The figure of Elizabeth I loomed large in English music of the late Renaissance, and an entire collection of madrigals, "The Triumphs of Oriana," was presented to her in 1601. The idea of using Elizabeth as a thematic principle for an album release has been tried in various ways. The entire "Triumphs of Oriana" collection has been recorded a few times, and madrigals have been used for deeper investigations of Elizabeth's reign. This collection by the mixed-gender adult choir Sarum Consort, which performs a wide spectrum of ...
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The figure of Elizabeth I loomed large in English music of the late Renaissance, and an entire collection of madrigals, "The Triumphs of Oriana," was presented to her in 1601. The idea of using Elizabeth as a thematic principle for an album release has been tried in various ways. The entire "Triumphs of Oriana" collection has been recorded a few times, and madrigals have been used for deeper investigations of Elizabeth's reign. This collection by the mixed-gender adult choir Sarum Consort, which performs a wide spectrum of music from medieval to contemporary, takes a more accessible approach: All the Queen's Men is a loose reconstruction of a program that might have been played for the Queen during one of her tours of the English countryside. You can find greater crispness in the vocals, or a more rigorous concept. The inclusion of Philippe Rogier's Latin motet Laboravi in gemitu meo (formerly attributed to Thomas Morley), for example, is justified merely on the odd grounds that a household preparing...
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