Taverner Choir and Players & Andrew Parrott
Release Date: 25 March 2016
Label: Avie
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 822252235227
Genres: Classical Rennaissance
Description
Andrew Parrott and his Taverner Choir & Players turn to music of their namesake alongside works by his contemporaneous King Henry VIII, an exceptionally musical monarch, and two composers of the previous generation, William Cornysh and Hugh Ashton. With Taverner's Western wind mass as its corner-stone, this recording takes its lead from the unashamedly secular character of that work and ventures beyond the chapel door to explore the parallel world of courtly vernacular song and instrumental music.
"the Taverner Consort at their very best: the latter in particular combines that trademark incisiveness with superlative solo singing." - Gramophone's 10 best early music recordings of the past 10 years
"keen and dramatic... technically brilliant" - BBC Music Magazine "Opera Choice" (on Monterverdi L'Orfeo, AV 2278)
"impressive and the power undeniable." - Early Music Review (on Gesualdo Tenebrae Response for Good Friday, AV 2305)
"a vibrant account … vivid performances" - Amazon.com (on Purcell Dido & Aeneas, AV 2309)
Tracklisting
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen; John Churchwell
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Christopher Tyler Nickel, Sarah Jackson
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Bruce Wolosoff
Charles Owen
Proteus Ensemble; Stephen Shellard
Benjamin Hochman
