The King's Singers, Thomas Tallis - Thomas Tallis: Spem in Alium [Hybrid SACD]
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Artist: The King's Singers, Thomas TallisEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced, Import, SACD, Single
CD Release Date: 2006-02-28
Music Label: Signum UK
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Free Music Review: Wonderful achievement.
Hit: 5 Stars
The King's Singers have taken on the challenge of singing "Spem In Alium", the famous 40 part motet by Thomas Tallis, by means of multitrack recording technology and accomplished a suprisingly successful recording. Coordinating 40 different voice parts, most of which come and go in a myriad of different ways, must have been quite a daunting task, especially without having the benefit of a conductor or the other 34 singers. The result of their efforts is a very special recording of this music, featuring extraordinary sound quality and surround-sound technology, unmatched clarity of all 40 parts, and a mistake-free performance with the most expert possible choral singers on each part. The King's Singers individually even went so far as to use a slightly different vocal color for the different parts they recorded to add to the illusion that there are 40 different people singing, avoiding monotony and giving individual character to each voice part.
The music itself of course is a phenomenon all its own. Its soaring beauty and craftmanship is staggering, containing every possible choral contrapuntal texture from completely individual free counterpoint to block chords echoing antiphonally. While not intended to be the definitive recording of the piece (some purists obviously won't like the concept), it definitely offers something new. The admittedly annoying concept of a CD single notwithstanding, it is very worth buying and even includes a track with commentary from the King's Singers.
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