Spem in alium - Vidi aquam - Harmonia Mundi: HMM90266970 - CD + DVD Video

Suzi Digby’s ORA Singers performance [of Spem], at a touch over nine minutes, is one of the f leetest on record, and boasts an expert choir whose tuning is immaculate and who munch the technical... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 21st Aug 2020
Catalogue No: HMM90266970
Label: Harmonia Mundi

Presto Recording of the Week

21st August 2020
Presto Recordings of the Year

Finalist 2020

Tallis: Spem in alium

ORA
Suzi Digby

Gerarde: O Souverian Pasteur

ORA
Suzi Digby

Ferrabosco, A I: I in Monte Oliveti

ORA
Suzi Digby

Byrd: Domine Salva Nos

ORA
Suzi Digby

Gerarde: Tua Est Potentia

ORA
Suzi Digby

Wilder, P: Pater noster

ORA
Suzi Digby

Tallis: In ieiunio et fletu

ORA
Suzi Digby

Ferrabosco, A I: Decantabat populus Israel

ORA
Suzi Digby

Ferrabosco, A I: I Judica Me, Domine

ORA
Suzi Digby

Byrd: Fac cum servo tuo

ORA
Suzi Digby

Tallis: Derelinquat impius

ORA
Suzi Digby

Wilder, P: Vidi civitatem

ORA
Suzi Digby

MacMillan: The Forty-Part Motet: Vidi aquam

ORA
Suzi Digby

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Recording of the Week, Tallis, MacMillan and more from ORA Singers

21st August 2020

ORA Singers pair Tallis's mighty Spem in Alium with a newly-composed forty-part motet by James MacMillan, alongside a treasure-trove of choral works commissioned by Tudor nobility.

A musical banquet from the Golden Age. This programme brings together a true choral landmark from the sixteenth century, with its present-day reflection, a commission by Sir James MacMillan. These two monumental, large-scale pieces bookend a ‘tasting menu’ of Renaissance works by Byrd, Tallis and many other composers. Common to them all is a link to Nonsuch Palace, arguably the location of the first performance of Spem in alium, and the centre of a rich vein of Tudor musical patronage.

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November 2020

Suzi Digby’s ORA Singers performance [of Spem], at a touch over nine minutes, is one of the f leetest on record, and boasts an expert choir whose tuning is immaculate and who munch the technical challenges of the piece for breakfast...But it is MacMillan’s Vidi aquam which makes this issue essential – it has the aura of a masterpiece about it.

21st August 2020

Vidi aquam is a true masterpiece, making innovative use of the textural and spatial options that a forty-part choir offers. It shares some characteristics with the Tallis, though is by no means a mere imitation...Without the polished tones of the ORA Singers this luminous, ecstatic sound would be impossible. The sopranos are particularly impressive..The group’s ensemble, too, remains flawless even during the music’s busiest moments.

23rd August 2020

Sir James MacMillan wrote his 40-part Vidi aquam for ORA Singers as a companion to Tallis’s Spem in alium. Essentially a penetrating refraction, with many a recognisable moment, the work pays affecting homage...Suzi Digby leads performances of pleasing clarity and poise.

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