Heavenly Voices - Glorious Choral Music

Magdala (Artist), The Oxford Girls Choir (Artist), William Cornysh (Composer), Robert Fayrfax (Composer), John Redford (Composer), Henry V (Composer), John Taverner (Composer), Thomas Preston (Composer), Nicholas Ludford (Composer), Walter Lambe (Composer), na (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: na
• Composer: William Cornysh, Robert Fayrfax, John Redford, Henry V, John Taverner, et al.
• Audio CD (March 2, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: The Gift of Music
• ASIN: B000VZB4EA
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #875,448 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Heavenly Voices.
Glorious Choral Music.

Music for angels and saints from the glorious English choral tradition. A rich sound, a fine acoustic, and beautiful, expressive music from the sixteenth century lifts the spirits and soars above the arches and aisles to heaven above! Perfect for relaxation and meditation during a quiet moment of the day.

Like the architecture of the great English cathedrals, this music soars to the heavens and lifts the spirits. A theme of sainthood threads through the programme and music for a Medieval or Renaissance mass provides a serene context for a series of extravagantly crafted motets by the greatest English composers of the age. The programme of this album falls into three sections. Four motets dedicated to saints are followed by a series of movements which make up a mass, and finally, by four more works devoted to the Virgin. All of the music is English, and much of it is connected directly with Saints, either through the texts that are set, or through the dedications of the works to prominent figures of the period of composition.