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Special offer. Sanctum Est Verum Lumen

Multi-Part Music for Choir

National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Mike Brewer

Sanctum Est Verum Lumen
…though, this is a disc of stunning music beautifully performed.

Special offer. Sanctum Est Verum Lumen

Multi-Part Music for Choir

National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Mike Brewer

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…though, this is a disc of stunning music beautifully performed.

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Tallis's monumental Spem in alium is one of the greatest glories of Western polyphony, and its preechoes and aftershocks reverberate through all the other pieces on this disc.The massed voices of the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, in their 25th anniversary year, dazzle in this programme of choral jewels from the 15th and 16th centuries, interspersed with virtuoso tributes from three leading contemporary composers, including Gabriel Jackson's own 40-part motet.

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April 2009

…though, this is a disc of stunning music beautifully performed.

May 2009

Sanctum est verum lumen… comes across as an astonishing tour de force, the strands of musical texture cascading through this cast choir with glorious luminosity. These young singers take the work to heart and beyond the almost incredible choral discipline and uniformity of tone that Brewer produces from well over 200 individual voices, there is a real sense of enthusiasm which never intrudes into the technical security of the performance but adds a lovely lustre to Delphian's luxuriant recording. It is... unusual to hear Spem in alium performed with... between five and six voiced per part. ...if one is prepared to put thoughts of authenticity aside, the results are spine-tinglingly spectacular.
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