Vigilate! - English Polyphony In Dangerous Times
) | Label: SDG Catalog: SDG720 Format: CD Monteverdi Choir; John Eliot GardinerComposed by: Tallis; Byrd; Philips; White; Morley; Tomkins This album brings together six English composers whose combined careers span more than a century – Byrd, Tallis, Morley, Philips, White and Tomkins. The title Vigilate! (Be watchful!) epitomises the clandestine character of recusant music-making in Elizabethan England, by undercover Catholic composers of the time. The pieces on this recording display the richly imaginative, devout and diverse responses of musical craftsmen who worked with unfailing creativity in difficult times. The album comes in SDG's usual casebook packaging and contains a 36 pages booklet with notes by Kerry McCarthy and texts in German, English and French. In March 2014, the Monteverdi Choir will celebrated its 50th Anniversary.  Price: $27.98 |