Byrd

This will delight fans of Byrd and this choir. Compelling performances (especially Ave verum) and a resonant if slightly distant sound. Some pieces though (the Mass a 5) have a surface, rather than inner, drive. Anthony Pryer

BBC Music Magazine

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:07 pm

COMPOSERS: Byrd
LABELS: Gimell
ALBUM TITLE: Motets and complete Masses
PERFORMER: Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips
CATALOGUE NO: CDGIM 208

This will delight fans of Byrd and this choir. Compelling performances (especially Ave verum) and a resonant if slightly distant sound. Some pieces though (the Mass a 5) have a surface, rather than inner, drive.

Anthony Pryer

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