Alison Stamp, Tallis Scholars - Allegri: Miserere
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Artist: Alison Stamp, Tallis ScholarsComposer: Gregorio Allegri
Composer: William Mundy
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Conductor: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Performer: The Tallis Scholars
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import, Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 2001-04-10
Music Label: Gimell UK
Soundtracks:
- Kyrie
- Gloria
- Credo
- Sanctus & Benedictus
- Agnus Dei I & II
Music reviews of Allegri: Miserere
Music Review: a voice teacher and early music fan
Rating: 5 Stars
1980 RECORDING OF ALLEGRI'S MISERERE CONSIDERED BY MANY TO BE THE FINEST PERFORMANCE THUS FAR.
Quite simple in construction, much of its impact relies on the conditions of performance,especially the acoustic. And so the TALLIS SCHOLARS have used a reverberant building. It was recorded in Merton College, Oxford, and sets new standards for recording unaccompanied music,
I would be remiss if I did not mention the wonderful moments created by the solo group in 'Miserere': Allison Stamp(treble), Jane Armstrong, Michael Chance and Julian Walker. The sound of their voices raises us to the heights and projects such exquisite beauty. Stamp's high note as the melody peaks is uncanningly lovely.
Palestrina's 'Missa papae Marcelli' has five movements. the richness of his music comes from the predomanent use of lower voices- two tenors and two basses- with one countertenor and one treble. It was this glorious 'Marcellus Mass' that earned special praise from the Council of Trent in 1564 (a council convened to purify the church service) and was the reason that Palestrina's music was left untouched.
William Mundy's 'Vox Patris Caelestis'(the voice of the Heavenly Father) was written during Queen Mary's reign (1553-1558) and is contemporary with Palestrina's work. Mundy composed on an enormous scale, the audibility of the work being secondary to the expansion of the melodies, though he clearly appreciated the sensual connotations of his text, which is adapted from the 'Song of Solomon', as in, for instance, the repetitions of the word 'Veni'.
There is much to enjoy on this disc for the Early Music lover. Of course,one only need see the name 'Tallis Scholars', and we know that we will hear the best in tone production, balance, phrasing, diction and appropriate emotion as dictated by the music. Listening to this recording is one of the best of listening experiences, difficult to match!!!!
Description of Allegri: Miserere
Here's a wonderful introduction to Renaissance choral music, with two tried-and-true repertory standards and the Mundy, a gorgeously sensuous example of a lesser-known mid-16th-century work, whose complex polyphonic strands are rendered with compelling involvement by the Tallis Scholars. These performances were among the group's earliest recordings and helped catapult them into the forefront of specialists in this demanding repertoire. The Allegri became a favorite back in the 1970s, a sort of choral equivalent of Albinoni's Adagio, in which repetition serves as the driving force. The Tallis Scholars give it welcome variety through spatial placement in a large church and their colorful singing. Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli is one of that great composer's finest works. Its mastery of polyphony while clarifying the text is said to have convinced the Church to withhold its impending ban on polyphonic church music. The group sounds larger than its 21 members because of the acoustics, the clear diction of the Scholars, and the power of their singing, always transparent and involved. They use female sopranos instead of boys' voices, so there's more heft and color than we often hear from early-music groups. Vivid engineering makes the CD even more attractive. --Dan DavisHere's a wonderful introduction to Renaissance choral music, with two tried-and-true repertory standards and the Mundy, a gorgeously sensuous example of a lesser-known mid-16th-century work, whose complex polyphonic strands are rendered with compelling involvement by the Tallis Scholars. These performances were among the group's earliest recordings and helped catapult them into the forefront of specialists in this demanding repertoire. The Allegri became a favorite back in the 1970s, a sort of choral equivalent of Albinoni's Adagio, in which repetition serves as the driving force. The Tallis Scholars give it welcome variety through spatial placement in a large church and their colorful singing. Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli is one of that great composer's finest works. Its mastery of polyphony while clarifying the text is said to have convinced the Church to withhold its impending ban on polyphonic church music. The group sounds larger than its 21 members because of the acoustics, the clear diction of the Scholars, and the power of their singing, always transparent and involved. They use female sopranos instead of boys' voices, so there's more heft and color than we often hear from early-music groups. Vivid engineering makes the CD even more attractive. --Dan Davis
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