William Byrd
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William Byrd (; c. 1540 – 4 July 1623) was an English Renaissance composer. Considered among the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he had a profound influence on composers both from his native country and on the Continent. He is often considered along with John Dunstaple and Henry Purcell as one of England's most important composers of early music.
Byrd wrote in many of the forms current in England at the time, including various types of sacred and secular polyphony, keyboard (the so-called Virginalist school), and consort music. He produced sacred music for Anglican services, but during the 1570s became a Roman Catholic, and wrote Catholic sacred music later in his life.
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- III. Vision: Allegro moderato - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- I. The Awakening: Moderately fast - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- Consolez-vous - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- I. Evening - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- II. Andante sostenuto - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- No. 4, Égal et fluide - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- Joropo - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- Grand Waltz - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- No. 1, Molto tranquillo - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- I. Rondeau - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- Wielhorski - Autrefois (Romanze), S. 577/R. 291 [2nd version] - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- I. No. 1, Elegie - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- The Great Wall (Arr. L. Zhu) - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- No. 2, Gently Rocking - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- IV. Allegro assai - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- Dance of the forest of no return (13th century) [Stantipe II] [arr. J. Ferrero] - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- Prelude No. 2: Andantino quieto - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- I. Allegro ma non troppo - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- Chin Chin Chidori - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- II. Andante - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- I. Palaiogenes - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- No. 5, Lento tranquillamente - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- Gloria (Arr. J.G. Segade) - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- III. Largo - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- III. Sarabande - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- II. Andante - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- Pavan - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- No. 2, Vater unser im Himmelreich - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- Concerto da camera No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor (Reconstructed by H. MacDonald) - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- I. Allegro assai - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- O Divine Redeemer (Arr. for Soprano & Organ) - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- II. Meg - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- Midnight - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- 43 Degrees North (2019 Version) - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- No. 3, The Bluebird - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- III. Allegro feroce - Classical Hidden Gems, Vol. 7 - William Byrd
- L'homme arme - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Kyrie - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Ricercar, No. 33 - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Sanctus - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- O magnum mysterium - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Robert Morton: Le souvenir (256) - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Il Magnanimo Pietro - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Bransle simple 1 (La, la, la, je ne l'ose dire) - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Kyrie (Missa L' homme arme) - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Ego sum panis vivus - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- De tous biens playne - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Kyrie - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- V. Danza di pastorelle, in aria del spagnoletto, con le riprese nella cornamusa - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Flow, My Tears, Fall from Your Springs - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Tiento - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Pastime with Good Company - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Bienheureux est quiconque - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Ricercar (13) - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Domine ad adiuvandum - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- O vos omnes - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Vecchie letrose - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Variation on Robin Is to the Greenwood Gone - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Shall I come sweet love to thee? - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Agnus Dei (2) - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- The Frog Galliard, P. 23 - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Crux fidelis - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Con amores mi madre - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Pavana No. 1 - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Kyrie - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Ay je rien fet - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Todos los bienes del mundo - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Che fai meco, mio cor - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Kyrie - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- In Nomine No. 2 - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- E la virtute un raggio - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- With All Our Heart - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- The King of Denmark's Galiard - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Agnus Dei - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Pavan - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Christus resurgens - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Almain in F Major - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Kyrie - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Skak - Frölich geschrai so well wir machen - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Ave Maria - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Satyr's Dance (Reconstructed by N. North) - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Motets for 5-8 Voices, Book 4 for 5 Voices, "Canticis Canticorum": Antiphon. Oleum effusum - Ecce tu pulcher es - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- I Kyrie - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Ya se asienta el Ramiro - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Magnificat - Renaissance Era Classical - William Byrd
- Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: Chorus. "Hallelujah" - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K. 618 - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Mendelssohn: Elias, Op. 70, MWV A25, Pt. 2: No. 42, Schlusschor. "Alsdann wird euer Licht hervorbrechen" - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Duruflé: 4 Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens, Op. 10: No. 1, Ubi caritas et amor - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge, Op. 85: No. 6d, Chor der Engel. "Welten singen Dank und Ehre" - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: No. 10, Choral. "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Poulenc: 4 Petites prières de Saint François d'Assise, FP 142: No. 3, Seigneur, je vous en prie - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Franck: Mass, Op. 12, FWV 61: Panis angelicus (Arr. Sandré for Choir and Orchestra) - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Bach, JS: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: I. Chorus. "Magnificat anima mea Dominum" - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Byrd: Gradualia ac cantiones sacrae, Liber I: No. 37, Ave verum corpus - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45: IV. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Bach, JS: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: No. 1, Chor. "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63, Act 3: Chorus. "Seht, er kommt mit Preis gekrönt" - March - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Allegri: Miserere (Excerpt) - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Bach, JS: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80: No. 8, Choral. "Das Wort sie sollen lassen stahn" - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Lully: Dies irae, LWV 64: II. Tuba mirum - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Stravinsky: Ave Maria - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Vivaldi: Gloria in D Major, RV 589: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Purcell: Hear My Prayer, O Lord, Z. 15 - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Purcell: Funeral Sentences: Thou Know'st, Lord, Z. 58C - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Charpentier: Beatus vir, H. 224: V. In memoria aeterna - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Charpentier: Beatus vir, H. 224: III. Potens in terra - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem: III. Dies iræ - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Bach, JS: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 54, Choral. "O Haupt voll Blut und wunden" - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Schubert: Deutsche Messe, D. 872: Zum Sanctus - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Jerusalem: Mass in D Major "Polychoral": I. Kyrie - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Jerusalem: Responsorio segundo de S. S. José - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Bruckner: Locus iste, WAB 23 - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Purcell: Remember Not, Lord, Our Offences, Z. 50 - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Mozart / Compl. Beyer: Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: VIII. Lacrimosa - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Rachmaninov: Vespers, Op. 37: VI. Bogoroditse Devo - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Desprez: Salve Regina a 5 - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146: VII. Aeterna fac cum sanctis tuis - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Bach, JS: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80: No. 5, Chor. "Und wenn die Welt voll Teufel wär" - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Hob.XXI:2, Pt. 1: No. 13, Terzett und Chor. "Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes" (Chor, Gabriel, Uriel, Raphael) - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Mendelssohn: Elias, Op. 70, MWV A25, Pt. 2: No. 29, Chor. "Siehe, der Hüter Israels" - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Mendelssohn: Paulus, Op. 36, MWV A14, Pt. 2: No. 25, Chor. "Wie lieblich sind die Boten" - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Lotti: Crucifixus a 8 voci - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Palestrina: Motettorum liber tertius: No. 31a, Ave regina caelorum - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48: VII. In Paradisum - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Poulenc: 4 Motets pour un temps de pénitence, FP 97: No. 2, Vinea mea electa - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25, H 130, Pt. 2: L'adieu des bergers. "Il s'en va loin de la Terre" - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Palestrina: Mottetorum liber secundus: No. 24, Tu es Petrus - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- De Victoria: Motecta I: No. 5, O magnum mysterium - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: Chorus. "For Unto Us a Child Is Born" - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Bach, JS: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Crucifixus - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Haydn: Mass in D Minor, Hob. XXII:11 "Nelson Mass": Kyrie - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Tavener: Lamentations and Praises: XIX. Resurrection in Hadës - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Schubert: Psalm XXIII, Op. Posth. 132, D. 706 "Der Herr ist mein Hirt" - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339: V. Laudate Dominum - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Bach, JS: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 68, Chor. "Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder" - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Gounod: Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile: V. Sanctus - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Rutter: Requiem: Requiem aeternam - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Tavener: Song for Athene - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Pärt: Magnificat - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Barber: Agnus Dei (After Adagio for Strings, Op. 11) - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Górecki: Totus tuus, Op. 60 - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Gabrieli, A: Magnificat a 12 - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Lully: Te Deum, LWV 55: I. Symphonie - Te Deum - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Bach, JS: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225 - Great Sacred Choruses - William Byrd
- Callino Casturame, BK 35 - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Praeludium to the Fancie, BK 12 - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Will Yow Walke the Woods So Wylde, BK 85 - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Mask "Welcome Home" - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Alman "The King's Jewel" - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Whoop, Do Me No Harm, Good Man - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- My Self - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- My Grief - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Pavane and Galliard "Lord Salisbury": II. Galliard - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- La volta, BK 91 - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Bull's Goodnight - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Second Booke of Songes, 1600: 2. Flow my Tears (Arr. Solomons) - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Flow, my tears (Arr. for Cello and Guitar) - Live - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- I Saw My Lady Weep (Arr. for Guitar & String Quartet) - Live at Liszt Academy, Budapest, 2018 - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Country Dance: Greensleeves and Pudding Pyes - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Mille regretz (Arr. Montanari for Strings) - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Fantasia - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Sir Robert Sidney His Galliard - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- If Ye Love Me - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Ricercare secundo - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Corde Natus Ex Parentis - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Ave donna santissima - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Nu vilar hela jorden - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Den signete dag - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Plainchant for Vespers I (Recollectio festorum beate Marie virginis): Responsorium: Surge propera, columba mea - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Venite a laudare - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Lauda novella - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Hymnus "Veni Creator Spiritus" - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Lady Rich, Her Galliard - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Christe Redemptor omnium - Hymnus ad Vesperas tempore Nativitatis Domini - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- A Question - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Veni Creator Spiritus - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Kyrie V - Kyrie magnae Deus potentiae, Vat. V/In Nativitate Domini ad Missam in die - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Puer qui natus est nobis - Introitus/In Nativitate Domini ad Missam in die - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- Ad Completorium: Hymnus "Te lucis ante terminum" - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
- O Nata Lux - Renaissance Sleep - William Byrd
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