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Hymns for all seasons Magdala / The Choir of New College, Oxford / The Choir of All Saints Church, Margaret Street / The Choir of Truro Cathedral / The Victorian Singers [ England...This England / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] A selection of hymns for the church's year, from Advent to Trinity, recorded in the churches and chapels of Oxford. A glorious celebration of an English tradition, with reminders of old favourites from times past, and some familiar and heart-warming... |
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Sanctus: Music for Quiet Contemplation Marguerite Hutchinson (Northumbrian pipes) Jon Banks (harp) The Monks & Novices of Saint Frideswide [ Songs of Praise / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Haunting and evocative words and music that bring us echoes from the world of the monks of Lindisfarne, the Saxon monastery on Holy Island off Northumbria, with early English church music and Northumbrian pipes. |
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Music for Virginals Martin Souter (Leversidge virginals in the Ashmolean Museum) [ Ashmolean / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] William Byrd's music in a unique recording on the Leversidge virginals of 1670 which was made in the Hill Music Room in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. The music is all taken from 'My Ladye nevells Booke' of 1591 |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / ELGAR / DELIUS / HOLST / BAX
O, to be in England: Music for a green and pleasant land New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / The English Northern Sinfonia [ Heritage of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] A fine collection of moving and wistful orchestral works which celebrate the English landscape and its natural beauty. English composers have always excelled at pastoral music with a hint of nostalgia: from 'the lark ascending' to the strains of... |
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A Pageant of Medieval Music The Oxford Girls' Choir / John Rowlands-Pritchard / Sirinu / The Henrician Consort / Jon banks [ Music of the Middle Ages / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] Cheerful dances and songs from all over Europe of the middle ages and early renaissance. From bear dances to Spanish songs, from brawls to revels, here is a happy, cheery album of dynamic medieval music recorded using instruments and playing... |
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Songs for William Shakespeare Sara Stowe (Soprano) Matthew Spring (Lute, cittern, hurdy-gurdy) Sharon Lindo (Renaissance violin, recorder, pipe and tabor) [ Heritage of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] The finest songs from Shakespeare's plays, from Johnson's arrangement of 'Where the bee sucks' in 'The Tempest' to Morley's famous version of Feste's song 'O mistress mine', from 'Twelfth Night'. Carefully researched and played on instruments of the... |
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Tudor & Stuart Spirit Sara Stowe (Soprano) Matthew Spring (Lute) Martin Souter (virginals, harpsichord, organ) [ Heritage of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] From dancing to dreaming, this selection of music from Tudor and Stuart times encompasses the joys and sorrows of the age from traditional country tunes to expressions of royal fortunes and misfortunes. |
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In Pastures Green: A meditatrion in Psalms, Poems and Music The Victoria Singers / English Renaissance / The choir of Magdalen College / The choir of Norwich Cathedral [ Songs of Praise / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] A treasury of favourite psalms, poetry and music, from the immortal 23rd psalm to Thomas Hardy's poignant evocations of English country churches, complemented by music such as Vaughan Williams' magnificent 'Tallis' fantasia. |