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The Golden Renaissance - William Byrd

Decca Classics
Release Date: January 13, 2023

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1 Retire My Soul  
2 Introit: Gaudeamus omnes  
3 Mass for Four Voices: I. Kyrie  
4 Mass for Four Voices: II. Gloria  
5 Gradual and Alleluia: Propter veritatem - Assumpta est Maria  
6 Mass for Four Voices: III. Credo  
7 Offertory: Assumpta est Maria  
8 Mass for Four Voices: IV. Sanctus - Benedictus  
9 Communion: Optimum partem elegit  
10 Mass for Four Voices: V. Agnus Dei  
11 Turn Our Captivity, O Lord  
12 Praise Our Lord, all Ye Gentiles  
13 Laudate Dominum omnes gentes  
14 Tribue, Domine  
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Stile Antico, the award-winning early music specialist choir, will release a new album William Byrd on Decca Classics, marking the 400th anniversary year of the death of the English Renaissance composer. It is the second release in Stile Antico’s Golden Renaissance trilogy celebrating the anniversaries of three great Renaissance composers: Josquin des Prez, Byrd and Palestrina. Byrd follows 2021’s Josquin des Prez which won the inaugural Gramophone Award for Spatial Audio.
The life and work of William Byrd (1540 - 1623) is one of the most incredible stories in English musical history. Byrd wrote music for Catholic worship in post-Reformation England, a time when papists were frequently hanged, beheaded and burned alive for practicing their faith. As a result, and despite being granted some leniency by Elizabeth I (who greatly admired his music), Byrd wrote much of his most significant music in secret. It was to be sung in clandestine Catholic services held in the homes of England’s Catholic gentry. 
 

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