William Lyons


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Specialist in Historic Music. Director of The Dufay Collective and The City Musick. Player of shawms, recorder, bagpipes, dulcian, renaissance, trad and baroque flute. Composer for theatre with many productions at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and The National Theatre. Regular session player, appearing on The Hobbit, Robin Hood. Pride & Prejudice and many more. Researcher of early music and runs medieval & renaissance studies classes at the Royal College of Music.

ALBUMS


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Orlandus Lassus* – Magnificat
The Alchemist, Volume 2
2025, 2xCD, Linn
Viadana* / Palestrina* / Gabrieli* / Monteverdi*, I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth
1612 - Italian Vespers
2025, 18x File, ,
Renaissance/Baroque
Orazio Benevoli – Graziani*, Palestrina*, I Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth
Missa Tu Es Petrus - Mass For Four Choirs
2023, CD, CORO (2), ,
Renaissance/Baroque/Choral
Alexandre Desplat
Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio (Soundtrack From The Netflix Film)
2022, CD, ,
Score
H. Rozycki*, Andrzej Kosendiak
Opera Omnia
2020, 2xCD, NFM, CD Accord, ,
Baroque
Isobel Waller-Bridge, David Schweitzer
Emma. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2020
Henry Jackman, Matthew Margeson
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (Original Motion Picture Score)
2017, CD, Album, La-La Land Records, ,
Soundtrack/Score
The Dufay Collective, Voice
I Have Set My Hert So Hy; Love & Devotion In Medieval England
2015, CD, Album, Avie Records
Alexandre Desplat
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Original Soundtrack)
2014, ,
Soundtrack/Score
Various
1000 Classical Masterpieces
2012, 61xCD, Comp + Box, EMI Classics, ,
Renaissance/Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Medieval
Various
Architecture And Design
2012, CD, Zone Plus
Damon Albarn
Dr Dee
2012, ,
Opera/Folk Rock/Pop Rock/Indie Rock/Prog Rock
Monteverdi* • Gabrieli* • Cavalli* • Banchieri* • Lassus* - Gabrieli Consort, Choir & Players*, Paul McCreesh
Venetian Vespers
2011, ,
Renaissance/Baroque
Marc Streitenfeld
Robin Hood (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2010
Francisco Guerrero, Westminster Cathedral Choir, His Majestys Sagbutts And Cornetts, James O'Donnell
Battle Mass - Missa De La Batalla Escoutez
2009, CD, ,
Renaissance/Early
Cristóbal de Morales – Gabrieli Consort & Players*, Paul McCreesh
The Chant of Seville (Messe für St. Isidore von Sevilla)
2009
Emma Murphy
The Division Flute
2008, CD, Album, Signum Classics
The English Cornett And Sackbut Ensemble
Flower Of Cities All – Music In London 1580–1620
2008, CD, Album, Deux-Elles
Various / Ex Cathedra*, Jeffrey Skidmore
Fire Burning In Snow
2008, SACD, ,
Baroque
Alexandre Desplat
The Golden Compass (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2007, CD, ,
Soundtrack/Score/Contemporary
Jocelyn Pook
Heidi
2006, CD, Album, Gate Records
Bach*
Best Bach 50
2006, 3x CD, ,
Baroque
Dario Marianelli, Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Pride & Prejudice (Music From The Motion Picture)
2005, CD, ,
Score/Classical
The Shakespeare's Globe Musicians* And Actors*
Such Sweet Sorrow (Music And Words For Star-Crossed Lovers From Romeo & Juliet / Much Ado About Nothing / Measure For Measure)
2004, CD, Album, Shakespeare's Globe
Various - Mark Chambers (3), The English Cornett And Sackbut Ensemble
