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An Elizabethan Christmas: Byrd, Holborne, Gibbons, Peerson, Weelkes
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An Elizabethan Christmas: Byrd, Holborne, Gibbons, Peerson, Weelkes
Composers
Byrd, William
Gibbons, Orlando
Holborne, Anthony
Peerson, Martin
Weelkes, Thomas
Genres
Chamber Music
Performers
Charlston, Helen
Cutting, Guy
Frame, Malachy
Lucy Cox
Lyddon, Amy
Saddington, Edmund
Walshe, Emma
Orchestras / Ensembles
Fretwork
Instruments
Alto
Baritone
Bass-baritone
Mezzo-soprano
Soprano
Tenor
Label
Signum Classics
Catalogue number
SIGCD680
Release date
2021-09-03
Discs
1
Orig. sample rate
96000 Hz
Viol consort Fretwork and mezzo soprano Helen Charlston explore the more reflective and sombre Christmas celebrations of Elizabethan England, in a collection of works by William Byrd, Anthony Holborne, Orlando Gibbons and Martin Peerson.
With celebrations confined strictly to the 12 days from Christmas Eve to Epiphany, the preceding Advent was regarded as a time of religious introspection, with music composed to mark both fasting and feasting. Byrd's consort songs for voice and 5 viols encompass this range, from the joyous Out of the Orient Crystal Skies - ending with an exuberant 'Falantidingdido', a word whose meaning is lost to history - to his Lullaby, a 'song of sadnes and pietie 'that became one of Byrd's most enduringly famous songs.
In 2021, Fretwork celebrates its 35th anniversary. In the past three and a half decades they have explored the core repertory of great English consort music, from Taverner to Purcell, and made classic recordings against which others are judged. In addition to this, Fretwork have become known as pioneers of contemporary music for viols, having commissioned over 40 new works.
Acclaimed for her musical interpretation, presence and “warmly distinctive tone” (The Telegraph), Helen Charlston is quickly cementing herself as a key performer in the next generation of British singers. Helen won first prize in the 2018 Handel Singing Competition and was a finalist in the Hurn Court Opera Competition, and the Grange Festival International Singing Competition.
Recorded in St Magdalen Church, Sherborne, Gloucestershire, UK from 15th – 17th May 2019 and 7th –8th October 2020
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Composer: Byrd, William
01
Out of the Orient Crystal Skies
03:37
$ 0.49
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Composer: Holborne, Anthony
02
Pavan
02:00
$ 0.27
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Composer: Holborne, Anthony
03
As It Fell on Holie Eve
01:00
$ 0.14
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Composer: Byrd, William
04
From Virgin’s Womb – Rejoice, Rejoice
06:49
$ 0.92
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Composer: Holborne, Anthony
05
The Cradle
02:54
$ 0.39
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Composer: Holborne, Anthony
06
Lullabie
01:33
$ 0.21
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Composer: Byrd, William
07
Lullaby
12:40
$ 1.71
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Composer: Gibbons, Orlando
7 Fantasias 'for Ye Great Dooble Bass'
09:37
08
7 Fantasias 'for Ye Great Dooble Bass': No. 1 a 4
04:41
$ 0.63
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Composer: Byrd, William
09
An Earthly Tree – Cast off All Doubtful Care
06:19
$ 0.85
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Composer: Peerson, Martin
10
Attendite
04:34
$ 0.62
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Composer: Peerson, Martin
11
Upon my Lap, my Sovereign Sits
07:14
$ 0.98
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Composer: Weelkes, Thomas
12
To Shorten Winter’s Sadnesse
02:34
$ 0.35
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Composer: Gibbons, Orlando
7 Fantasias 'for Ye Great Dooble Bass'
09:37
13
7 Fantasias 'for Ye Great Dooble Bass': No. 2 a 4
04:56
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14
Sweet was the Song the Virgin sang
02:10
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Composer: Holborne, Anthony
15
The New-yeares Gift
01:21
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Composer: Holborne, Anthony
16
Heigh Ho Holiday
00:59
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Composer: Byrd, William
17
O God That Guides the Cheerful Sun
05:58
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Album total
71:19
Composer
Byrd, William
Gibbons, Orlando
Holborne, Anthony
Peerson, Martin
Weelkes, Thomas
Mezzo-soprano
Charlston, Helen
Ensemble
Fretwork
Soprano
Cox, Lucy
Walshe, Emma
Alto
Lyddon, Amy
Tenor
Cutting, Guy
Baritone
Frame, Malachy
Bass-baritone
Saddington, Edmund
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