Tallis Scholars sing Palestrina
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Composer: Gregorian ChantComposer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2005-03-08
Music Label: Gimell UK
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Assumpta Est Maria In Caelum
- Assumpta Est Maria In Caelum
- Kyrie
- Gloria
- Credo
- Sanctus & Benedictus
- Agnus Dei I & II
- Sicut Lilium Inter Spinas I
- Kyrie
- Gloria
- Credo
- Sanctus & Benedictus
- Agnus Dei I
- Lamentations For Holy Saturday
- Kyrie
- Gloria
- Credo
- Sanctus & Benedictus
- Agnus Dei I & II
- Kyrie
- Gloria
- Credo
- Sanctus & Benedictus
- Agnus Dei I & II
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Free Music Review: Keeps the listener coming back
Hit: 5 Stars
I own one other version of the timeless Pope Marcellus mass (choir of westminster abbey) and have heard many other recordings of it but upon sampling the many different recordings available online this particular selection drew me in like no other.
Other reviewers have already given the history of Giovanni and the lack of authenticity displayed by Philips and the Tallis Scholars but nearly everyone agrees that this recording is not "just another" flawless recording but one sung angelically, worthy of the heavens. I've never heard a richer sound from any choral group performing Renaissance music, and only Stephen Layton's Polyphony has what I consider a richer sound.
Besides the ultrafamous Marcellus Mass, this CD contains three others: the Assumpta Est Maria and Missa Brevis, both of which sound as familiar as any other uplifting mass, and the Missa Sicut, a very different kind of mass which is time-weary and sad but just as beautiful as the others. Each mass also has it's respective motet with the addition of the Lamentations track, also a little darker than the "main" masses.
But if you're shopping around for the "definitive" recording of the Pope Marcellus mass or just looking for high-quality Renaissance music in general (not-authentic but beautiful regardless), this CD is what you are looking for. Even if you just want some beautiful acapella choral music, this should satisfy you. It lifts to a place beyond the normal world. But don't take my word for it. Sample the many available recordings. I haven't yet found one which tops this.
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