Since you are interested in Magnificats & motets, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
ALLEGRI / PALESTRINA / ANERIO
Miserere & the music of Rome The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] "This recording's breadth of moods, devices and styles is refreshing...More importantly, the vocalists use declamation to emote, transporting the listener from sorrow to transcendent joy." (BBC Music Magazine - Choral & Song Choice - March 2011) |
WILLIAM BYRD
Byrd Edition Vol 13: Infelix ego The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "The commitment of singers and label alike is a cause for gratitude, perhaps even optimism. Congratulations to all concerned." Gramophone Award Winner 2010: RECORDING OF THE YEAR |
WILLIAM BYRD
The Great Service The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Oct/2012 ] 'This new recording is something special. Whether it's because of the sheer experience of having sung so much of Byrd's music as to have assimilated his musical language utterly, or whether it's simply the raw musicianship and cultivated intelligence... |
WILLIAM BYRD
Byrd Edition Vol 11: Hodie Simon Petrus The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] Gramophone Award Finalist 2009: Early Music --"The performances are admirably directed, responsive to words, clear in their exposition of counterpoint, carefully blended in the homophonic passages. The Cardinall's Musick is an expert body of singers... |
WILLIAM BYRD
Byrd Edition Vol 10: Laudibus in sanctis The Cardinall's Musick / Andrew Carwood [ Hyperion / CD - released 23/Nov/2006 ] 'If, according to Burney, the Mannheim orchestra of 1772 was 'an army of Generals', the Cardinall's Musick of 2006 is surely 'an exaltation of larks'... Performances of exquisite perfection' (International Record Review) |