I have to confess to weeping over Sunday lunch today. The Byrd Lullaby usually does this to me, but David Cordier's performance of it was soul-wrenching. Up to now Caroline Trevor and Red Byrd have been my favourites...and will remain high on the list, but this was something else. CD already ordered. If that wasn't enough, the Lute Book Lullaby hit when the emotions were raw and off I went again; the sopranao (un-named on the playlist) from the Taverner Consort was just superb. The CD bill is mounting. They can't all be Christmas presents. The back-story of Herod and the Holy Innocents is poignant enough, but add a pure voice and some viols....recipe for embarrassing loss of control. 
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