Britten / Byrd / Hoir Of Jesus College Cambridge - Byrd / Britten - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

William Byrd (circa 1543 - 1623) was considered by his contemporaries to be a musician without peer. The music he wrote for voices to sing is generally recognized as his chief glory. While there are no transcriptions of chansons or song in tabulations among his instrumental works, every moving line in one of his fantasies or pavans is in essence a wordless voice, having different registers and needing breath. Presented here by acclaimed harpsichordist Colin Tilney is a delectable assortment of keyboard works highlighting the vocal character of Byrd's writing including his exquisite setting of John Dowland's famed Pavan InchLachrymae.Inch Album Tracks 1. The Seventh Pavian 2. Fantasia in D minor 3. The Maidens Songe 4. Pavan 5. Galliard 6. The Eighte Pavian 7. The Second Grownde 8. Prelude in a Minor 9. Fantasia in a Minor 10. Lachrymae Pavan

Byrd - Masses [COMPACT DISCS] date 04/01/2001

Album Tracks 1. A Ceremony of Carols 2. Company at the Creche 3. The Kings and the Shepherds 4. Christmas Eve 5. Evergreen 6. Magnificat 7. Christmas Cantata (Sinfonia Sacra)