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Tallis: Spem in alium · Latin Church Music /Taverner Consort & Choir · Parrott
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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724356223028
Label: Virgin Veritas
Manufacturer: Virgin Veritas
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Virgin Veritas
Release Date: August 04, 2003
Running Time: 130 minutes
Studio: Virgin Veritas
Sales Rank: 9235

Disc 1:
  1. Videte Miraculum
  2. Homo Quidam
  3. Audivi Vocem
  4. Candidi Facti Sunt
  5. Dum Transisset Sabbatum
  6. Honor, Virtus, Et Potestas
  7. Hodie Nobis
  8. Loquebantur Variis Linguis
  9. In Pace, In Idipsum
  10. Spem In Alium
Disc 2:
  1. Gaude Gloriosa Dei Mater
  2. Te Lucis Ante Terminum (Procul Recedant Somnia) I
  3. Miserere Nostri
  4. Salvator Mundi
  5. Lamentations Of Jeremiah I
  6. Salvator Mundi
  7. O Sacrum Convivium
  8. Suscipe, Quaeso Domine
  9. O Nata Lux
  10. In Jejunio Et Fletu
  11. Lamentations Of Jeremiah II
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Moments of transcendence
As a fervent atheist, I was move greatly by the sheer depth of devotion reflected in this music. A conversation of a profound nature is started across the short chasm of four and a half centuries.
I was exposed to later choral music as a schoolboy (particularly Byrd- Tallis' protege) but never felt so overwelmed.
Other recordings may be technically superior, but this is great value.


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Spem in Alium
I enjoyed this record on the whole. However, the recording of the Spem in Alium 40-part motet was not very pleasing owing to a very strident soprano balance. They were working too hard to keep up the top G. Far better is the Kings College recording with boys voices on the top parts. So, if all one wants is a good effortless recording of Spem in Alium, do not buy this record!


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Essential Tallis Indeed!
This is a magnificent collection of Tallis' works. It also includes of course the magical "Spem in Allium" and one of my favorites "Loquebantur Variis Linguis".

The collection is unbelievable value and even if you haven't heard Tallis before, this is a CD set you can start you collection with!


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Superb Tallis
This is a fabulous set. It contains most of Tallis's most beautiful music, all gloriously sung. The large scale Spem in alium and Gaude gloriosa Dei Mater are both overwhelming in their skill, sensitivity and grandeur, with the delicate passages and great sonorities both beautifully expressed, and the smaller, more intimate works are generally exquisitely done. For me, the real highlight is The Lamentations Of Jeremiah. Of all the excellent recordings which exist, including the haunting plangency of The Hilliard Ensemble and the perfect brilliance of The Tallis Scholars, this is my favourite. It laments without being oppressive, and Parrott's choice of lower pitch means that the sound is rich and resonant, with the basses descending to a positively ... Read More:


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Most highly recommended
I am not usually one to write reviews, but I noticed that this excellent CD has nothing recommending it to potential buyers, so thought I had better write something. Here goes...

Right, this 2 CD virgin Veritas issue contains arguably Tallis' finest works. The first CD tracks 1-9 is responsories, with plainchant sung by male voices and then the choir responding. The quality of the plainsong is usually very good, with some excellent phrasing (like the gloria in 'Videte Miraculum'), and some more mediocre, but still retaining interest. The full choir sections, though, are really beautiful, with enough attention to Tallis' gorgeous phrasing (but not too much, still preserving momentum. The repeated sections are varied by altering the tempi and ... Read More:

 



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