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Robert Fayrfax (1464-1521)

Missa Albanus & Aeternae laudis lilium

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (conductor)
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Label: Hyperion
Recording details: September 1982
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Mark Sutton
Release date: May 1988
Total duration: 49 minutes 9 seconds

Cover artwork: Ripon Cathedral, Yorkshire.
 

All of the music on this album is also available as part of the specially priced box set The Golden Age of English Polyphony: 'English choral music at its finest: 11 hours 25 minutes of Tudor polyphony' (The Observer).

Reviews

‘Superb’ (Gramophone)

‘This mass by Fayrfax should attract attention by its very beauty, which could hardly be better displayed than it is here’ (BBC Record Review)

‘A major addition to the recorded repertory’ (The Times)

‘A thrilling work … a fine and, to some of us at least, essential disc’ (Hi-Fi News)
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