Byrd/ Tilney - Contrapuntal ByrdWilliam Byrd (circa 1543 1623) was considered by his contemporaries to be a musician without peer. The music he wrote for voices to sing is generally recognized as his chief glory. While there are no transcriptions of chansons or song in tabulations among his instrumental works, every moving line in one of his fantasies or pavans is in essence a wordless voice, having different registers and needing breath. Presented here by acclaimed harpsichordist

This collection features Medieval Byzantine Chant composed for 8th- and 9th-century commemorations of Great and Holy Friday in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre by some of Jerusalem's great Church Fathers: Patriarch Sophronios

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Bill Sinclair on piano

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The album additionally explores key performances for MGM and Mercury Records

These works are performed here by the SWR Rundfunk- Orchester Kaiserslautern conducted by esteemed conductor Grzegorz Nowak

1974) Obtained the Degree of Doctor of Arts in Composition in 2007

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