Fri, 28 Jan 2005
Peerson, Latin Motets
Ex Cathedra Consort
Jeffrey Skidmore
LP, Hyperion
Martin Pearson lived between 1572 and 1651. Educated at Oxford,
later a Sacrist at Westminster, and then Almoner and Master of the
Choristers at St. Paul's Cathedral, this is the first time these
pieces have been heard since the seventeenth century.
Unlike Byrd in the 1580's, there is no suggestion here that the
pieces reflect an underground Catholicism. In fact they would have
been appropriate, and legal, for performance at places like
Westminster Abbey.
This is a very nice rendition of the pieces which were recorded
in London at St. Paul's Church, New Southgate, at the end of
January 2004.
(Count K)
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