David Hill, Winchester Cathedral Choir - William Byrd: Mass for five voices (2012)
David Hill, Winchester Cathedral Choir - William Byrd: Mass for five voices (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 284 Mb | Total time: 72:46 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDH55348 | Recorded: 1995
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 284 Mb | Total time: 72:46 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDH55348 | Recorded: 1995
It was only recently established by bibliographical analysis that William Byrd’s three settings of the Ordinary of the Mass—in three, four and five parts—were almost certainly published in the early 1590s, coinciding with Byrd’s move from London to a Catholic enclave in Stondon Massey, Essex. The Mass for five voices, scored for treble (or soprano), alto, two tenors and bass, is thought to have been the last of the three to have been composed, probably in late 1594 or early 1595, and is, by any reckoning, a masterpiece. It is probable that Byrd composed his Latin liturgical music for use in the domestic chapels maintained, often at considerable personal risk, by recusant Catholic families. Here they would probably have been sung by a small group of singers, perhaps one to a part. This does not of course preclude performance by a larger group, and indeed these works have been well established in the choral liturgical repertory since their rediscovery in the early years of the twentieth century.
Unlike most of the Mass-settings of the Continental polyphonists, Byrd’s Masses are not based strictly on a single theme or other unifying material, but rather are freely composed. Many of the movements begin with a similar opening motif, or ‘head motif’, but then go their own way. The Mass for five voices represents something of a distillation of Byrd’s Latin style. It is highly compact and closely argued. The practicalities of liturgical performance in Byrd’s day dictated an economy of style and scale and suggested a restrained, rather than opulent, approach. The vocal texture, constantly varying in scoring, always enables the text to come across with great clarity and closely reflects, and also clarifies, its structure. For example, Byrd adjusts the scoring of each successive invocation of the Agnus Dei; first, three voices are used; then four; finally, all five. In the masterly Credo Byrd seems to place special emphasis on the phrase ‘Et unam sanctam catholicam et apostolicam ecclesiam’, which for the Catholic composer undoubtedly had particular resonance.–James O'Donnell
Performer:
Winchester Cathedral Choir
David Hill, conductor
Tracklist:
William Byrd (1539/40-1623)
01. Ego sum panis vivus, motet for 4 voices (SATB)
02. Cibavit eos, motet for 4 voices (SATB)
Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB)
03. Kyrie
04. Gloria
05, Oculi omnium, motet for 4 voices (SATB)
Propers for the Mass of Corpus Christi, for 4 voices (Gradualia, Book 1)
06, Sequence: Lauda Sion Salvatorem
Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB)
07. Credo
08. Sacerdotes Domini, motet for 4 voices (SATB)
Mass for 5 Voices (SATTB)
09. Sanctus
10. Benedictus
11. Agnus Dei
12. Quotiescunque manducabitis, motet for 4 voices (SATB)
13. Pange lingua gloriosi, motet for chorus
14. Ab ortu solis, motet for 4 voices (SATB)
15. Alleluia, Cognoverunt., motet for 4 voices (SATB)
16. O sacrum convivium, motet for 4 voices (SATB)
17. O salutaris hostia, hymn for 4 voices (SATB)
18. Ave verum corpus (also anthem: "O Lord, God of Israel"), motet for 4 voices (SATB)
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David Hill, Winchester Cathedral Choir - William Byrd: Mass for five voices (2012)
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