Many are the wonders: Renaissance gems and their reflections Volume 2: Tallis

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The Tallis is performed with a suitably gorgeous sound by ORA, even if this listener yearned for more sonic bite at times, but the choir soars in the disc’s new commissions. Alongside richly... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th Jun 2017
Catalogue No: HMM905284
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 70 minutes

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Tallis: Archbishop Parker’s Psalter: I. Man Blest No Doubt

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Tallis: Archbishop Parker’s Psalter: II. Let God Arise

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Tallis: O sacrum convivium

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Stucky: O sacrum convivium

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Tallis: If ye love me

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Ferko: Reflection on Thomas Tallis’ if ye love me

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Tallis: Archbishop Parker’s Psalter: III. Why Fum’th in Sight

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Tallis: Archbishop Parker’s Psalter: IV. O Come in One to Praise the Lord

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Tallis: Videte miraculum

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Allain: Videte miraculum

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Tallis: Loquebantur variis linguis

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Burton, K: Many are the wonders

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Tallis: Archbishop Parker’s Psalter: V. E’en Like the Hunted Hind

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Tallis: Archbishop Parker’s Psalter: VI. Expend, O Lord, my Plaint

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Tallis: O nata lux de lumine

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Harry Escott: O Light of Light

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Tallis: Te lucis ante terminum

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Alex Roth: Night Prayer

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Tallis: Archbishop Parker’s Psalter: VII. Why Brag’st in Malice High

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Tallis: Archbishop Parker’s Psalter: VIII. God Grant with Grace

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Andrew: Archbishop Parker's Psalm 150

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Tallis: Archbishop Parker’s Psalter: Ordinal. Come Holy Ghost

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Chilcott: Tallis Canon

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Tallis: Archbishop Parker’s Psalter: Appendix. Why Fum’th in Sight

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Launched at the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, and with an appearance on In Tune, earlier this year, ORA'S third album for harmonia mundi pays tribute to the particular golden age of Thomas Tallis.

"The opening years of the 21st century can justifiably lay claim to being a new golden age for choral music. I wanted to embark on a series of recordings to reflect this and to showcase some of today’s best contemporary composers, placing their works in direct relief with masterpieces from previous ages. This recording, the second in our ‘Renaissance gems and their reflections’ series, looks at the music of Thomas Tallis, and we are delighted to have commissioned a number of talented composers to offer their personal reflections on his works. I hope that these new pieces, like Tallis’ originals, will find their way into the repertoire of other vocal groups, delighting audiences both now and in the future." Suzi Digby OBE

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November 2017

The Tallis is performed with a suitably gorgeous sound by ORA, even if this listener yearned for more sonic bite at times, but the choir soars in the disc’s new commissions. Alongside richly atmospheric works by Richard Allain and Frank Ferko, two pieces on the disc draw particularly bold, vivid colours from the choir: Kerry Andrew’s Archbishop Parker’s psalme 150…and Ken Burton’s Many are the Wonders.

30th June 2017

brought vividly to life by ORA under Suzi Digby. In Tallis’s O nata lux the harmonies are so daring that the Tudor master sounds quite up to the minute himself

September 2017

The singing itself is still immaculate – seamlessly blended through the voices, a halo of resonance surrounding a solid vocal core, keeping things from getting too fey and floaty. The structure of paired motets – a Renaissance point of inspiration and a contemporary setting – also continues to work well, slipping over half an hour of world premieres into a disc that should still have broad appeal.

28th June 2017

The quality of the singing is first rate throughout, impeccably blended and beautifully tuned, giving a rich sense of unity to the whole endeavour…Suzi Digby is blazing a trail with ORA, building a bridge between older, well established music and contemporary composers, and she is doing it with exceptional intelligence. Many are the wonders, indeed.

June 2017

If the gospel-influenced title-track (set by Ken Burton and featuring a stratospheric solo tenor as a sort of celebrant) is the most immediately arresting, it's the spacious sound-worlds of Richard Allain and Frank Ferko which make the most enduring impact.

Irish Times 5th July 2017

ORA’s singing of Tallis is almost the opposite of what you might call English Cathedral chaste. The approach is assertive, the relish of moments of dissonance unmistakable

Record Review 23rd July 2017

Really enjoyable juxtapositions; you get sixteen Tallis originals here alongside a variety of contemporary musical reflections

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