Western Wind / Parrott, Tavener Choir & Players

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Label
Avie Records
Release Date
March 1, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ASTON CORNYSH TAVERNER
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Taverner Choir & Players
    • PERFORMER
      Parrott
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 01, 2016
    • UPC
      822252235227
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AV2352
    • LABEL
      Avie Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    Works ⌄

    1. The Western Wynde [16th Century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Uri Smilansky

    2. Kyrie

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    3. Mass, "The Western Wind": Gloria

      Composer: John Taverner

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    4. My Lady Careys Dompe

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Steven Devine

    5. Mass, "The Western Wind": Credo

      Composer: John Taverner

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    6. If love now reynyd (version 2)

      Composer: Henry VIII

      Ensemble: Taverner Players

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    7. Preface

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Performer: Charles Daniels

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    8. Mass, "The Western Wind": Sanctus

      Composer: John Taverner

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    9. My Lady Wynkfylds Rownde [16th Century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Kirsty Whatley

    10. O Blessed Lord, How May This Be [15th Century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Charles Daniels, Emily Van Evera

    11. Mass, "The Western Wind": Agnus Dei

      Composer: John Taverner

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    12. You and I and Amyas

      Composer: William Cornysh

      Performer: Charles Daniels, Emily Van Evera, Robert MacDonald

    13. A Hornepype

      Composer: Hugh Aston

      Performer: Steven Devine

    14. Wher be Ye my Love, my Love? [16th Century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Taverner Players

      Performer: Emily Van Evera

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    15. Fa la sol

      Composer: William Cornysh

      Ensemble: Taverner Players

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    16. Taunder naken a 3

      Composer: Henry VIII

      Ensemble: Taverner Players

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    17. Audivi vocem de caelo

      Composer: John Taverner

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    18. In Nomine

      Composer: John Taverner

      Performer: Steven Devine

    19. Dum transisset sabbatum I

      Composer: John Taverner

      Ensemble: Taverner Choir

      Conductor: Andrew Parrott

    20. Westron Wynde [16th Century]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Emily Van Evera

    21. Western Winds

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Gawain Glenton, Uri Smilansky




Andrew Parrott and his Taverner Choir & Players turn to music of their namesake alongside works by his contemporaneous King Henry VIII, an exceptionally musical monarch, and two composers of the previous generation, William Cornysh and Hugh Ashton. With Taverner’s Western Wind mass as its corner-stone, this recording takes its lead from the unashamedly secular character of that work and ventures beyond the chapel door to explore the parallel world of courtly vernacular song and instrumental music.

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REVIEW:

Andrew Parrott’s past recordings of Taverner count among his finest achievements, and time has not dulled his affinity for the music of his ensemble’s namesake. For this recital, he turns his attention to the secular music of Taverner’s contemporaries, interspersed among the movements of the Renaissance composer's Western Wynde Mass.

From a discographic standpoint, the instrumental numbers are very valuable, and dispatched with real flair. Finally, the sound recording successively juggles a wide range of distributions, from harpsichord to choir, with no apparent discontinuity.

– Gramophone