Renaissance Music
England, Italy, Spain, Mexico
The Hilliard Ensemble
After an extraordinary 40-year career, the four-man Hilliard Ensemble disbanded in 2014. This 6-CD collection focuses on eras central to their wide-ranging repertoire – the Renaissance and Early Baroque, with music from England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Mexico. As the Guardian wrote of the Hilliard Ensemble’s farewell concert: “What came through consistently was how deeply entangled the four voices are, even while each singer retains his own individual tone. Blend and balance were instinctively, unerringly impeccable.
Byrd: Ave verum Corpus
Byrd: Christe qui Lux
Byrd: De lamentatione
Byrd: Laetentur coeli
Byrd: Mass for five voices
Byrd: Mass for four voices
Byrd: Mass for three voices
– Disc 1 –
1 Cantiam Lieti Cantiamo – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
2 E D’un Bel Matin D’amore – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
3 Quella Bella E Biancha Mano – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
4 Una Leggiadra Nimpha – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
5 Venite Amanti Insieme – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
6 Divini Occhi Sereni – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
7 Con L’angelico Riso – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
8 Madonna, Il Tuo Bel Viso – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
9 Fuggi, Fuggi, Cor Mio – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
10 Si Liet’e Grata Morte – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
11 Se la Dura Durezza – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
12 Ahime, Ahime, Dov’e ‘l Bel Viso – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
13 Madonna, S’io V’offendo – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
14 Il Bianco E Dolce Digno – the Hilliard Ensemble
15 Donne, Venete Al Ballo – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
16 Morir Non Puo Il Mio Cuore – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
17 Se la Mia Vita – Hilliard Ensemble
18 Mia Benigna Fortuna – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
19 Anchor Che Col Partire – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
20 O Sonno – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
21 Chi la Gagliarda – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier/Simon Woods
22 Madonna Mia Fa – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
23 Medici Nui Siamo – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
24 Quando Sara Mai Quel Zorno – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
25 Matona Mia Cara – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
26 Tri Ciechi Siamo – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
– Disc 2 –
1 O Greefe Even on the Bud – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
2 When Loe By Breake of Morning – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
3 Aprill Is in My Mistris Face – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
4 Thule, the Period of Cosmographie: A. (The First Part) – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
5 Thule, the Period of Cosmographie: B. (The Second Part) – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
6 Sweet Nimphe Come to Thy Lover – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
7 Sweet Honey Sucking Bees: A. (The First Part) – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
8 Sweet Honey Sucking Bees: B. the Second Part) – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
9 Miraculous Love’s Wounding – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
10 Adew Sweet Amarillis – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
11 Weepe, O Mine Eyes – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
12 The Silver Swanne – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
13 O Care Thou Wilt Dispatch Mee: A. (The First Part) – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
14 O Care Thou Wilt Dispatch Mee: B. (The Second Part) – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
