Byrd: Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets (1611). Album by The Sixteen

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Byrd: Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets (1611). Album by The SixteenAlbum Description The Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets of 1611 was William Byrds final publication. And what a superbly fitting culmination to a lifetime of musical service it is! As well as being packed with variety and invention including both sacred and secular music and using a range of forces from small trios to consorts to full choir it is probably the happiest, most serene collection of music Byrd ever produced. The Sixteen is joined by celebrated

For the horse of Pharaoh

In an age of resurgent conflict and frenetic demands on our attention

Aria Adagio

swifter flow

La nuit le froid la solitude

The Sixteen performs a cappella anthems with powerful texts by writers as varied as Edmund Spenser

All the Masses in I Fagiolini’s Benevoli series are premiere recordings

Benevoli's mastery of surround-sound is clear in these very different works

The rich variety of his writing for solo voices and orchestra along with thrilling choral textures is well represented in the three cantatas on this disc

A Winter Breviary

Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers is the landmark work of early Baroque music

This disc provides a superb collection of works from some of Europe’s most celebrated composers and

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