Tonus Peregrinus and Gibbons

[sawyl]

After a lazy lunch with doctor_squale in town, I took a wander round many of Exeter's finest musical emporia, where I happened on Tonus Peregrinus' Hymnes and Songs of the Church. It's essentially a set religious pieces by Orlando Gibbons, arranged and in places augmented by new pieces by Pitts & c, in a most charming manner.

Not only is it musically beguiling, but it's a Naxos, so it took less than a fiver to make it a part of my collection — things don't get much better than that.

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Hymns and Songs of the Church

[(Anonymous)]

Glad you liked the disc - scores of each of the hymns are available at http://shop.thewelcomestranger.org/
The Welcome Stranger

Re: Hymns and Songs of the Church

[sawyl.livejournal.com]

Thanks, although I'm not sure my music reading skills are up to the job! Thanks, too, for reminding me to keep an eye out for XL — it sounded interesting when I heard Simon Halsey talked about it on CD Review a few months back.