William Byrd – Mass for 5 voices / Motets

William Byrd

Messe à cinq voix / Motets
The Deller Consort
Harmonia mundi « Deller Recordings » DR 213 [LP]
Harmonia mundi HM 30.706 [LP, stereo, Germany]

Contents:

William Byrd: Mass for 5 voices

1. Kyrie
2. Gloria
3. Credo
4. Sanctus
5. Benedictus
6. Agnus Dei

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William Byrd: Motets

7. Miserere mei
8. Ne irascaris Domine. Civitas sanctis tui
9. Laetentur coeli
10. Ave Maria
11. Alleluia, cognoverunt discipuli
12. Christe qui lux est et dies

Performers:
The Deller Consort
[1]-[6] Honor Sheppard (soprano), Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Neil Jenkins (tenor), John Buttrey (tenor), Maurice Bevan (baritone)
[7]-[12] Honor Sheppard (soprano), Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Neil Jenkins (tenor), Maurice Bevan (baritone), Simon Deller (baritone)

Playing time: 22' 58" + 24' 34" = 47' 32"

Recording site and date:
Unknown [1967 or prior];
Rel.: 1968

Compilation:
Harmonia mundi HM 211 / 213 [LPx3] William Byrd – Intégrale des messes / motets / the complete masses

Excerpts:
[1]-[6] Harmonia mundi « Deller Recordings » DR 2110/11 [LPx2] William Byrd – Messe à trois, quatre et cinq voix / Motets
[1]-[6] Vanguard « The Bach Guild – Historical Antholgy of Music » HM 7 SD [LP] William Byrd – Mass for 5 voices / Motets from Gradualia
[1]-[6] Harmonia Mundi « Musique d'Abord » HMA 190 211 [CD] William Byrd – Messes à 3, 4 et 5 voix / Masses for 3, 4, and 5 voices

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 126-19 (apr.1968)

Comments:
Information from LPs box (Harmonia mundi HM 211 / 213)

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