Taverner: Missa Corona spinea and Dum transisset Sabbatum I & II
Photo by Eric Richmond of Janet Coxwell and Amy Haworth in the Front Quad of Merton College, Oxford. © 2013 Gimell Records“The Missa Corona spinea is a kind of treble concerto, packed with mind-blowing sonorities. If ever there was music to exemplify Shakespeare’s ‘Music of the Spheres’, it is here. The first performance, probably in front of Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey, must have been an astonishing occasion.” (Peter Phillips)

John Taverner’s Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas was released in 2013 to celebrate The Tallis Scholars’ 40th Anniversary. It received exceptional reviews and was number 1 in the UK Specialist Classical Album Chart for 6 weeks.

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‘Each phrase has its individuality, turned to perfection by his singers. And the textures of Taverner’s six-voice polyphony are marvellously transparent’ (Gramophone)
BBC Music Magazine
The Daily Telegraph