Sheppard: Media Vita
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Composer: John SheppardPerformer: The Tallis Scholars
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1993-01-04
Music Label: Gimell UK
Soundtracks:
- Media vita
- Media vita: Christe redemptor omnium
- Media vita: Reges Tharsis
- Media vita: Sacris solemniis
- Media vita: In manus tuas I
- Media vita: In manus tuas II
- Media vita: In manus tuas III
- Media vita: Verbum caro
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Free Music Review: a voice teacher and early music fan
Hit: 5 Stars
TALLIS SCHOLARS CONTINUE TO ENLIGHTEN EARLY MUSIC LOVERS.
John Sheppard's (c.1515-c.1559) most important music was written for the church, either as hymns, responds or Mass settings. His style is immediately recognisable, since much of his writing was for the same six-part choir of treble, two countertenors, tenor and bass, which he used to achieve maximum sonority; he used the treble voice with unusual flair. Some of his harmonies were exceptionally daring for his time.
All the music included on this disc is based on one chant. 'Verbum caro' and 'Reges Tharsis' are responds for Matins on Christmas Day and Epiphany respectively, and the 'In manus tuas' settings(from Compline on Passion Sunday to Wednesday of Easter Week) also have a respond structure which are founded on the same chant melody. 'Christe Redemptor omnium' and 'Sacris solemniis' are hymns from Lauds on All Saints Day and Vestpers at Corpus Christi respectively, each with a sequence of verses which alternate chant and polyphony.
'Media vita' is a unique achievement, in its length, expressive power and liturgical funtion. The text consists of the antiphon to the 'Nunc dimittis' at Compline on the major feast-days in the two weeks before Passion Sunday. The composition begins with some of the most haunting words in any of the Offices: 'Media vita in morte sumus' (in the midst of life we are in death). It was in setting these words that Sheppard conceived one of the GREATEST passages in all Tudor polyphony.
What can one say about the Tallis Scholars that has not already been said!? WELL! They continue to enrich and enlighten our lives with their excellent renditions of composers we would not otherwise know about prior to their many recordings. (This one in 1989.) They are superb ensemble singers as well as individually skilled soloists. Their sound is downright ethereal and their emotional involvement with the music at maximum level. Peter Phillips has shown through the years to be a talented conductor as well as an Early Music Specialist!!! What more could you want!!!!
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The music of 16th-century English composer John Sheppard is full of soaring lines and crunchy dissonances (called "false relations") just before the ends of phrases; singers love it--and that love shows on this recording by the Tallis Scholars. While their performance of the opening work, the lengthy Lenten piece Media vita, is a bit too slow to maintain momentum, the rest of disc is wonderful: three contrasted settings of In manus tuas (performed late in the evening during Holy Week), the sumptuous six-voice Reges Tharsis for Epiphany, and the jubilant Christmas respond Verbum caro with its stunning final chord. --Matthew WestphalClassical Music CDs
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