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Track(s) taken from CDGIM042

Missa Fortuna desperata

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Ordinary of the Mass

The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor)
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Merton College Chapel, Oxford, United Kingdom
Produced by Steve C Smith & Peter Phillips
Engineered by Philip Hobbs
Release date: March 2009
Total duration: 35 minutes 41 seconds

Cover artwork: Livre du Cueur d'Amours Espris (Cod. 2597, fol. 15r).
Austrian National Library Picture Archive
 

Reviews

‘In such an interpretation this mass of forty minutes' duration will offer much to ravish the ears for many years to come’ (Diapason, France)» More

‘As we expect by now, The Tallis Scholars offer first-class ensemble-work … in characteristically ingratiating performances that always leave us satisfied that we've just heard the most exacting and sincerely 'authentic' rendition possible by modern singers’ (Classics Today)» More

Other albums featuring this work

Sacred Music in the Renaissance, Vol. 3
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