William Byrd (c1543-1623): Madrigals, Motets & Anthems

00:00 The nightingale (madrigal) 02:12 Is love a boy? / Boy, pity me (madrigal) 07:37 Wounded I am (madrigal) 11:41 I thought that Love (madrigal) 12:49 Lord hear my prayer (anthem) 14:51 Have mercy upon me, O God (anthem) 18:54 An earthly tree / Cast off all doubtful care (anthem) 24:53 Ave verum corpus (motet) 28:18 Assumpta est Maria (motet) 29:37 Civitas sanctis tui (motet) 34:06 Pavan & Galliard 39:49 A Gigg 41:05 Prelude & Miserere The Saltire Singers Patricia Clark, soprano Jean Allister, contralto Edward Darling, tenor Edgar Fleet, tenor Frederick Westcott, bass with Roy Jesson, organ Art: Still Life with Birds, attributed to the Master of Hartford (ante 1607)