Browse: Tallis - Spem in alium
Composer: Thomas Tallis (1505–85)Genres:
Choral » Anthems & Motets
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Striggio: Mass in 40 Parts (Missa Ecco si Beato Giorno)
RecommendedI Fagiolini, Robert Hollingworth
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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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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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Winner - Early Music
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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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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.
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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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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[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 a... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Collection Recommendation
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Building a Library, October 2016, First Choice
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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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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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In glorious sound, the Armonico Consort presents a selection of large choral works, with a handful of pieces by Bingen, delivered with delicacy. A total delight. — More…
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a bold and fascinating performance — More…
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Early English Polyphony
The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Sir Stephen Cleobury, Sir Philip Ledger
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