Renaissance Music, England, Italy, Spain, Mexico

CD1

1. Gastoldi: Cantiam lieti cantiamo
2. Caprioli: E d’un bel matin d’amore
3. Caprioli: Quella bella e biancha mano
4. Caprioli: Una leggiadra nimpha
5. Compère: Venite amanti insieme
6. Verdelot: Divini occhi sereni
7. Verdelot: Con l’angelico riso
8. Verdelot: Madonna, il tuo bel viso
9. Verdelot: Fuggi, fuggi, cor mio
10. Verdelot: Si liet’ e grata morte
11. Arcaldet: Se la dura durezza
12. Arcaldet: Ahimè, ahimè, dov’è ‘l bel viso
13. Arcaldet: Madonna, s’io v’offendo
14. Arcaldet: Il bianco e dolce cigno
15. Patavino: Donne, venete al ballo
16. Casulana: Morir non può il mio cuore
17. Marenzo: Se la mia vita
18. Da Rore: Mia benigna fortuna
19. Da Rore: Ancor che col partire
20. Da Rore: O sonno
21. Da Nola: Chi la gagliarda
22. Willaert: Madonna mia fa
23. Da Nola: Medici nui siamo
24. Bell’Haver: Quando sarà mai quel zorno
25. De Lassus: Matona, mia cara
26. Da Nola: Tri ciechi siamo

CD2

1. Morley: O Greefe even on the Bud
2. Morley: When loe by breake of morning
3. Morley: Aprill is in my Mistris face
4. Weelkes: Thule, the period of Cosmographie - The first Part
5. Weelkes: Thule, the period of Cosmographie - The second Part
6. Morley: Sweet nimphe come to thy lover
7. Wilbye: Sweet hony sucking Bees - The first Part
8. Wilbye: Sweet hony sucking Bees - The second Part
9. Morley: Miraculous love’s wounding
10. Wilbye: Adew sweet Amarillis
11. Bennet: Weepe O mine eyes
12. Gibbons: The silver Swanne
13. Weelkes: O Care thou wilt dispatch mee - The first Part
14. Weelkes: O Care thou wilt dispatch mee - The second Part
15. Weelkes: O Care thou wilt dispatch mee - Since Roben Hood
16. Morley: Fyre and lightning
17. Weelkes: Strike it up Tabor
18. Tomkins: See, see, the shepheards Queene
19. Ward: Come sable night
20. Vautor: Sweet Suffolke Owle
21. Morley: In nets of golden wyers
22. Wilbye: Draw on sweet night

CD3

1. De Mondéjar: Ave rex noster
2. De Peñalosa: Inter vestibulum et altare
3. De Peñalosa: Magnificat
4. Anon.: Tierra i çielos se quexavan
5. De Rivaflecha: Vox dilecti mei
6. Fernández: Di, por que mueres en cruz
7. De Escobar: Clamabat autem mulier
8. De Alba: Stabat mater
9. Del Encina: Triste España sin ventura
10. Anon.: Dindirin, dindirin
11. De Escobar: Passame por Dios, barquero
12. Anon.: Si la noche haze escura
13. Encina: Mas vale trocar
14. Luchas: A la caça, sus, a caça
15. De Urrede Johannes Urreda: Nunca fue pena mayor
16. De Millán: O dulce y triste memoria
17. Encina: Cucu, cucu
18. Alonso: La tricotea
19. Encina: Oy comamos y bebamos

CD4

1. De Franco: In ilhuicac cihuapille
2. De Lienas: Salve regina
3. De Morales: Pater noster
4. De Morales: Parce mihi, Domine
5. De Morales: Magnificat
6. Franco: Memento mei, Deus
7. Lobo: O quam suavis est, Domine
8. Guerrero: Ave Virgo sanctissima
9. De Padilla: Transfige, dulcissime Domine
10. De Escobar: Salve regina
11. Franco: Dios itlazo nantzine

CD5

1. Byrd: Mass for four voices - I. Kyrie
2. Byrd: Mass for four voices - II. Gloria
3. Byrd: Mass for four voices - III. Credo
4. Byrd: Mass for four voices - IV. Sanctus Benedictus
5. Byrd: Mass for four voices - V. Agnus Dei
6. Byrd: Mass for three voices - I. Kyrie
7. Byrd: Mass for three voices - II. Gloria
8. Byrd: Mass for three voices - III. Credo
9. Byrd: Mass for three voices - IV. Sanctus · Benedictus
10. Byrd: Mass for three voices - V. Agnus Dei

CD6

1. Byrd: Mass for five voices - I. Kyrie
2. Byrd: Mass for five voices - II. Gloria
3. Byrd: Mass for five voices - III. Credo
4. Byrd: Mass for five voices - IV. Sanctus · Benedictus
5. Byrd: Mass for five voices - V. Agnus Dei
6. Byrd: De Lamentatione Hieremiae a 5
7. Byrd: Christe qui es et Dies/Precamur a 5
8. Byrd: Laetentur coeli a 5
9. Byrd: Ave verum corpus a 4

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.”