Troubled Times: Music and Espionage in Renaissance England explores sacred music written amid the religious and political instability of 16th-century England. Performed by The Queen's Six with The Rose Consort of Viols, the programme examines how composers navigated shifting allegiances, censorship, exile, and suspicion, from the Henrician Reformation to the Elizabethan settlement. Works by Byrd, Taverner, Morley, Philips, Ferrabosco, and others reflect strategies of adaptation, concealment, and survival, whether through recusancy, foreign travel, or service at court. Placing music within it's historical context, the recording highlights the complex relationship between faith, power, and artistic expression during a period of sustained upheaval.

Tracklist:

Almightly God, Which By the Leading of a Star
Quemadmodum
Quam Pulcra Es
Cunctis Diebus
Vias Tuas
Who Will Rise Up?
O God the Rock of My Whole Strength
Out of the Deep
Eheu Sustulerunt
Domine Dominus Noster
In Nomine
Laboravi in Gemitu Meo
Fuerunt Mihi Lacrimae
O Salutaris Hostia A 6
Beata Agnes
Factum Est Silentium
Teach Me, O Lord

UPC: 635212097823
Label: Signum Classics
Release Date: 5.22.26
Format: CD

Nicholas Madden - Troubled Times - Music & Espionage In Renaissance (CD)