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William Sterndale Bennett (1816 – 1875)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sterndale_Bennett

"Piano Concertos Nos. 1 – 3"
[Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 1 (1832]
Piano Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 4 (1833)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 9]
Howard Shelley (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
(Hyperion 2018)
https://songwhip.com/howard-shelley/sterndale-bennett-piano-concertos-nos-13-hyperion-romantic-piano-concerto-74

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lebelge, 3 months ago to classicalmusic

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Matthew Locke (c. 1621 – 1677)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Locke_(composer)

"Consorts Flat and Sharp"
[The Flat Consort for my cousin Kemble: Suite No. 5 in A minor
Suite No. 10 in D minor (from The Little Consort)
Suite No. 7 in G minor
Suite No. 9 in B flat major
The Flat Consort for my cousin Kemble: Suite No. 3 in D minor
Suite No. 8 in A minor
Suite No. 6 in F Major (from the Little Consort)
The Flat Consort for my cousin Kemble: Suite No. 4 in B flat major]
Phantasm
Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo)
(Linn Records 2024)

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lebelge, 4 months ago to classicalmusic

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William Byrd (c. 1540 – 1623)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Byrd

"Byrd 1589: Songs of sundrie natures"
[Disc 1

Songs in three parts

Seven Penitential Psalms

1. Lord in thy rage rebuke me not

2. Right blessed are they

3. Lord in they wrath correct me not

4. O God which art most merciful

5. Lord hear my prayer instantly

6. From depth of sin

7. Attend mine humble prayer Lord

8. Susanna fair

9. The Nightingale

10. When younglings first

11. Upon a summer’s day

12. The greedy hawk

Songs in four parts

13. Is love a boy?
14. Wounded I am
15. From Citheron the warlike boy is fled
16. O Lord my God
17. While that the sun

Disc 2

Songs in five parts

1. Weeping full sore
2. Penelope that longed for the sight
3. Compel the hawk
4. See those sweet eyes
5. When I was otherwise
6. When first by force
7. I thought love had been a boy
8. O dear life
9. From Virgin’s womb
10. Of gold all burnished

Songs in six parts

11. Behold how good
12. An earthly tree a heavenly fruit
13. Who made thee Hob
14. And think ye nymphs
15. If in thine heart
16. Unto the hills mine eyes I lift
17. Christ rising again]

Rachel Haworth, soprano
Daisy Walford, soprano [Disc 2 track 9 only]
Martha McLorinan, mezzo-soprano
Clare Wilkinson, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Todd, tenor
Simon Wall, tenor
Timothy Scott Whiteley, baritone
Robert Macdonald, bass
Jacob Heringman, lute
Lynda Sayce, lute
Fretwork
Alamire/David Skinner
(Inventa Records 2023)
https://songwhip.com/fretwork/byrd-1589

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lebelge, 6 months ago to classicalmusic

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Ruth Gipps (1921 – 1999)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Gipps

"Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4, Song for Orchestra & Knight in Armour"
[Symphony No. 4, Op. 61 (1972);
Knight in Armour, Symphonic Poem Op. 8 (1940);
Symphony No. 2, in B major Op. 30 (1945);
Song for Orchestra, Op. 33 (1948)]
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Rumon Gamba
(Chandos Records 2018)
https://songwhip.com/rumon-gamba/gipps-symphonies-nos-2-and-4-song-for-orchestra-and-knight-in-armour

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lebelge, 1 year ago to music

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William Shield (1748 – 1829)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shield

"Trios for Strings"
[String Trio in F Major
String Trio in G Major
String Trio in A Major
String Trio No. 1 in E-Flat Major
String Trio No. 2 in D Major
String Trio No. 3 in A Major
String Trio No. 5 in C Major]
Trio Szabadi
(Hungaroton 2014)
https://songwhip.com/trioszabadi/shield-trios-for-strings

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