The Byrd Edition, Vol. 11: Hodie Simon Petrus (2009)

Some might misread Hyperion's William Byrd: Hodie Simon Petrus, featuring the Cardinall's Musick under Andrew Carwood, as "Volume II" of the William Byrd Edition, and indeed, this is only the second disc of the Cardinall's Musick in Byrd that the Hyperion Records label has released. But hold on, that should be "Volume 11" rather than "Volume II"; the first 10 volumes of this ambitious series appeared on the ASV Gaudeamus label, which unfortunately was bought out by UMG and liquidated before the series had a chance to reach ... Read More

Some might misread Hyperion's William Byrd: Hodie Simon Petrus, featuring the Cardinall's Musick under Andrew Carwood, as "Volume II" of the William Byrd Edition, and indeed, this is only the second disc of the Cardinall's Musick in Byrd that the Hyperion Records label has released. But hold on, that should be "Volume 11" rather than "Volume II"; the first 10 volumes of this ambitious series appeared on the ASV Gaudeamus label, which unfortunately was bought out by UMG and liquidated before the series had a chance to reach fruition. One is nevertheless grateful to Hyperion to providing a home for this worthy undertaking; prior to this project, apart from his masses, hardly any of Byrd's Latin sacred music had been recorded, overshadowed by his Anglican service music and his considerable output for viol consort, keyboard, and secular songs.Much of Byrd's sacred music comes from fairly large publications; the two sets of Cantiones Sacrae of 1589-1591 contain 61, whereas the Gradualia of 1605-1607... Read Less

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