A Hanseatic Festival. German Renaissance Music
2004, CD, Album, Deux-Elles, ,
Renaissance
Gabrieli Consort & Players*, Paul McCreesh
Music For The Duke Of Lerma
2002, 2xCD, Album, Dig, Archiv Produktion, ,
Renaissance/Baroque
Michael Praetorius, The Parley Of Instruments Renaissance Violin Band*, Peter Holman
Dances From Terpsichore (1612)
2002
Gabrieli Consort & Players*, Paul McCreesh, G. Gabrieli* & De Rore*
A Venetian Christmas
2001, CD, Album, Archiv Produktion
Kahimi Karie
Tilt
2000, CD, Album, Polydor
Kahimi Karie
Journey To The Centre Of Me
2000, CD, ,
Leftfield/Folk Rock/Synth-pop
Morcheeba
Fragments Of Freedom
2000, CD, ,
Downtempo/Pop Rap/Trip Hop
Handel* - Andreas Scholl, Gabrieli Consort & Players*, Paul McCreesh
Solomon
1999, 3xCD, Album, Archiv Produktion, ,
Baroque/Oratorio
John Dowland, Virelai
Treasures From My Minde (Songs And Instrumental Pieces)
1999, CD, Album, Virgin Veritas, Virgin Veritas
Francisco Guerrero - Orchestra Of The Renaissance, Richard Cheetham, Michael Noone
Requiem
1999, ,
Renaissance
Concordia
Music For Mona Lisa
1998, CD, Album, Metronome Recordings, ,
Medieval/Renaissance
Dario Castello, Giovanni Picchi, His Majestys Sagbutts And Cornetts
The Floating City (Sonatas, Canzonas And Dances By Two Of Monteverdi's Contemporaries)
1998
Biber* - Musica Antiqua Köln · Reinhard Goebel / Gabrieli Consort & Players* · Paul McCreesh
Missa Salisburgensis
1998, CD O-Card, ,
Baroque
Morales* – Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh
Requiem • Music For Philip II
1998, CD, ,
Renaissance
J.S. Bach* - Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Rees
Brandenburg Concertos & Violin Concertos
1998, 2x CD, ,
Baroque
Gabrieli* • Lassus* - Gabrieli Consort & Players*, Paul McCreesh
Venetian Easter Mass
1997, CD, Album, Archiv Produktion, ,
Renaissance/Baroque
Mateo Flecha*, New London Consort, Philip Pickett
Las Ensaladas
1997, CD, L'Oiseau-Lyre
Catherine Bott, Virelai
Renaissance Love Songs
1997, ,
Renaissance
Dana Reason
Primal Identity
1996, CD, Album, Deep Listening, ,
Contemporary/Free Improvisation
Giovanni Gabrieli - Gabrieli Consort & Players*, Paul McCreesh
Music For San Rocco
1996, CD, ,
Baroque
Henry Purcell - Gabrieli Consort & Players*, Paul McCreesh
Hail, Bright Cecilia!
1995, CD, ,
Baroque
Victoria* - Gabrieli Consort • Paul McCreesh
Requiem: Officium Defunctorum • 1605
1995, CD, ,
Renaissance
Matthew Locke - Bott* • Gooding* • Robson* • King* • Agnew* • George* • Grant* • New London Consort • Philip Pickett
Psyche
1995, ,
Baroque/Opera
J.S. Bach* - Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Rees
The Brandenburg Concertos
1994, 2xCD, Virgin Classics
Kithara (5), Shirley Rumsey, Christopher Wilson
Musica Mediterranea (Music Of The Italian & Spanish Renaissance)
1994, CD, Album, Chaconne, Chandos
Praetorius* - Gabrieli Consort & Players*, Paul McCreesh
Christmette (Christmas Mass • Messe De Noël)
1994, CD, ,
Baroque
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
Respect
1993, CD, ,
Alternative Rock/Indie Rock
Björk
Human Behaviour
1993
Tielman Susato / New London Consort, Philip Pickett
Dansereye 1551
1993, CD, ,
Renaissance
Frank Denyer
A Monkey's Paw
1991, CD, Album, Continuum
Camerata Of London, Simon Giles, David Dyer
Shakespeare's Musicke
1990, CD, Album, Meridian (2)
New London Consort / Philip Pickett
Carmina Burana Vol 1
1987
Praetorius* - New London Consort, Philip Pickett
Dances From Terpsichore
1986, ,
Renaissance/Baroque