Byrd: The Complete Keyboard Music [Box set, Import]

William Byrd (Composer), Davitt Moroney (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Davitt Moroney
• Composer: William Byrd
• Audio CD (October 12, 1999)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 7
• Format: Box set, Import
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B00002EIUD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #253,116 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Genre: Classical Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 1-JAN-1999

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great set !, February 28, 2000

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This review is from: Byrd: The Complete Keyboard Music (Audio CD)

This is really wonderful music. I'm not that much a fan of Elizabethan music, and I bought the set on the strength of a couple of glowing reviews and my appreciation of other Moroney recordings. However, the whole package here (performance, instruments, booklet, and the music itself) combine to make this an amazing aesthetic experience. You may not think you need this. You do.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Set, Authentic perfromance, June 28, 2000

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Sen Peng Eu "ESP=Math+Music+Literature" (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Byrd: The Complete Keyboard Music (Audio CD)

This wonderful set contains all Byrd's keyboard work, from organ to harpsichord. The playing style of Moroney is greatly correct and neatly fresh. His interpretation of these almost neglected music is wonderful. The touch and the tone of his performance, as well as the ornament, is natural and elegant. This is a must for those who love old keyboard music. The record is excellent too.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Plain And Simple - GET THIS!!!, February 27, 2003

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Douglas S. Halfen "Smothered In Musique (Yum... (Baltimore, MD, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Byrd: The Complete Keyboard Music (Audio CD)

If you're even _looking_ at this set of music, then chances are that you are already enamoured of either it (under the guise of a different performer) or similar early keyboard music. So . . . um . . . what are you waiting for?!? If such a thing as "definitive" Byrd exists on recording --- _this_ is definitive! The instruments (two organs, two harpsichords, a muselar virginal, and a clavichord) are breathtaking --- especially the muselar in "The Battell!" (Yes, the poor thing's a little clackety, but --- holy cow!! You'll hear what I mean.) And Moroney's technique does complete and utter justice to the music. I remember futzing my way through _The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book_ and _My Ladye Nevell's Book_ like a clod; Moroney, in contrast, makes the notes spring off of the pages and into life, with generous (but not overbearing) ornamentation and sprightly tempi (never too fast, never too slow, but always "just right" - I can't say such a thing very often). I don't know if Byrd sounded like he does here, but I can't imagine this music sounding any better. I'm done raving now. ;-)