in Choir & Organ (Jan, 2017)
Beautifully shaped and balanced with super-smooth blend, this elegant male-voice ensemble lives up to the title of a programme that runs through the whole of Gloriana’s reign in secular works, both celebrated and rare, by Byrd, Gibbons, Morley, Tallis, Tomkins, and Weelkes, including the extraordinary Thule, the period of cosmography. Their singing is bright and nimble and, though their sound is rather churchy at times and cool acoustics make for muted passion, there is emotion enough in highlights such as the deeply felt Ye sacred muses, Byrd’s lament on the death of his mentor Tallis. …
Her Heavenly Harmony: Profane Music From the Royal Court – The Queen’s Six
Byrd: And think ye nymphs ; Compel the hawk ; The Eagle’s force ; Ye sacred muses – an elegy for Thomas Tallis
Gibbons, O: Ah, dear heart ; Dainty fine bird ; Fair is the rose ; The Silver Swan
Morley: Arise, awake, awake ; Hard by a crystal fountain ; No, no, no, Nigella ; Now is the Gentle Season
Tallis: Cloris, when as I woo ; Like as the doleful dove ; O ye tender babes of England
Tomkins: Music divine, proceeding from above ; O let me live for true love ; See, see the shepherds’ Queen ; The Fauns and Satyrs tripping ; When shall my sorrowful sighing slake
Weelkes: Death hath deprived me ; Like two proud armies ; Mars in a fury ; Thule, the period of cosmography
The Queen’s Six
22,90€
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