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The more I listen to these King’s Singers performances, the more I admire their breathtaking virtuosity. Another way of putting this would be to say they appear never to need to draw breath. And the King’s Singers bring these madrigals to life with an altogether broader range and perspective than the exquisiteness of a Nicholas Hilliard miniature."

Michael Greenhalgh

MusicWeb International - January 2007

This is a very welcome release indeed Long live the King’s Singers!" *****

William Yeoman

Goldberg - January 2007

In Amadis of Gaul, a 15th Century Spanish myth, war erupts after Oriana, the daughter of the King of Britain, rejects marriage to the Emperor of Rome. The King’s Singers deliver these songs with insistent voices, the imitative pairs beautifully balanced across the stereo, the intonation faultless and the diction unmistakable. The variety of tone that the sextet achieves is one of their inimitable traits. Hear how they darken in the second half of Wilbye’s The Lady Oriana. Other groups can only admire." *****

Rick Jones

The Times - 7 October 2006

This disc is a triumph of majestic vocal ensemble, projecting the 25 madrigals from Thomas Morley’s famous 1601 collection in honour of Elizabeth I." ****

Andrew Stewart

Classic FM Magazine - December 2006

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MICHAEL EAST

Hence, stars, too dim of light

DANIEL NORCOME

With angel's face and brightness

JOHN MUNDY

Lightly she whipped o'er the dales

ELLIS GIBBONS

Long live fair Oriana

JOHN BENNETT

All creatures are now merry-minded

JOHN HILTON

Fair Oriana, beauty's queen

GEORGE MARSON

The nymphs and shepherds danced

RICHARD CARLTON

Calm was the air and clear the sky

JOHN HOLMES English

Thus Bonny-boots the birthday celebrated

RICHARD NICHOLSON

Sing, shepherds all, and in your roundelays

THOMAS TOMKINS

The fauns and satyrs tripping

MICHAEL CAVENDISH

Come gentle swains

WILLIAM COBBOLD

With wreaths of rose and laurel

THOMAS MORLEY

Arise, awake, awake

JOHN FARMER English

Fair nymphs I heard one telling

JOHN WILBYE

The lady Oriana

THOMAS HUNT

Hark! Did ye ever hear so sweet a singing?

THOMAS WEELKES

As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending

JOHN MILTON

Fair Orion, in the morn

ELLIS GIBBONS

Round about her charret

GEORGE KIRBYE

Bright Phoebus greets most clearly

ROBERT JONES

Fair Oriana, seeming to wink at folly

JOHN LISLEY

Fair Cytherea presents her doves

THOMAS MORLEY

Hard by a crystal fountain

EDWARD JOHNSON

Come, blessed Byrd

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MICHAEL EAST

Hence, stars, too dim of light

DANIEL NORCOME

With angel's face and brightness

JOHN MUNDY

Lightly she whipped o'er the dales

ELLIS GIBBONS

Long live fair Oriana

JOHN BENNETT

All creatures are now merry-minded

JOHN HILTON

Fair Oriana, beauty's queen

GEORGE MARSON

The nymphs and shepherds danced

RICHARD CARLTON

Calm was the air and clear the sky

JOHN HOLMES English

Thus Bonny-boots the birthday celebrated

RICHARD NICHOLSON

Sing, shepherds all, and in your roundelays

THOMAS TOMKINS

The fauns and satyrs tripping

MICHAEL CAVENDISH

Come gentle swains