classical music: Thomas Tallis     classical music:     Thomas Tallis      The Essential Tallis Scholars Gregorio Allegri, Antoine Brumel, ... Gimell UK, 2003 The Greatest Hits of a Pioneer Ensemble For years, Tallis Scholars have been quietly revolutionizing our recovery of sacred music. This is their "greatest hits" collection and quite great indeed. The Miserere which begins the set is alone worth the price of the set. The only fault with it is that it is so ...             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 ...             Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works Ralph Vaughan Williams, Adrian Boult, ... Decca, 1999 Balanced & Refined English Folk Song Adaptations Vaughan Williams is certainly one of the consummate English composers who took the folk song of his country and compsed delightful orchestra works around them. This budget worthy 2-CD set displays this in two parts, the first performed by the Acadamey of St.Martin ...             Barber's Adagio Samuel Barber, Gustav Mahler, ... Sony, 1990 Superb Bernstein's usual wonderful interpretations of 5 pieces. This is probably the best performance of Barber's Adagio you can find and I have heard them all. One other note is Williams' Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis... it is spellbinding. This cd is definately ...             O Magnum Mysterium Thomas Tallis, Tomas Luis de Victoria, ... Telarc, 2000 This is an amazing, amazing product The only part of the CD I would quibble with is the selection from Rachmaninov's Vespers, but I'm really lucky and have heard that performed live several times and heard multiple recordings, and decided on one that I liked best early on. If you aren't blown away by ...             Vaughan Williams: Fantasies; The Lark Ascending; Five Variants Kenneth Heath, Ralph Vaughan Williams, ... Decca, 1990 this England! It is perhaps impossible to hear Vaughan Williams' short works performed more beautifully and unforgettably than in this 1972 ADRM/Argo recording. Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields acquit themselves above reproach. Vaughan Williams - you love ...             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 ...             Heavenly Harmonies [Hybrid SACD] William Byrd, Thomas Tallis Harmonia Mundi Fr., 2008 More sublime harmonies from Stile Antico Their first cd - Music for Compline - introduced a young Renaissance ensemble capable of creating vocal harmonies of pristine beauty while obviously relishing the musical perfection they created with a joy bordering on ecstasy: perfect for deeply religious music. Their ...             Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, ... EMI Classics, 2000 barbirolli at his best I first heard Elgar's Introduction and Allegro for Strings in a DG recording by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; when I saw this recording in my college library, I thought to myself, "I wonder if Barbirolli can play it better..." Barbirolli seems to have Midas' touch ...             Music for Compline Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, ... Harmonia Mundi USA, 2007 An exceptional and Moving Experience This first offering from British vocal group stile antico is an exceptional listening experience. Beautiful and soothing, the vocals on this CD are ouststanding. This is a 5-star listen through and through. Also enjoyable is the booklet that comes with the CD ...             Beyond Chant: Mysteries Of The Renaissance Anonymous, Adrian Batten, ... Delos Records, 1994 Lofty music Some of the earliest pieces of Christian music are the various kinds of chant. These hearken back to synagogue singing; there were various kinds of chant, including Gregorian, Old Roman, Mozarabic, Cistercian and Anglican chant. These tend toward the monophonic, ...             Vaughan Williams, The Complete Symphonies John Carol Case, Christopher Keyte, ... EMI Classics, 2000 Consider Supplementing This Core Set My first exposure to V W's symphonies happened back in the 1970's courtesy of Boult's earlier recordings (#1-8 on London and Decca LPs, and #9 on an Everest LP). Later I acquired all of Boult's stereo recordings on Angel LPs. Here we have the latter recordings in ...             Sing Ye Heavens - Hymns for All Time Cambridge Singers, John Rutter Collegium, 2000 Another Rutter Keeper! Rutter has won many fans throughout the world for his passionate, creative yet tasteful contributions to church music. Here is a hymn collection with several traditional choices along with Rutter originals. Several comprise Rutter's remakes, which is most cases are ...             Tallis: Spem in alium; Missa Salve intemerata Thomas Tallis, Jeremy Summerly Naxos, 2005 Wholly beautiful; a wonderful evidence that Tallis is unjustly overlooked From beginning to end, Summerly and the Oxford Camerata are entirely convincing. They make a strong case for the music of Thomas Tallis. And although some of it contains theologically inaccurate doctrine, the music is still delightful. Spem in alium is rapturous in ...             Discover Early Music Alfonso X (el Sabio), 11th century French Polyphony Anonymous, ... Naxos, 2005 awesome value -- 5+ stars I'm really enthusiastic about these CDs and booklet. I've had it for a few weeks now, in which I've explored Medieval and Renaissance music much more deeply than this little book and CD set. Yet I'm very glad I started with these. 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