William Byrd: The Great Service & English Anthems Ghost Juliana and Juan live on

Juliana and Juan live on the edge emotionally

Hanson’s phrasing echoes the expressive lyricism of Schubert’s vocal writing

The recording also features Finzi’s Interlude for oboe and string quartet with oboist Ruth Bolister and four arrangements for string quartet by Christian Alexander

Peter Hanson (violin)

with the aristocratic dedication of the ‘Kurfürstin’ sonatas for the Electress Maria Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach (K

William Byrd: The Great Service & English Anthems Ghost Juliana and Juan live onAlamire His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts Stephen Farr (organ) David Skinner (director) Alamire, under the direction of David Skinner, complete their survey of the choral works of William Byrd to mark the composers 400th anniversary with this landmark recording of The Great Service and seven anthems. Emerging from centuries of obscurity, Byrds Great Service, first revived in the early twentieth century, represents a pinnacle of English choral music.