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BYRD, BULL & GIBBONS: Parthenia – Alina Rotaru, harpsichord – Sono Luminus

by Audiophile Audition | Dec 25, 2016 | Classical CD Reviews

BYRD, BULL & GIBBONS: Parthenia – Alina Rotaru, harpsichord – Sono Luminus DSL-92208, 52:52 (10/28/16) ****: Three Tudor masters assembled in first printed keyboard collection to honor a royal wedding. We first met Alina Rotaru on her debut recording dedicated to Johann Froberger back in 2012. That recording was a skillful investigation of the French […]

“Sing with the Voice of Melody” = stile antico – Harmonia mundi

by John Sunier | Jul 26, 2015 | SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews

Has it been ten years already?

GIBBONS: The Silver Swan: The First Set of Madrigals and Mottets (1612) – Claron McFadden & Aleksandra Anisimowicz, sopranos/ The Spirit of Gambo – Stockfisch

by John Sunier | Nov 20, 2014 | SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews

A sparkling rendition of one of Gibbons’s most important compositions.

The Phoenix Rising = Works of BYRD, MORLEY, TALLIS, GIBBONS, WHITE, TAVERNER – Stile Antico – Harmonia mundi

by John Sunier | Aug 1, 2013 | SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews

Another winner from Stile Antico, this time probing the riches of the Tudor Church Music Project.

Basically BULL = Works by BULL, BYRD, TOMKINS, RADFORD, GIBBONS – Alan Feinberg, piano – Steinway & Sons

by John Sunier | Jul 28, 2013 | Classical CD Reviews

In a set of 20 transcriptions from the early keyboard, the virginal, pianist Alan Feinberg makes a strong case for the supreme contrapuntal and harmonic mastery of John Bull, an audacious character in every sense.