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Track(s) taken from CDA66400

O salutaris hostia

composer
5vv SATBarB; Dow Partbooks, Christ Church, Oxford
author of text
Antiphon for the Feast of Corpus Christi

Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill (conductor)
Recording details: July 1989
Winchester Cathedral, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: February 1990
Total duration: 3 minutes 35 seconds

Cover artwork: The Nativity (detail). Gérard David (active 1484-1523)
 

Other recordings available for download

The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor)
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Reviews

‘Never before has Spem in alium, Tallis's great 40-part motet, so closely resembled The Last Judgement as it does in this vast and awesome performance’ (Gramophone)

‘A thrilling large scale performance’ (CDReview)

‘A magnificent sound’ (Daily Mail)
O salutaris hostia sets a text used during Benediction and has a pre-Reformation scoring of SATBarB. Its style however firmly places it during the reigns of Mary or Elizabeth I and it exists in a number of printed sources.

from notes by Andrew Carwood © 2015

O salutaris hostia met en musique un texte utilisé pendant la bénédiction, avec une distribution d’avant la Réforme (SATBarB). Pourtant, son style l’ancre résolument dans les règnes de Marie ou d’Elisabeth Ire et il figure dans plusieurs sources imprimées.

extrait des notes rédigées par Andrew Carwood © 2015
Français: Hypérion

O salutaris hostia ist eine Vertonung eines Texts, der während der Benediktion verwendet wird, und sie hat eine vorreformatorische Besetzung von SATBarB. Aufgrund des Stils ist das Stück jedoch eindeutig während der Herrschaft entweder von Maria oder Elisabeth I. anzusiedeln und es ist in mehreren gedruckten Quellen überliefert.

aus dem Begleittext von Andrew Carwood © 2015
Deutsch: Viola Scheffel

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