Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas
Tallis Scholars' Taverner in the charts

"I chose to celebrate our 40th anniversary with Taverner’s Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas because I believe it to be one of the greatest compositions ever to have been written in England—a perfect ambassador for the repertoire we have made our own. It is also spectacularly difficult to sing, requiring a very high degree of expertise from its performers. I felt there was no better piece to show-case what The Tallis Scholars have achieved in their 40 years of dedication to polyphony: a summation of Taverner’s art as well as our own." (Peter Phillips)

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‘It's a thrilling sound … you can see why Peter Phillips choose the Taverner for the occasion, it's a great display piece for the ensemble … on their own terms in this Taverner Mass and the ...
‘It would be hard to think of a more fitting work to celebrate The Tallis Scholars' 40th Anniversary’ (BBC Music Magazine)
‘Two sopranos, flying the extremities of their range with a security, purity and silvery gleam that is absolutely breathtaking’ (The Times)