Magnificent Mouton Mass, Motets
The Holbein drawings of sheep (lambs, actually) on the CD cover are a charming symbolic visual nod to composer Jean Mouton, and th...
The Tallis Scholars’ Loving Laments
Among the dozens of memorable Tallis Scholars recordings over the past 30 years, this one stands as one of the most purely beautif...Josquin: Masses/Tallis Scholars
Since The Tallis Scholars are no strangers to Josquin, and since in the last couple of years the ensemble has repackaged some of i...ENGLISH MADRIGALS
This is not technically a "new" release, but its existence and reissue in 2007 on the Tallis Scholars' Gimell label may come as so...Josquin: Masses/Tallis Scholars
For more than 25 years Peter Phillips and his Tallis Scholars have shown how scrupulous dedication to a specialty (Renaissance voc...THE TALLIS SCHOLARS SING PALESTRINA
Although it's difficult to discern from the outer packaging, this two-disc Palestrina compilation is made from several earlier Tal...Byrd Collection/Tallis Scholars
Few things are as satisfying to a choral music fan as spending an hour or two listening to the Tallis Scholars sing the music of W...Allegri/Palestrina: Miserere; Mass/Tallis Scholars
We could spend a lot of time discussing comparisons between the Tallis Scholars' original, now-classic 1980 recording of the Alleg...BOYPalestrina: Missa Benedicta es/Tallis Scholars
Back in 1981 an English vocal ensemble called The Tallis Scholars issued its first recording, Palestrina's Missa Benedicta es, mad...Guerrero: Mass; Motets/Tallis Scholars
Spanish composer Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599) spent his career in his home country, mostly at Seville Cathedral, and although he...Search Music Reviews
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