When you see a title like The Tallis Scholars Sing Thomas Tallis, you know the music's going to be right, sort of like when you hear Aretha Franklin sing in Detroit, or hear an oversize band of Central Europeans play Mahler. And so it is. This disc compiles Tallis Scholars recordings from 1985, 1986, 1992, and 1998 for the purpose of, per the jacket, "celebrating the 500th anniversary of Thomas Tallis" (they mean birth, not wedding). The performances are classics, and better still, this reissue is not just about trying to ...
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When you see a title like The Tallis Scholars Sing Thomas Tallis, you know the music's going to be right, sort of like when you hear Aretha Franklin sing in Detroit, or hear an oversize band of Central Europeans play Mahler. And so it is. This disc compiles Tallis Scholars recordings from 1985, 1986, 1992, and 1998 for the purpose of, per the jacket, "celebrating the 500th anniversary of Thomas Tallis" (they mean birth, not wedding). The performances are classics, and better still, this reissue is not just about trying to mine continued profits from the same lode: Gimell's decision to release two packed-to-the-max CDs of Tallis Scholars Tallis allows the listener to become immersed in what director Peter Phillips calls Tallis' "ability to create masterpieces in whatever style was the currency of the day." Tallis was (again quoting Phillips) an "arch-survivor," composing dense, sumptuous motets for Catholic rulers, creating beautiful miniatures like the well-known If Ye Love Me under the severe regime...
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