Andrew Carwood, The Cardinall's Misick - Victoria: Missa Gaudeamus, etc / Carwood, Cardinall's Music

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Music Review: Beautiful Music Beautifully Sung
Rating: 5 Stars

This group's approach to musica ficta has not been to smooth out all of the "wrong notes" but to leave many in. The result suggests that their approach is the correct one. The added piquancy of the dissonances only adds to the expressiveness of the music.

English groups have, for years, changed few notes in the music of native Renaissance composers (notably Tallis) and it's good to see them applying the same principles to continental composers.

This recording is the one of the finest Victoria recordings available. It avoids the rather acidic sounding boys of the Westminster Cathedral recordings and the muddy acoustics of many other recordings. Go for it. You won't be sorry if you love Renaissance music.

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