John Sheppard: Media vita cover

John Sheppard: Media vita

Composer
Released

The Tudor composer John Sheppard has languished somewhat in the shadow of his more celebrated contemporaries Thomas Tallis and John Taverner — but as this gorgeous recording by the Oxbridge ensemble Stile Antico demonstrates, his music stands up very well to comparison with any of them. The program includes both Catholic hymns in Latin and English anthems written in a style that adheres to Reformation strictures.

Rick Anderson

Recommended by

Suggestions
Beyond All Mortal Dreams: American A Cappella cover

Beyond All Mortal Dreams: American A Cappella

Trinity College Choir, Cambridge, Stephen Layton
Telemann: Double Concerti for Winds & Strings cover

Telemann: Double Concerti for Winds & Strings

Rebel Baroque Orchestra, Rebel, Jorg-Michael Schwarz
Rosenmüller: Marienvesper cover

Rosenmüller: Marienvesper

Johann Rosenmüller, Jörg Breiding, Knabenchor Hannover
Farina: Consort Music 1627 cover

Farina: Consort Music 1627

Pietro Busca, Accademia Del Ricercare
Georg Philipp Teleman: Brockes-Passion cover

Georg Philipp Teleman: Brockes-Passion

Berlin RIAS Chamber Choir, René Jacobs, Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin
Salve, Salve, Salve: Josquin’s Spanish Legacy cover

Salve, Salve, Salve: Josquin’s Spanish Legacy

Contrapunctus, Owen Rees
Arias for Senesino cover

Arias for Senesino

Ottavio Dantone, Andreas Scholl
Manuel Cardoso: Requiem, Lamentations, Magnificat & Motets cover

Manuel Cardoso: Requiem, Lamentations, Magnificat & Motets

Luís Toscano, Cupertinos
Couperin: Organ Masses cover

Couperin: Organ Masses

Jean-Baptiste Robin
William Byrd: The Three Masses cover

William Byrd: The Three Masses

Paul Hillier, Pro Arte Singers
Grayston Ives: Listen sweet dove cover

Grayston Ives: Listen sweet dove

Magdalen College Choir, Oxford, Grayston Ives
John Browne: Music from the Eton Choirbook cover

John Browne: Music from the Eton Choirbook

The Tallis Scholars