Thomas Tallis:
Gaude gloriosa Dei mater
Magnificat
Videte miraculum

John Taverner:
Mater Christi

Robert White:
Tota pulchra es
Regina caeli

Robert Fayrfax:
Ave Dei Patris filia

John Sheppard:
Verbum caro

Early music consort Contrapunctus return to disc on Signum for the second release in their series centred on music of the Baldwin Partbooks (In the Midst of Life, SIGCD408). John Baldwin was a member of the choir of St George’s chapel, Windsor, and his transcriptions during the 1570s and 80s create one of the greatest surviving collections of Marian polyphony, composed during the reigns of Henry VIII and Mary Tudor. This volume explores texts celebrating Mary as mother of God, and on the Virgin and her Child.

Contrapunctus, led by Owen Rees, couple powerful interpretations with pioneering scholarship. Currently Vocal Consort in Residence at Oxford University, the ensemble’s first two recordings, Libera nos and In the Midst of Life, were both shortlisted for the Gramophone Early Music Award.

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Recording: Church of St Michael & All Angels, Oxford (04/19/2016-04/21/2016).