Infelix ego : mass for 5 voices - motets

"This intimate account of his wonderful five-part mass is appropriate and, as conjured up by Philippe Herreweghe's direction, quite different from the usual English choral style. The 12 singers are flexible, gentle and expressive, rising to sustained power in the rich Agnus Dei. Byrd's long and magnificent Infelix ego is not quite as strong, but the hymn 'Christe, qui lux es' is hypnotic".

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"Und so gelingt ihm mit seinem Collegium Vocale Gent eine sehr emotionale, intensive und Klanglich vollkommen abgerundete Interpretation von Byrds Musik".

"Vurdering: BBC music choral song choice" - "Byrd's repertory is familiar largely through English recordings. Departing radically from that tradition, Philippe Herreweghe renews the power of Byrd's masterpieces with sensual, intimate, moving, and very un-English performances ... Instead of each part robustly pressing forward, the Collegium Vocale Gent lets lines delicately unfold; rhetoric, not architecture, is the focus".