This two-disc set compiles what England's Tallis Scholars call a "mini-project," a group of several related recordings made at different times (the buyer does not learn exactly when) for the Gimell label. The compilation appeared in 2005. Even with the strong similarities among the three major works involved, the release as a whole makes a lot of sense; you might not want to sit and listen to three substantial requiem masses in a row (plus some motets of a similarly dark hue), but all of them are gorgeous, and all have a ...
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This two-disc set compiles what England's Tallis Scholars call a "mini-project," a group of several related recordings made at different times (the buyer does not learn exactly when) for the Gimell label. The compilation appeared in 2005. Even with the strong similarities among the three major works involved, the release as a whole makes a lot of sense; you might not want to sit and listen to three substantial requiem masses in a row (plus some motets of a similarly dark hue), but all of them are gorgeous, and all have a great deal to offer the listener who enjoys a cappella sacred polyphony of the late Renaissance. The opening work, and the first recorded in this series by this marvelous mixed-gender adult choir, is the six-part Requiem of Tomás Luís de Victoria, composed in 1603 and one of the undisputed masterpieces of the late Renaissance. This work is justly famous for its fusion of perfect Palestrinian balance in the counterpoint with a sort of sober warmth (the Brahms German Requiem may come to...
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