John Taverner (1490-1545) and William Byrd (1540-1623), born a generation apart, both hailed from Lincolnshire, worked in turbulent times and left a collection of choral works that ranks with that of Thomas Tallis as some of the finest of its age, or indeed any other. These CDs contain the three masses Byrd composed for three, four and five voices, and Taverner’s great Mass of the Western Wind. (Newton Classics) These CDs contain the three masses Byrd composed for 3, 4 and 5 voices, and Taverner’s great Mass of the Western Wind. “the interpretations are terrific, especially of Byrd's Mass a 4, and Taverner's Western Wind.” (BBC Music Magazine, February 2011) ‘…all the works on this disc are great music presented with all the finesse for which the King’s choir is famous’ Gramophone, October 1962 (Taverner) ‘The performance of the Mass is a beautiful example of the sensitive and deeply musical singing that we have come to expect from King’s College Choir. There is admirable definition in the individual parts, and an overall blend of tone that comes more from perfect internal matching of tone-colour… This is spiritual refreshment indeed’. Gramophone, June 1960 (Byrd Mass for 5 voices)