The Choir of New College Oxford directed by Edward Higginbottom - WILLIAM BYRD Cantiones Sacrae 1575
01. Tribue Domine a 6 (12:50)
02. Siderum rector a 5 (3:27)
03. Domine secundum actum meum a 6 (8:02)
04. Fantasia en D minor (4:57)
05. Attollite portas a 6 (5:20)
06. Miserere mihi Domine a 6 (2:29)
07. Fantasia en C (5:41)
08. Aspice Domine quia facta est a 6 (5:56)
09. Peccantem me quotidie a 5 (7:10)
10. Salvator mundi II (1:31)
11. O lux beata Trinitas a 6 (5:16)
The publication of the 'Cantiones, quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur' in 1575 is regarded today as a landmark in the history of English music printing. The most ambitious music to be published by Tallis, and the first by his pupil Byrd, the Cantiones are scored for five or six (or more) voices, and they embrace a wide range of styles and techniques. The two composers each contributed seventeen items to the volume. This recording includes ten of the seventeen by Byrd (the three parts of Tribue Domine are listed separately in the index of the Cantiones, and so that one motet accounts for three items). On this recording, the vocal music is interspersed with three of Byrd's keyboard pieces.