Gradualia, Vol 2:
Ascension of our Lord
Ne irascaris Domine
Laetentur coeli
Senex puerem portabat
Sing joyfully unto God our strength
Vigilate
Gradualia, Vol 1/i
Haec dies
Teach me, O Lord
Ave verum corpus
Second Service, Movement:
Magnificat
Second Service, Movement:
Nunc Dimittis
Exsurge Domine
Gradualia, Vol 1/ii
Short Service, Movement:
Magnificat
Short Service, Movement:
Nunc dimittis
Laudibus in sanctis

“William Byrd was undoubtedly the greatest English composer of his time, fully equal to his continental contemporaries Palestrina, Lassus and Victoria ... what is also remarkable is that Byrd, a Roman Catholic in a Protestant country, should see most of his church music published during his lifetime.”

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rec. 2005