Tallis - Spem in alium
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The instruments transfigure much of this music. They do the heavy lifting for some of the choir parts in the Mass and Ecce beatum lucem, contribute to the spacious sonorities, and add delicate... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th March 2011
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Winner - Early Music
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Building a Library, October 2016, Recommended version with mixed voices and instruments
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2011
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Special offer. Spem in alium
RecommendedMusic for Monarchs and Magnates
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Spem is literally a surround-sound piece, so this recording, the first to use the latest technology in new audio formats, gets closer than most. The Sixteen (enlarged to the requisite 40) have... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Collection Recommendation
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2003, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, October 2016, Recommended Version in English
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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... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st August 2020
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
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For the 1985 quatercentenary of Tallis's death, Peter Phillips and The Tallis Scholars produced this version of Spem in alium; in many respects it's clearly the most successful ever recorded.... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Tallis: Spem in alium
& other sacred music
Robert Rice (baritone), Robert Evans (bass)
The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood
Carwood moulds the structures to great effect, with wide ranging dynamics from hushed groupings of eight voices to the full force. — More…
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[In Spem in alium] Parrott's sure touch tells in the form: the first entry is clear and confident...the first Mexican wave spreads inexorably, the arrival on the second tutti rings out like... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Collection Recommendation
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Building a Library, October 2016, First Choice
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The Tallis Scholars produce a distilled, transparent sound and the spiritual tone of their performance is one of serene contemplation through which the Requiem's ecstatic 'external light' shines. — More…
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Tallis: Spem in Alium
and other choral works
Winchester Cathedral Choir, Winchester College Quiristers, Vocal Arts Chorus, David Hill
A characterful acoustic, a spatially defined sound recording and treble-singing of a fine standard combine in an impressive conclusion [to Spem in alium] — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Collection Recommendation
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Special offer. The Sixteen - Sounds Sublime
Includes some of The Sixteen’s most celebrated recordings in this beautiful 2CD digi-pack set
The Sixteen, With the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, With the BBC Philharmonic, Harry Christophers
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Bernhard Landauer (counter-tenor), Shirley Rumsey (lute), Steven Rickards (counter-tenor), Dorothy Linell (lute)
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