Spem In Alium/Lamentations Of

Thomas Tallis (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

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Audio CD (Oct 14 1997)
Number of Discs: 2
Label: Universal Music Group
ASIN: B0000041MD
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #95,188 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #81 in Music > Opera & Vocal > Vocal Non-Opera > Te Deum
- #81 in Music > Classical > Sacred & Religious > Te Deum

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Disc: 1
1. Spem in alium - T. Tallis
2. In manus tuas - T. Tallis
3. In ieiunio et fletu - T. Tallis
4. Te lucis ante terminum I - T. Tallis
5. Te lucis ante terminum II - T. Tallis
6. Ecce tempus idoneum - T. Tallis
7. Veni Redemptor gentium - T. Tallis
8. O nata lux de lumine - T. Tallis
9. Salvator mundi - T. Tallis
10. Derelinquat impius - T. Tallis
See all 13 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Lamentatio leremiae I - Thomas Tallis
2. Lamentatio Ieremiae II - Thomas Tallis
3. Te Deum - Thomas Tallis
4. Iam lucis orto sidere - Thomas Tallis
5. Carifica me, pater - Thomas Tallis
6. Fantasy - Thomas Tallis
7. Audivi vocem - Thomas Tallis
8. Dum transisset sabbatum - Thomas Tallis
9. Honor, virus et potestas - Thomas Tallis
10. Loquebantur variis linguis - Thomas Tallis

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars About Spem in alium, Sep 3 2006

By Shady Ave Reader - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Spem In Alium/Lamentations Of (Audio CD)

This is specifically about Spem in Alium which is featured on this album.

While I am a great fan of classical music, this time period of music has never been one I have sought out. Then I bought this album at a thrift store two years ago and heard Spem in Alium for the first time. This piece and this performance changed my mind about middle age/early rennaisance music. This album has been in heavy rotation ever since on my stereo.

While I found all of Tallis' music on this album to be compelling, Spem in Alium is an exceptionally beautiful, intricate piece that is full of mystery (in the religious sense). The recording itself is wonderfully balanced sonically with excellent dynamics and depth (hugely difficult with the eight five-part choirs used). Listening to this with your eyes closed it is not difficult to feel that you are alone in a great English cathedral surrounded by choirs.

Having not heard the other versions of Spem in alium, I cannot honestly compare it to other performances. However, as an avid classical music listener, I can find nothing to fault here either in the music itself or in the quality of the recording which are both superb.

If like me you have avoided composers before Bach, then this music will be a great discovery. If you already know this piece, I think you will find this an extremely compelling and well recorded performance.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars If you're buying this set for Spem in alium ..., Dec 13 2009

By Peter Brawley - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Spem In Alium/Lamentations Of (Audio CD)

... I suggest you first listen to mp3 samples of a few other Spem renditions, especially those by Magnificat, the Sixteen and the Tallis Scholars. There is much on this Cambridge/Willcocks CD that is lovely, and the interpretation of Spem is famously passionate, but the sound in Spem (first released on LP in 1972, I think) is anything but clear, indeed it's downright fuzzy, as if recorded through a few blankets. The blurry soundstage and multi-echo acoustics are less problematic with the other material on the disc, but in Spem you want to hear the forty voices! Unfortunately this recording mashes them together.

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