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Reviewer : David Fallows

William Mundy (d1593) is a composer hard to catch, partly because a large number of pieces are ascribed only to ‘Mundy’, which could refer also to his father, Thomas Mundy, or his son, the famous madrigalist John Mundy; by and large the sources are from the 17th century, and musical style is a perilous tool in deciding the date of a composition. Moreover, The New Grove stonily adds that both his Latin and his vernacular compositions are of uneven quality. But most of the music here seems likely to be by William, most particularly the 20-minute Vox Patris, which has been recorded several times as being one of the most ambitious compositions from the middle years of the century and almost certainly written for Queen Mary. (Peter Phillips and The Tallis Scholars have recorded it twice: once on one of their earliest LPs – Gimell, 10/80, 6/01 – and then again 15 years later – A/98.) Also very popular is the last piece presented here, O Lord, the maker of all thing. Given the mere 54 minutes of music here, it was perhaps a pity to open with A solis ortus cardine, an alternatim hymn with four musically identical stanzas.

Robert Quinney and the Choir of New College Oxford aim for a steady and safe reading in most cases, supported particularly by a seriously energetic team of boy trebles, who are in general favoured in the acoustic here.

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