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The Triumphs of Oriana

The King's Singers

David Hurley
Nigel Short
Paul Phoenix
Philip Lawson
Gabriel Crouch
Stephen Connolly

 

"The King's Singers deliver these songs with insistent voices, the imitative pairs beautifully balanced across the stereo, the intonation faultless and the diction unmistakable"

The Times
  "This disc is a triumph of majestic vocal ensemble"

Classic FM Magazine
    "Long live the King's Singers"

Goldberg Magazine
       

The King's Singers' collaboration with Signum Records continues with this outstanding collection of madrigals from 23 composers including Thomas Morley, John Bennet, Michael Cavendish and Thomas Weelkes.

A collection of 25 madrigals from 23 different composers - from the famous to the obscure - make up this Elizabethan curiosity, published in 1601 by Thomas Morley. A musical dedication to Queen Elizabeth I, The Triumphs of Oriana displays the talents of English songwriters, long overshadowed by their European counterparts, conjuring up an image of an idealised and mythical England of old.

Tracks include:

John Bennet All creatures are now merry-minded
Michael Cavendish Come, gentle swains
Thomas Weekles As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending
Edward Johnson Come, blessed Byrd
Thomas Morley Hard by a crystal fountain
John Holmes Thus Bonny-boots the birthday celebrated
Ellis Gibbons Tround about her charret

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Release date: October 2006
Order code: SIGCD082
Barcode: 635212008522

 

The Triumphs of Oriana
1. Michael East (c. 1580 – 1648)
Hence, stars, too dim of light
 		[1.40]
2. Daniel Norcombe (1576 – before 1626)
With angel’s face and brightness 		[2.05]
3. John Mundy (c. 1529 - ?1591)
Lightly she whipped o’er the dales 		[2.57]
4. Ellis Gibbons (1573 - ?1603)
Long live fair Oriana 		[2.40]
5. John Bennet (c. 1575 – 1614) 
All creatures now are merry-minded 		[1.54]
6. John Hilton (? - ?1608)
Fair Oriana, beauty’s queen
 		[2.02]
7. George Marson (c. 1573 – 1632)
The nymphs and shepherds danced 		[2.39]
8. Richard Carlton (c. 1558 - ?1638)
Calm was the air and clear the sky 		[3.33]
9. John Holmes (? – 1629)
Thus Bonny-boots the birthday celebrated 		[2.29]
10. Richard Nicolson (c. 1570 – 1639) 
Sing, shepherds all, and in your roundelays 		[3.27]
11. Thomas Tomkins (1572 – 1656)
The fauns and satyrs tripping 		[4.23]
12. Michael Cavendish (c. 1565 – 1628)
Come, gentle swains 		[3.04]
13. William Cobbold (1560 – 1639)
With wreaths of rose and laurel 		[2.08]
14. Thomas Morley (1557 – 1602)
Arise, awake, awake 		[2.10]
15. John Farmer (c. 1570 – fl. 1592 – 1599)
Fair nymphs I heard one telling 		[2.23]
16. John Wilbye (1574 – 1638)
The lady Oriana
 		[2.23]
17. Thomas Hunt (1st half of 17th cent.)
Hark! Did ye ever hear so sweet a singing? 		[3.01]
18. Thomas Weelkes (1575 – 1623)
As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending 		[3.02]
19. John Milton (c.1563 – 1647)
Fair Orion, in the morn 		[2.13]
20. Ellis Gibbons (1573 - 1603)
Round about her charret 		[2.27]
21. George Kirbye (? – 1634)
Bright Phoebus greets most clearly 		[2.14]
22. Robert Jones (c. 1577 – after 1615)
Fair Oriana, seeming to wink at folly 		[2.54]
23. John Lisley (?)
Fair Cytherea presents her doves 		[3.38]
24. Thomas Morley (c. 1557 - 1602)
Hard by a crystal fountain 		[3.05]
25. Edward Johnson (end of 16th cent. beginning of 17th cent.)
Come, blessed Byrd
 		[2.30]
 
Total running time: [67.13]

 

 

 

 

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