Harry Christophers, The Sixteen - Robert Fayrfax: Missa Albanus (1988)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 237 Mb | Total time: 49:42 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA66073 | Recorded: 1982
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 237 Mb | Total time: 49:42 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA66073 | Recorded: 1982
Although his music is rarely heard today, in the early 1500s Robert Fayrfax was a major composer. His 29 surviving works are less elaborate than those of his contemporaries, but are similarly built around alternating sections of imitative counterpoint and high treble parts supported by slow moving harmonies. The Sixteen delivers first-rate performances that successfully exploit the music's textural richness and unique color.