The vocal group Tonus Peregrinus, led by Antony Pitts, has maintained an amazingly consistent average of quality through five releases for Naxos. Orlando Gibbons: Hymns and Songs of the Church appears to be its first "miss," and it doesn't do so on the basis of the singing and performances -- these are still great -- so much as what's inside the case doesn't really represent the name above the title. Gibbons compiled the first musical publication for use in English churches, Hymnes and Songs of the Church, in 1623, the same ...
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The vocal group Tonus Peregrinus, led by Antony Pitts, has maintained an amazingly consistent average of quality through five releases for Naxos. Orlando Gibbons: Hymns and Songs of the Church appears to be its first "miss," and it doesn't do so on the basis of the singing and performances -- these are still great -- so much as what's inside the case doesn't really represent the name above the title. Gibbons compiled the first musical publication for use in English churches, Hymnes and Songs of the Church, in 1623, the same year the "first folio" of Shakespeare appeared. It is a very simple publication, consisting of 42 hymn melodies set to ground basses and nothing more. One can imagine that this would be a great jumping off point for an ensemble that values creativity in equal measure with historical accuracy, and Pitts and countertenor Alexander L'Estrange do make the most of Gibbons' limited requirements with realizations that go way beyond the standard interpretations of these pieces, indeed, if...
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Add this copy of Hymns & Songs of the Church to cart. $28.97, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Naxos.
Add this copy of Gibbons: Hymns and Songs of the Church to cart. $36.74, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2006 by NAXOS.
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