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Track(s) taken from CDA67994

If ye love me

composer
4vv AATB
author of text
John 14: 15-17

The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood (conductor)
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Recording details: November 2012
Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle, United Kingdom
Produced by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood
Engineered by Martin Haskell & Iestyn Rees
Release date: September 2013
Total duration: 2 minutes 24 seconds

Cover artwork: Title page from the Bishops' Bible quarto edition of 1569.
© The British Library Board / G.12188
 

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‘In the light of such versatility and consistent quality, I'd say that Tallis deserves to be still more highly rated than he is. These are commendably committed, full-blooded performances … as for Salve intemerata, they make as good a case for it as I can recall. More, please’ (Gramophone)

‘The Cardinall's Musick pulls the listener into Tallis's splendid architecture with perfect paragraphing and line shape’ (BBC Music Magazine)

«Sans surprise, l'équipe d'Andrew Carwood prend le dessus dans ses volumes distillés au fil des mois chez Hyperion—dans la foulée de leur intégrale William Byrd, en treize volumes salués par plusieurs Diapason d'or» (Diapason, France)» More
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If ye love me and A new commandment show Tallis writing for the reformed rites of Edward VI and Elizabeth (who reinstated Edward’s First Prayer Book of 1549 when she came to the throne). They are examples of anthems which either use the word ‘commandment’ or refer to how one should live a godly life. This was especially important for Edward VI’s time when these anthems can be seen to reinforce the exhortation to godly living which was now explicit as a result of the Bible being read in English and a greater emphasis on preaching and teaching. Gone are the great soaring lines of the pre-Reformation where, from time to time, it was difficult to hear which word the choir was singing. Gone also is the impressive English treble voice. Instead Tallis produces beautiful four-part miniatures in two sections with the second section repeated in an ABB structure.

from notes by Andrew Carwood © 2013

If ye love me et A new commandment nous montrent un Tallis écrivant pour les rites réformés d’Édouard VI et d’Élisabeth (qui, dès son accession au trône, restaura le First Prayer Book édouardien de 1549). Ils sont des anthems utilisant le mot «commandment» ou disant comment vivre pieusement—ce qui était extrêmement important au temps d’Édouard VI. Ces anthems pouvaient dont être considérés comme des exhortations toujours plus grandes à mener une vie pieuse, fruit d’une lecture de la Bible en anglais, avec une insistance toute particulière sur le prêche et l’enseignement. Finies les grandes lignes filantes d’avant la Réforme, où l’on peinait parfois à entendre quel mot le chœur était en train de chanter. Finie aussi l’impressionnante voix de treble anglaise. En lieu et place, Tallis produit de superbes miniatures à quatre parties, découpées en deux sections, la seconde étant répétée dans une structure ABB.

extrait des notes rédigées par Andrew Carwood © 2013
Français: Hypérion

Die kurzen Stücke in englischer Sprache—If ye love me, A new commandment und das exquisite O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit—sind Beispiele der Kompositionen Tallis’ für die reformierte Kirche Eduards VI. und Elisabeths (die bei ihrer Thronbesteigung Eduards First Prayer Book von 1549 wieder einführte). Bei den ersten beiden handelt es sich um Anthems, in denen entweder das Wort „commandment“ („Gebot“) vorkommt oder in denen darauf hingewiesen wird, wie ein gottesfürchtiges Leben zu führen ist. Dies war zur Zeit Eduards VI. besonders wichtig—man kann wohl davon ausgehen, dass diese Anthems den Appell zur frommen Lebensweise verstärken sollten, der explizit aus der Bibellektüre in englischer Sprache und dem größeren Schwerpunkt auf dem Predigen und Lehren hervorging. Die großen emporsteigenden Linien der Vorreformationszeit, wo bestimmte Worte im Chorgesang nicht immer verständlich waren, gab es nun nicht mehr. Auch die beeindruckende englische Treble-Stimme fiel nun weg. Stattdessen komponiert Tallis wunderschöne, zweiteilige Miniaturen zu vier Stimmen, wobei der zweite Teil wiederholt wird und sich eine ABB-Struktur ergibt.

aus dem Begleittext von Andrew Carwood © 2013
Deutsch: Viola Scheffel

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