The Orlando Consort
Matthew Venner - Counter tenor
Mark Dobell - Tenor
Angus Smith - Tenor
Donald Greig - Bass
The Call of the Phoenix: Rare and exquisite motets from 15th-century England. Glorious sacred music by the forebears of the great Tudor composers, including Dunstaple, Plummer, Frye, Lambe.
“What glorious music it is! Every piece is involving in some vital way, so often one wonders, ‘How come I’ve not heard that before? Acknowledged ‘masterpieces’ rub shoulders with works by near-complete unknowns, but invention is sustained at a high level. I’ll wager that even connoisseurs of this ‘rare’ repertory have surprises in store for them here; and I cannot see how the general listener can fail to be seduced.”
Gramophone Magazine.