to the Elizabethan madrigals that were being composed around this time by Byrd and others. The small vocal groups here bring out Byrd's intense reactions to the texts without giving them a heated quality that would have been alien to the composer's exquisite craft. A lovely, intimate set of mostly uncommon Byrd pieces.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:34
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: The Cardinall's Musick Andrew Carwood
- Composer: William Byrd
- Label: Hyperion
- Genre: Classical
© 2006 Hyperion Records Limited ℗ 2006 Hyperion Records Limited
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