Taverner & Tudor Music, Vol 2
A memorable recital brings alive music of compelling sobriety and cool beauty
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Composer or Director: Thomas Tallis, John Taverner, Anonymous, William Byrd, Robert White, Robert Fayrfax
Genre:
Vocal
Label: Dacapo
Magazine Review Date: 7/2009
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 74
Mastering:
Stereo
Catalogue Number: 8226056

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Gratias tibi Deus |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Ars Nova Copenhagen Paul Hillier, Conductor |
Magnificat regale |
Robert Fayrfax, Composer
Ars Nova Copenhagen Paul Hillier, Conductor Robert Fayrfax, Composer |
Introit: Benedicta sit Sancta Trinitas |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Ars Nova Copenhagen Paul Hillier, Conductor |
Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas, Movement: Gloria |
John Taverner, Composer
Ars Nova Copenhagen John Taverner, Composer Paul Hillier, Conductor |
Christe qui lux es |
Robert White, Composer
Ars Nova Copenhagen Paul Hillier, Conductor Robert White, Composer |
Benedictus es |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Ars Nova Copenhagen Paul Hillier, Conductor |
Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas, Movement: Credo |
John Taverner, Composer
Ars Nova Copenhagen John Taverner, Composer Paul Hillier, Conductor |
Gloria tibi Trinitas |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Ars Nova Copenhagen Paul Hillier, Conductor |
Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas, Movement: Sanctus |
John Taverner, Composer
Ars Nova Copenhagen John Taverner, Composer Paul Hillier, Conductor |
Iam sol recedit igneus |
Anonymous, Composer
Anonymous, Composer Ars Nova Copenhagen Paul Hillier, Conductor |
Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas, Movement: Agnus Dei |
John Taverner, Composer
Ars Nova Copenhagen John Taverner, Composer Paul Hillier, Conductor |
Te lucis ante terminum I |
Thomas Tallis, Composer
Ars Nova Copenhagen Paul Hillier, Conductor Thomas Tallis, Composer |
Author: Peter Quantrill
The Mass is pitched a semitone higher than the Christ Church Cathedral recording that so impressed me 18 months ago (10/07), with an evident gain in the clarity of the bass part while steering clear of the helium-filled heights scaled (with total security, let it be said) by the Tallis Scholars and The Sixteen. Ars Nova is most similar in collective sonority to the last-mentioned, but their handling of the most complex counterpoint in Taverner’s Credo and his sensually melismatic lines in the Sanctus is more winningly flexible. Just so, the plainchant between each polyphonic section is chastely done yet fully alive with sense and meaning, and the two musics come together near the end of the disc in settings of ancient hymns by Byrd and Tallis to coolly memorable effect. The acoustic of St Paul’s Chuch, Copenhagen, is a reticent presence, in tune with the compelling sobriety of the whole enterprise.
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