The Triumphs of Oriana Madrigals
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The King's Singers: (David Hurley, Nigel Short (counter-tenors), Paul Phoenix (tenor), Philip Lawson, Gabriel Crouch (baritones), Simon Connolly (bass))
Rec. Mandelsloh, St Osdag, Germany, 9-12 March 1998. DDD
SIGNUM CLASSICS
Total time: 67:13
| 1. | Hence, stars, too dim of light | Michael EAST(c. 1580-1648) | 1:40 |
| 2. | With angel's face and brightness | Daniel NORCOMBE (?1576-1655) | 2:05 |
| 3. | Lightly she whipped o'er the dales | John MUNDY (c. 1555-1630) | 2:57 |
| 4. | Long live fair Oriana | Ellis GIBBONS (1573-?1603) | 2:40 |
| 5. | All creatures now are merry-minded | John BENNET (c. 1575/80, fl. 1599-1614) | 1:54 |
| 6. | Fair Oriana, beauty's queen | John HILTON the elder (c. 1560-1608) | 2:02 |
| 7. | The nymphs and shepherds danced | George MARSON (c. 1573-1632) | 2:39 |
| 8. | Calm was the air and clear the sky | Richard CARLTON (c. 1558-?1638) | 3:43 |
| 9. | Thus Bonny-boots the birthday celebrated | John HOLMES (?-1629) | 2:29 |
| 10. | Sing, shepherds all, and in your roundelays | Richard NICOLSON (1563-1639) | 3:27 |
| 11. | The fauns and satyrs tripping | Thomas TOMKINS (1572-1656) | 4:23 |
| 12. | Come, gentle swains | Michael CAVENDISH (c. 1565-1628) | 3:04 |
| 13. | With wreaths of rose and laurel | William COBBOLD (1560-1639) | 2:08 |
| 14. | Arise, awake, awake | Thomas MORLEY (1557/8-1602) | 2:10 |
| 15. | Fair nymphs, I heard one telling | John FARMER (c. 1570, fl. 1591-1601) | 2:23 |
| 16. | The Lady Oriana | John WILBYE (1574-1638) | 2:23 |
| 17. | Hark! Did ye ever hear so sweet a singing? | Thomas HUNT (1580-1658) | 3:01 |
| 18. | As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending | Thomas WEELKES (1575-1623) | 3:02 |
| 19. | Fair Orion in the morn | John MILTON (c. 1563-1647) | 2:13 |
| 20. | Round about her charret | Ellis GIBBONS | 2:27 |
| 21. | Bright Phoebus greets most clearly | George KIRBYE (?-1634) | 2:14 |
| 22. | Fair Oriana, seeming to wink at folly | Robert JONES (fl. 1597-1615) | 2:54 |
| 23. | Fair Cytherea presents her doves | John LISLEY (fl. 1601) | 3:38 |
| 24. | Hard by a crystal fountain | Thomas MORLEY (1557/8-1602) | 3:05 |
| 25. | Come, blessed bird | Edward JOHNSON (fl. 1572-1601) | 2:30 |
Pubished reviews
The Triumphs of Oriana: CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE
CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE
December 2006
The Triumphs of Oriana
This disc is a triumph of majestic vocal ensemble, projecting the 25 madrigals from Thomas Morley’s famous 1601 collection in honour of Elizabeth I.
ANDREW STEWART...
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The Triumphs of Oriana
EXCERPT
CLASSIC FM MAGAZINE December 2006
SIGCD082 – The Triumphs of Oriana – The King’s Singers
This disc is a triumph of majestic vocal ensemble, projecting the 25 madrigals from Thomas Morley’s famous 1601 collection in honour of Elizabeth I.
ANDREW STEWART...
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The Triumphs of Oriana - GOLDBERG MAGAZINE
GOLDBERG MAGAZINE
JANUARY 2007 – ISSUE 43
SIGCD082- The Triumphs of Oriana – King’s Singers
This is a very welcome release indeed, coming four years after I Fagiolini’s superb recording for Chandos, which itself came twenty-five years after Pro Cantione Antiqua’s for Archiv. The King’s Singers’ version outshines them both. In The...
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The Triumphs of Oriana: THE KNOWLEDGE
THE KNOWLEDGE (TIMES NEWSPAPER SUPPLEMENT)
October 7th 2006
The Triumphs of Oriana
In Amadis of Gaul, a 15th Century Spanish myth, war erupts after Oriana, the daughter of the King of Britain, rejects marriage to the Emperor of Rome. The King’s Singers deliver these songs with insistent voices, the imitative pairs...
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