Marke: the Tallis Scholars
Variante: Audio-CD
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PRODUKTBESCHREIBUNGEN KURZBESCHREIBUNG The Tallis Scholars finest recordings presented in this the second of three volumes, one for each decade, and each offering over five hours of the award-winning performances that helped establish the sacred vocal music of the Renaissance as one of the great repertoires of western classical music. REZENSION I remember the first time I heard the Tallis Scholars: 1980, Allegri's Miserere, the voices perfectly framed in the Chapel of Merton College, Oxford, and the ethereal beauty of Alison Stamp's solo treble soaring into the acoustic - all for £1.99 on a Classics for Pleasure LP. It still sounds so fresh, and a perfect opening for this 30th birthday celebration. Volume 2 brings the best of the 1990s, and opens with another essential recording: Brumel's Earthquake Mass, and 12 vocal parts teeming with incident and detail, yet remaining crystal clear. The disc of Lamentations is devastatingly beautiful, and the riches of Renaissance Portugal are celebrated in Cardoso's Requiem, performed here with ecstatic stillness. Recording quality is superb throughout, and presentation is excellent with notes in three languages, and a fourth booklet in each box for texts. The sequencing has been done with real care, and for an overview of Sacred Music in the Renaissance, this could be all you need. Yes, for some the Tallis Scholars are too clean, too objective. Too perfect? That's a problem I wish I had more often. --BBC Music Magazine,Dec'10
