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: Superb!
Rating: 5 Stars
I'll always be grateful to David Saint George, the musicologist who recommended this recording to me about 20 years ago. Today I still pay plenty of attention to what music critics say, because I'm a perfectionist about the music I buy. Many probably believe that my standards are too high, but this recording exceeded my expectations.
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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