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Track(s) taken from CDA68076

Salvator mundi II

composer
5vv ATTBarB; Cantiones, quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur, 1575
author of text
Antiphon for Matins on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross

The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood (conductor)
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Recording details: November 2013
Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle, United Kingdom
Produced by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood
Engineered by Martin Haskell & Iestyn Rees
Release date: January 2015
Total duration: 2 minutes 55 seconds

Cover artwork: A young lady aged 21 (possibly Helena Snakenborg, later Marchioness of Northampton) (1569).
16th-century British School / © Tate Gallery, London
 

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The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips (conductor)
Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill (conductor)
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Reviews

‘This very enjoyable series continues its sequence of motets and hymns, with a Mass as the centrepiece—this time the setting for four voices, the most direct and pared down of Tallis's output … The Cardinall's Musick give a very well-judged account of one of Tallis's most economical works … for the rest, there are splendid performances here: with O salutaris hostia, Laudate Dominum and Euge caeli porta the composer is in his essential idiom, to which The Cardinall's Musick respond with poise and precision, and they are equally at home in the settings from Archbishop Parker's Psalter, where a forthright unanimity is required. A very welcome issue, then; and it's always nice to known that there's more to come’ (Gramophone)

‘The Cardinall's Musick is vastly experienced in English repertory of the sixteenth century, and this is its fourth disc devoted entirely to Thomas Tallis … the wonderful 'Ave, rosa sine spinis' with its missing sections in the cantus part [is] admirably reconstructed here by Nick Sandon’ (BBC Music Magazine)» More
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‘Not only are the performances unimpeachable in intonation and general ensemble discipline, but they unfold with an impressive coherence of phrasing that does not rely on the imposition of artificial dynamic shadings. They are performances that are engaging but not either excessively subjective or coldly dispassionate. Listeners who have been collecting the series will not be disappointed’ (American Record Guide)

‘As in the first three issues, the quality continues—if you are collecting, no time to stop!’ (Audiophile Audition, USA)» More

‘Well-judged, vigorous singing flares up in the Gloria from the Mass for Four Voices. In that work, incredibly stellar chordal writing is intelligently balanced: a clear hierarchy in chordal notes is reflected in the tuning and volume of each note’ (Limelight, Australia)» More

‘As always with Hyperion the notes contribute considerably to the overall excellence … the new recording can hold its head high in [other labels'] company. Carwood takes all but the Sanctus and Benedictus faster than Summerly without sounding at all hurried … Even if you already have the complete Signum/Brilliant Classics set or many of the individual albums from it, the new Hyperion and its predecessors should be on your wish list. The four volumes issued to date cover almost half of Tallis’s extant output. Roll on the rest’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘The music is … very fine and full of interest. The singing is as excellent as we’ve come to expect from this ensemble. The ambience of the Fitzalan Chapel in Arundel Castle and the singing itself has been beautifully captured in the recorded sound’ (MusicWeb International)» More

‘The Cardinall's Musick deliver a crystalline purity and direct aural sound from the 13 singers on this recording … an exemplary recording’ (The Toronto Early Music Newsletter, Canada)» More

«Dans la clarté des intentions, l'assurance des phrasés, cette lecture apparait efficace et rend pleinement justice à chacun des styles représentés que Thomas Tallis a pratiqués avec un égal génie» (Classica, France)» More

Salvator mundi, from the Cantiones sacrae of 1575, uses a canon at the lower octave between the superius and tenor. This is the second of two settings of this text by Tallis.

from notes by Andrew Carwood © 2015

Salvator mundi utilise un canon simple, à l’octave inférieure, entre le superius et le tenor. C’est ici la seconde fois que Tallis met ce texte en musique.

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

In Salvator mundi wird ein Kanon verwendet, nämlich in der Unteroktave und zwischen der Superius- und der Tenor-Stimme. Es ist dies die zweite von zwei Vertonungen dieses Texts von Tallis.

aus dem Begleittext von Andrew Carwood © 2014
Deutsch: Viola Scheffel

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