classical music: Palestrina     classical music:     Palestrina      Christmas With the Tallis Scholars Ritson Manscript Anonymous, Sarum Chant, ... Gimell UK, 2003 Christmas Variety Many different types of Christmas music on one collection, from chorales, chants and carols, to masses, motets and hymns. A perfect "traditional" disc to put in the seasonal mix!             Chanticleer: Magnificat (A Capella Works by Josquin, Palestrina, Titov, Victoria, and Others) Chanticleer, William Cornysh, ... Teldec, 2000 Gorgeous choral voices surrounding you I hesitated to buy this disc until a friend told me he knew one of the members of Chanticleer; then again I also had nothing like it in my collection. The sound is rich and resonant. You should know it is recorded realistically, in a variety of soundfields, i.e. ...             Christmas With the Trapp Family Singers The Trapp Family Deutsche Grammophon, 2004 A new musical Christmas tradition This recording was my first experience with the Trapp Family Singers (other than knowing the story from The Sound of Music). I cannot state how pleasently surprised I was. First of all, the technical quality of the recording is extraordinary. The selections were ...             Tallis Scholars sing Palestrina Gregorian Chant, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Gimell UK, 2005 The great master of Renaissance counterpoint sung by 20th century masters of gorgeous contrapuntal singing Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina is considered by many to be the greatest composer of liturgical music of all time. Born in obscurity, his birth year is debated, but it was sometime between 1514 and 1526 and died world famous in Rome in 1594. Palestrina was not a ...             I Sing the Birth William Byrd, Gregorian Chant, ... Avie, 2007 luxurious polyphony balanced with plainchant I'm not from NYC but heard these guys in New York a few weeks ago and bought their CD and have listened to it many times since. True, it's not Christmas as I write this, but that really doesn't matter--this music doesn't cover jingle bells and snowmen but many hundreds ...             Story of Christmas Michael McCarthy, Robert Goodhew, ... Polygram Records, 1998 Beatiful choir The Monteverdi choir sounds very well and all the melodies are sweet. Listen the third theme or ONCE AS I REMEMBER.             Josquin Desprez: Motets & Chansons Josquin Desprez, Paul Hillier, ... EMI Classics, 1997 Splendid Other reviewers have pretty much said it all-- all I can add is-- if you don't like James's voice, then don't listen to Hilliard. David James is to the Hilliard Ensemble what The Edge is to U2. ;)             Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli, Missa Aeterna Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Jeremy Summerly, ... Naxos, 1994 Something familiar, something new --Palestrina-- Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina is sometimes called the greatest composer of the Roman Catholic church. Born in 1525 near Rome, he spent the better part of his career in service to the church as a choir member, choir master, conductor, composer and ...             Agnus Dei: Music of Inner Harmony: The Choir of New College Oxford Eamon Dougan, Gregorio Allegri, ... Erato, 1997 Wow! I'm a long-time listener of all things rock-'n-roll, from Classic rock, to Alternative, and even a little Metal. I first heard this CD while having dinner at a friends house a long time ago, and I loved it. I've always been enchanted with choir music, so I bought ...             Christmas Adagios Gerald Finley, Adolphe Adam, ... Decca, 2001 One of my very top 5 favorite holiday albums! What a delightful surprise this 2 disc album was and I'm not a big fan of Christmas music. I loved all the selections and felt they were well performed. This is a true "must have" for any Christmas collection. Superior to many other compliations on the market. This ...             Thomas Tallis: Complete Works William Byrd, Gregorian Chant, ... Brilliant Classics, 2008 Another Superb Set from Brilliant Classics I can't praise highly enough the service to the music world that Brilliant Classics is doing by issuing the complete works of both well-known and lesser-known masters. Brilliant is perhaps best known for its complete sets of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven, each priced at ...             The Tallis Scholars Sing Thomas Tallis Thomas Tallis Gimell UK, 2004 The Tallis Scholars do their namesake proud In the last couple of years, the Tallis Scholars have been compiling their sizeable recording output into attractive two-disc editions. Here, they've collected a large number of their interpretations of their namesake, Thomas Tallis. Tallis (c. 1505-1585) is, of ...             Renaissance Lute Music Orlande de Lassus, Lorenzino del Liuto, ... Naxos, 2006             Great Choral Classics from King's Choir of King's College, Cambridge Bernard Richards, Kenneth Heath, ... Decca, 1998 Absolutely glorious! These musical performances are done with consummate artistry. The attack, the phrasing, the tempi, the interpretations are all presented with professionalism and first-rate musicianship. The organ and the setting, as well as choir and director, are associated ...             Renaissance: Music For Inner Peace The Sixteen Decca, 2005 Great Music, Fine Performances First off, the title of this album is misleading. Only one of the tracks stems from the high Renaisance. The rest span from the Reformation period to contemporary. All of them are liturgical, all of a certain calm and meditative style--which could be inferred from ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music cambridge, chanticleer, christmas, magnificat, palestrina, renaissance      toavi.com    web we recommend Beatiful choir randomly chosen DVD: Massacre/South Bronx Heroes