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Orlando Gibbons

In the 400th year since the death of the English madrigalist and keyboard master Orlando Gibbons, Hannah French explores the composer's life and music, from his Oxford childhood to royal favour under King Charles I.

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  • Orlando Gibbons

    Italian Ground - allmain for kyboard in C major, MB.20.27

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • The Glenn Gould Edition.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    See, see, the word is incarnate

    Choir: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • William Byrd

    The Great Service: IV. Kyrie

    Performer: Stephen Farr. Choir: Alamire. Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Director: David Skinner.
    • Byrd: The Great Service & English Anthems.
    • Inventa Records.
    • 4.
  • Edward Gibbons

    In Nomine a5

    Ensemble: Consortium5.
    • RESONUS CLASSICS.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    Almighty and everlasting God

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • The Phoenix Rising.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 10.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    O Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • English Motets: From Dunstaple to Gibbons.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    The Silver Swan

    Ensemble: Trinity Baroque. Conductor: Julian Podger.
    • Birds in Classical Music.
    • Menuetto Classics.
    • 16.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    Trust not too much, fair youth

    Ensemble: The Consort of Musicke. Director: Anthony Rooley.
    • Gibbons: Madrigals & Motets, 1612.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 20.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    The Queenes Command

    Performer: Sophie Yates.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    Fantasia no 6 in A minor

    Performer: John Butt.
    • CENTAUR.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    Do not repine, fair sun

    Singer: Jeremy Budd. Singer: Samuel Boden. Singer: Peter Harvey. Ensemble: Fretwork. Ensemble: Magdalena Consort.
    • "In Chains of Gold", The English Pre-Restoration Verse Anthem, Volume 1: Orlando.
    • Signum Records.
    • 6.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    Cries of London (excerpt)

    Ensemble: Red Byrd. Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    Fantasia in D minor (excerpt)

    Ensemble: Red Byrd. Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • AVIE.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    O Clap Your Hands

    Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • The Glory of New College.
    • Regis Records.
    • 5.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    Short Service for 4 voices (Nunc dimittis)

    Performer: John Butt. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Ensemble: London Early Music Group. Director: Philip Ledger.
    • Orlando Gibbons: Tudor Church Music: Philip Ledger.
    • ASV.
    • 4.

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