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This was the Tallis Scholars' first recording devoted to their namesake composer--and it remains one of the best Tallis discs available. Its centerpiece is the famous Spem in alium for eight five-voice choirs. This is a spectacular piece, with voices entering one by one, leading to a sudden, crashing entry for all eight choirs. The choirs then toss pealing phrases back and forth (listen with headphones!) and finish with a monumental 40-voice chord.
Other treats include the popular Pentecost motet Loquebantur variis linguis, two beautiful settings of the prayer Salvator mundi, and the 20-minute votive antiphon Gaude gloriosa, which has intricate imitative passages for three to four soloists alternating with vigorous writing for full choir. --Matthew Westphal
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This was the Tallis Scholars' first recording devoted to their namesake composer--and it remains one of the best Tallis discs available. Its centerpiece is the famous Spem in alium for eight five-voice choirs. This is a spectacular piece, with voices entering one by one, leading to a sudden, crashing entry for all eight choirs. The choirs then toss pealing phrases back and forth (listen with headphones!) and finish with a monumental 40-voice chord.
Other treats include the popular Pentecost motet Loquebantur variis linguis, two beautiful settings of the prayer Salvator mundi, and the 20-minute votive antiphon Gaude gloriosa, which has intricate imitative passages for three to four soloists alternating with vigorous writing for full choir. --Matthew Westphal
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5.0 out of 5 stars
This group takes its name from this composer and first disk,
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This review is from: TALLIS. Spem In Alium. Tallis Scholars/Phillips (Audio CD)
Spem in Alium is like a word you hadn't heard before and now that you know it you hear it used everywhere. I remember hearing it in music school for the first time and was stunned. But then I forgot about it and then heard it again on the radio (probably the WONDERFUL CBC2)and then ran over to the late lamented SKR Classical here in Ann Arbor and bought this disk. The piece just builds and builds layer upon layer - it is a piece all about texture. It is ingeniously constructed of eight five voice choirs to achieve its forty separate parts. It is a joy to listen to again and again. I agree with another reviewer that the Gaude gloriosa is a magnificent work. The Miserere nostri is also a jewel. This belongs in your collection.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Let all that expensive Hi-fi equipment of yours truly sing.,
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This review is from: TALLIS. Spem In Alium. Tallis Scholars/Phillips (Audio CD)
I am a heavy metal "music" fan,with at times,a bit of rock,pop and soul entering the cd player/put on the venerable lp machine.My forays into classical are about as frequent as the proverbial rocking horse poo.However,this disc is the one I probably play most often.Why?Because it's beauty is unsurpassed.It is the only piece of music that has brought a tear to my eye.As someone above wrote,crank it up when the kids/breadknife/hubby are out of the house and you will be treated to sonic joy.
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greatest music of the high Renaissance,
By "hirofantv" (tomorrow) - See all my reviews
This review is from: TALLIS. Spem In Alium. Tallis Scholars/Phillips (Audio CD)
Thomas Tallis's music is so thick -- such a beautiful, moving massage for your mind. Spem in Alium, his 40 voice motet, is easily the most fluid of all the motets we have of great numbers of voices. It's just so intense. This is firmamental architecture that can transform the chair you're sitting on into a cloud. Even after such a monumental piece of music, nothing afterward on the cd disappoints or lets up in amazing, brilliant contrapuntal composition. One does wish there were more pieces on the cd, but what there is is thoroughly satisfying. The last piece, so perfectly, makes a puissant point of leaving you elated when the cd ends. Of all music from the 15th & 16th centuries in Europe, Thomas Tallis's is the first I recommend, & this cd is the best of his work, to be sure.
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