William Byrd - Messes & Motets

William Byrd - Messe à trois, quatre et cinq voix & Motets
Deller Consort
Deller Recordings DR 2110/11 [LP-2, Mono/Stereo]

Contents:

    LP-1

    William Byrd: Mass for three voices
  1. Kyrie
  2. Gloria
  3. Credo
  4. Sanctus
  5. Benedictus
  6. Agnus Dei

  7. ----
    William Byrd: Motets
  8. Cibavit eos
  9. O sacrum convivium
  10. Sacerdotes Domini
  11. Ave regina coelorum
  12. Ego sum panis
  13. Senex puerum portabat
  14. O magnum mysterium
  15. LP-2

    William Byrd: Mass for four voices
  16. Kyrie
  17. Gloria
  18. Credo
  19. Sanctus
  20. Benedictus
  21. Agnus Dei

  22. William Byrd: Mass for five voices
  23. Kyrie
  24. Gloria
  25. Credo
  26. Sanctus
  27. Benedictus
  28. Agnus Dei

Playing time: (20' 47" + ??) + 46' 17"

Performers:
[1]-[13] Deller Consort [Alfred Deller (countertenor), Neil Jenkins (tenor), Maurice Bevan (barytone)]
[14]-[19] Deller Consort [Honor Sheppard (soprano), Christine Clarke (soprano), Alfred Deller (countertenor), Neil Jenkins (tenor), Maurice Bevan (barytone)]
[20]-[25] Deller Consort [Honor Sheppard (soprano), Alfred Deller (countertenor), Neil Jenkins (tenor), John Buttrey (tenor), Maurice Bevan (barytone)]

Recording site and date:
[1]-[13] Unknown [1969 or prior]
[14]-[19] Unknown [1968 or prior]
[20]-[25] Unknown [1967 or prior]

Compilation:
Harmonia mundi HM 211/13

Excerpts:
33 r.p.m.: [1]-[13] Deller Recordings DR 211 [LP]
[1]-[6], [14]-[19] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" Historical Anthology of Music HM 6 SD [LP]William Byrd - Mass for 3 and 4 voices [1]-[6], [14]-[25] Harmonia mundi "Musique d'Abord" HMA 190 211 [CD]
[7]-[13], [20]-[25] Vanguard "The Bach Guild" Historical Anthology of Music HM 7 SD [LP] William Byrd - Mass for 5 voices & Motets from Gradualia
[14]-[19] Deller Recordings DR 212 [LP]
[20]-[25] Deller Recordings DR 213[LP]

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 138-9 (july 1969 (as DR 211)), 131-22 (nov. 1968 (as DR 212)), 126-19 (avr. 1968 (as DR 213))
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):
Fanfare (Vol./#-p.):

Comments:
Information from Diapason catalogue (1971) and owned CD (HMA 190 211).

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Pierre-F. Roberge