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ID: SIGCD047 (EAN: 635212004722) | 1 CD | DDD Released in: 2003
- LABEL:
- Signum Records
- Collection:
- Choral Collection
- Composers:
- TALLIS, Thomas
- Ensembles:
- Chapelle du Roi
- Conductors:
- DIXON, Alistair
- Other info:
Signum Records presents a world first - a CD single, from a new edition of the magnificent 40-part Thomas Tallis motet Spem in Alium and the English version Sing and Glorify.
Spem in alium is surely not just the greatest of all Thomas Tallis’ musical achievements, but one of the great musical compositions of all time. Writing for 40 independent voices, Thomas Tallis created a noble and imaginative masterpiece.
The earliest surviving manuscript of this great work, the Egerton manuscript, is laid out with an English rendition, Sing and glorify heaven’s high majesty. The English words are not a translation of the Latin, but a new poem written as a syllable-for-syllable replacement.
The new editions of both these works were launched by Chapelle du Roi at a concert at St.John's Smiths Square in 2001 before being recorded for Signum Records. Until then Sing and Glorify had not been performed in this country for more than twenty years, since the evening before the wedding of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer.
The exciting young vocal ensemble Chapelle du Roi, whose recordings of the complete works of Thomas Tallis for Signum Records have gained widespread acclaim, here present a recording based on an entirely new edition researched from original sources by Chapelle du Roi’s director, Alistair Dixon.
| TALLIS, Thomas (1505-1585) | | | 1. | Spem in alium | 10:03 | | | 2. | Sing and glorify | 9:48 | | "Its a fine recording as well, beautifully captured in the wide open spaces of All Hallows church in Gospel Oak in North London" - Andrew McGregor - CD Review, BBC Radio 3, 14th June 2003
"Not only does Alistair Dixon shape the music beautifully, but he has a first-rate team of singers who respond to the music’s every nuance"
Goldberg
What the critics said about earlier volumes in the Thomas Tallis series:
"Serenely beautiful" - Ivan March, Penguin Guide
"their interpretation at times almost touches the visionary" Mary Berry, The Gramophone
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