Alamire begin a projected 30-volume LIBRARY OF ENGLISH CHURCH MUSIC, showcasing English composers and their masterworks from the 15th century to the Commonwealth. The first volume in the series is a double album of Cantiones Sacrae (1575) by Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, presented in the original order of publication as the composers intended. This is being hailed as one of the finest recordings of Tallis and Byrd yet to emerge from the early music recording industry.
"...This set is invaluable in being the first to comprise the whole collection of 34 ’songs’ ..." "...Skinner shapes the music extremely well" ****
Richard Lawrence