Byrd: Mass for Four Voices; Mass for Five Voices; Infelix ego
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Composer: William ByrdConductor: Jeremy Summerly
Orchestra: Oxford Camerata
Performer: James Gilchrist
Performer: Robin Blaze
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1994-02-15
Music Label: Naxos
Soundtracks:
- Mass for four voices: Kyrie
- Mass for four voices: Gloria
- Mass for four voices: Credo
- Mass for four voices: Sanctus
- Mass for four voices: Agnus Dei
- Infelix Ego
- Mass For Five Voices: Kyrie
- Mass For Five Voices: Gloria
- Mass For Five Voices: Credo
- Mass For Five Voices: Sanctus
- Mass For Five Voices: Agnus Dei
Free Music Notes for Byrd: Mass for Four Voices; Mass for Five Voices; Infelix ego
Free Music Review: Five Stars Aren't Enough
Hit: 5 Stars
Note: I bought this album on eMusic and so have no knowledge of the booklet or packaging of the album for sale on Amazon. I would hope that the booklet provides the English and Latin (and Greek for the Kyrie) translations, as the translation for the Infelix ego is especially hard to find. This is also not meant as a full review or history of the pieces; those have already been covered by other reviewers.
The clarity of the voices is just astounding on this recording; it's not careful power as other groups seem to prefer, but rather seems like barely-restrained excitement. All three pieces are astoundingly gorgeous and well-done, with the "miserere mei Deus" of Infelix ego being heart-stopping in its beauty. This is one of my very favorite albums and it may be the one I'd most want if stuck on a desert island (although, being Catholic, I'm a little biased). I regularly find myself humming the beginning of the Gloria throughout the day, as well as the Agnus Dei from the same work.
The only "complaint" I can find in this is that I might (might) have preferred to have Infelix ego at either the beginning or the end of the album rather than between the two settings of the Mass. Perhaps additionally, I'm so blown away by the Infelix ego and Mass for Five Voices that I don't believe that I've given the Mass for Four Voices the full and careful listening it clearly deserves, as I simply can't clear my head of the anticipation for the other two works enough to properly enjoy it.
This has been a rave review, and if there were anything in the sound quality, musicianship, arrangement, or anything else to detract from the album I would be sure to mention it, but there isn't.
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