15 Since Roben Hood – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
16 Fyre and Lightning – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
17 Strike It Up, Tabor – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
18 See, See, the Shepheards Queen – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
19 Come, Sable Night – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
20 Sweet Suffolke Owle – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
21 In Nets of Golden Wyers – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
22 Draw on Sweet Night – Hilliard Ensemble/Paul Hillier
– Disc 3 –
1 Ave Rex Noster (No. 202 from “Cancionero de Segovia”) – Hilliard Ensemble
2 Inter Vestibulum Et Altare, a 4 – Hilliard Ensemble
3 Magnificat Quarti Toni, a 4 – Hilliard Ensemble
4 Tierra! Cielos Se Quexava, a 3 – Hilliard Ensemble
5 Vox Dilecti Mei, a 4 – Hilliard Ensemble
6 Di Por Que Mueres en Cruz, a 3 (No 107 from “Cancionero de Palacio”) – Hilliard Ensemble
7 Clamabat Autem Mulier Cananaea – the Hilliard Ensemble
8 Stabat Mater, a 3 – Hilliard Ensemble
9 Triste Espana Sin Ventura (No 422 from “Cancionero de Palacio”) – Hilliard Ensemble
10 Dindirindin, a 4 (No 104 from “Cancionero de Palacio”): “Dindirin Danya, Dindirindin Je Me Leve Un Bel Maitin” – Hilliard Ensemble
11 Pasame Por Dios Barquero, Villancico (No 298 from “Cancionero de Palacio”) – Hilliard Ensemble
12 Si la Noche Haze Escura (No. 8 from “Villancicos a Tres Boze” in “Cancionero de Upsala”) – Hilliard Ensemble
13 Mas Vale Trocar, Villancico (No 201 from “Cancionero de Palacio”): “Mas Vale Trocar Plazer Por Dolores” – Hilliard Ensemble
14 A la Caca, Sus, a la Caca (No 7 from “Cancionero de Palacio”) – Hilliard Ensemble
15 Nunca Fue Pena Mayor (No 259 from “Cancionero de Palacio”) – Hilliard Ensemble
16 O Dulce y Triste Memoria, a 3 (No. 271 from “Cancionero de Palacio”) – Hilliard Ensemble
17 Cucu, Cucu! (No 75 from “Cancionero de Palacio”): “Cucu, Cucu, Cucucu, Guarda No Lo Seas Tu” – Hilliard Ensemble
18 La Tricotea, a 3 (No. 185 from “Cancionero de Palacio”): “La Tricotea San Martin la Vea” – Hilliard Ensemble
19 Hoy Comamos y Bebamos, Villancico (No. 169 from “Cancionero de Palacio”) – Hilliard Ensemble
– Disc 4 –
1 Sancta Maria, a 5: “Sancta Maria E Yn Il Huicac Cihuapille” – Hilliard Ensemble
2 Salve Regina, a 4 (From “Codex Del Convento Del Carmen”) – Hilliard Ensemble
3 Pater Noster, a 5 – Hilliard Ensemble
4 Officium Defunctorum, a 4: II. Lectio I, “Parce Mihi, Domine” – Hilliard Ensemble
5 Magnificat (From “Magnificats, Liber Primus, 1545”) – Hilliard Ensemble
6 Memento Mei Deus, a 4 (No 11 from “Libros de Polifonia de la Catedral Metropolitana de Mexico”) – Hilliard Ensemble
7 O Quam Suavis Est, Domine, a 6 – Hilliard Ensemble
8 Ave Virgo Sanctissima, a 5 – Hilliard Ensemble
9 Transfige, Dulcissime Domine, a 4 – Hilliard Ensemble
10 Salve Regina, a 5 – Hilliard Ensemble
11 Dios Itlazo Nantzine, a 4 (From “The Valdes’s Manuscript”) – Hilliard Ensemble
– Disc 5 –
1 Mass for 4 Voices: I. Kyrie – Hilliard Ensemble
2 Mass for 4 Voices: II. Gloria – Hilliard Ensemble
3 Mass for 4 Voices: III. Credo – Hilliard Ensemble
4 Mass for 4 Voices: IV. Sanctus – Benedictus – Hilliard Ensemble
5 Mass for 4 Voices: V. Agnus Dei – Hilliard Ensemble
6 Mass for 3 Voices: I. Kyrie – Hilliard Ensemble
7 Mass for 3 Voices: II. Gloria – Hilliard Ensemble
8 Mass for 3 Voices: III. Credo – Hilliard Ensemble
9 Mass for 3 Voices: IV. Sanctus – Benedictus – Hilliard Ensemble
10 Mass for 3 Voices: V. Agnus Dei – Hilliard Ensemble
– Disc 6 –
1 Mass for 5 Voices: I. Kyrie – Hilliard Ensemble
2 Mass for 5 Voices: II. Gloria – Hilliard Ensemble
3 Mass for 5 Voices: III. Credo – Hilliard Ensemble
4 Mass for 5 Voices: IV. Sanctus – Benedictus – Hilliard Ensemble
5 Mass for 5 Voices: V. Agnus Dei – Hilliard Ensemble
6 De Lamentatione Hieremiae a 5 – Hilliard Ensemble
7 Christe Qui Lux Es Et Dies / Precamur a 5 – Hilliard Ensemble
8 Laetentur Coeli a 5 – Hilliard Ensemble
9 Ave Verum Corpus a 4 – Hilliard Ensemble