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Hence, stars, too dim of light

Long live fair Oriana

The fauns and satyrs tripping

With angel's face and brightness

With wreaths of rose and laurel

King's Singers: Triumphs of Oriana (CD)

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Format: CD
Year Released/Length:2006/67:13
Style/Genre: Classical, madrigals
Voicing: Men's ensemble
A cappella?:Yes
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Song List:
Hence, stars, too dim of light (Michael East)
With angel's face and brightness (Daniel Norcombe)
Lightly she whipped o'er the dales (John Mundy)
Long live fair Oriana (Ellis Gibbons)
All creatures now are merry-minded (John Bennet)
Fair Oriana, beauty's queen (John Hilton)
The nymphs and shepherds danced (George Marson)
Calm was the air and clear the sky (Richard Carlton)
Thus Bonny-boots the birthday celebrated (John Holmes)
Sing, shepherds all, and in your roundelays (Richard Nicolson)
The fauns and satyrs tripping (Thomas Tomkins)
Come, gentle swains (Michael Cavendish)
With wreaths of rose and laurel (William Cobbold)
Arise, awake, awake (Thomas Morley)
Fair nymphs I heard one telling (John Farmer)
The lady Oriana (John Wilbye)
Hark! Did ye ever hear so sweet a singing? (Thomas Hunt)
As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending (Thomas Weelkes)
Fair Orion, in the morn (John Milton)
Round about her charret (Ellis Gibbons)
Bright Phoebus greets most clearly (George Kirbye)
Fair Oriana, seeming to wink at folly (Robert Jones)
Fair Cytherea presents her doves (John Lisley)
Hard by a crystal fountain (Thomas Morley)
Come, blessed Byrd (Edward Johnson)
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From the record label:
A collection of 25 madrigals from 23 different composers - from the famous to the obscure - make up this Elizabethan curiosity, published in 1601 by Thomas Morley. A musical dedication to Queen Elizabeth 1, The Triumphs of Oriana displays the talents of English songwriters, long overshadowed by their European counterparts, conjuring up an image of an idealized and mythical England of old.