William Byrd

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William Byrd (/bɜrd/; 1540 or late 1539 – 4 July 1623, by the Julian calendar, 14 July 1623, by the Gregorian calendar) was an English composer of the Renaissance. He wrote in many of the forms current in England at the time, including various types of sacred and secular polyphony, keyboard (the so-called Virginalist school) and consort music.

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Year Title Artist Rating Releases
1984 Glenn Gould plays William Byrd and Orlando Gibbons Glenn Gould; William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons 1
1985 Mass for four Voices / Choral music (Quink Vocal Ensemble) William Byrd 1
1986 Pavans and Galliards (harpsichord: Davitt Moroney) William Byrd 1
1987 Missa in Tempore Paschali William Byrd; Chanticleer 1
1989 Motets and Anthems (The Cambridge Singers feat. director: John Rutter) William Byrd 1
1990 Gradualia: The Marian Masses William Byrd; The William Byrd Choir, Gavin Turner 2
1990 Pieces From "The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book" William Byrd; Ursula Duetschler 3 1
1991 Grounds and Variations (harpsichord: Elaine Thornburgh) William Byrd 1
1993 My Ladye Nevells Booke (Christopher Hogwood) William Byrd 1
1993 The Great Service (The Tallis Scholars feat. conductor: Peter Phillips) William Byrd 3 1
1993 The Three Masses William Byrd; The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips 2
1996 3 Masses William Byrd 1
1996 Mass for 5 Voices (The Sixteen, director: Harry Christophers) William Byrd 1
1996 Renaissance Masterpieces, Volume I: Great Britain Byrd & Tallis; The Clerks of The Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom 1
1998 BBC Music, Volume 6, Number 10: Masses and Motets (BBC Singers feat. conductor: Bo Holten) Byrd / Tallis 1
1998 With Lilies White: Consort Songs & Music for Viols (Ensemble Orlando Gibbons feat. alto: Gérard Lesne, viol: Wieland Kuijken) William Byrd 1
1999 The Early Byrd (I Fagiolini & Fretwork feat. virginals: Sophie Yates, director: Robert Hollingworth William Byrd 1
2001 Keyboard Music (harpsichord: Davitt Moroney) William Byrd 1
2001 Fairest Isle Barbara Bonney / Henry Purcell / John Dowland / William Byrd / Thomas Campion 1
2004 Music for a Hidden Chapel (Chanticleer) William Byrd 1
2004 Consort Songs (Fretwork, feat. soprano: Emma Kirkby) William Byrd 1
2005 Four Temperaments William Byrd,Alfonso Ferrabosco, Robert Parsons, Thomas Tallis; Phantasm 1
2005 Harpsichord Music William Byrd; Gustav Leonhardt 1
2005 Pescodd Time (feat. harpsichord: Bertrand Cuiller) William Byrd 1
2007 Second Service & Consort Anthems (The Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, Fretwork, feat. director: Bill Ives) William Byrd 1
2012 BBC Music, Volume 20, Number 7: Byrd & Tallis: Sacred Choral Music William Byrd & Thomas Tallis 1
— Consort and Keyboard Music, Songs and Anthems (Rose Consort of Viols) William Byrd 1
— John Come Kiss Me Now / Andreas Staier William Byrd 1
— Mass for Four Voices, Infelix Ego, Mass for Five Voices (Oxford Camerata) William Byrd 1

Album + Compilation

Year Title Artist Rating Releases
1997 The Byrd Edition (The Cardinall's Musick feat. conductor: Andrew Carwood) Compilation William Byrd 13
2007 The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd Compilation William Byrd 3

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Year Title Artist Rating Releases
— Byrd: Masses for 3, 4 & 5 voices, Ave verum William Byrd 1
— Music Of The 16th And 17th Centuries Volume 7: Music For Voice And Viols William Byrd 1

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