Notes and Editorial 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' (CD Review)
'A magnificent sound' (The Daily Mail)
Can it really be two decades since Ted Perry, famously financing his shoe-string operation by driving a taxi, began Hyperion? In that time his company has gained a reputation for its enterprising choice of repertoire, always based on musical considerations rather than on those of current popularity. These half-dozen reissues from its special Top 20 anniversary edition, represent some of the best of that diverse work, given by some of the groups who
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have made their names on the back of Hyperion’s enterprise... Finally, there’s the Choir of Winchester Cathedral’s fine Tallis recital, culminating in an imposing performance of the 40-part motet Spem in alium.
-- BBC Music Magazine [reviewing the 20th anniversary reissue of this CD]
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Works on This Recording
1.
O salutaris hostia by Thomas Tallis
Conductor:
David Hill
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Winchester Cathedral Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: after 1559; England
Language: Latin
2.
In jejunio et fletu by Thomas Tallis
Conductor:
David Hill
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Winchester Cathedral Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: after 1559; England
Language: Latin
3.
Salvator mundi, salva nos I by Thomas Tallis
Conductor:
David Hill
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Winchester Cathedral Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: by 1575; England
Language: Latin
4.
Salvator mundi, salva nos II by Thomas Tallis
Conductor:
David Hill
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Winchester Cathedral Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: by 1575; England
Language: Latin
5.
In manus tuas by Thomas Tallis
Conductor:
David Hill
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Winchester Cathedral Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: after 1559; England
Language: Latin
6.
Spem in alium by Thomas Tallis
Performer:
Timothy Byram-Wigfield (Organ)
Conductor:
David Hill
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Winchester Cathedral Choir,
Vocal Arts Choir,
Winchester College Chapel Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: after 1559; England
Language: Latin
7.
O sacrum convivium by Thomas Tallis
Conductor:
David Hill
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Winchester Cathedral Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: 16th Century; England
Language: Latin
8.
O nata lux de lumine by Thomas Tallis
Conductor:
David Hill
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Winchester Cathedral Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: after 1559; England
Language: Latin
9.
Te lucis ante terminum I by Thomas Tallis
Conductor:
David Hill
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Winchester Cathedral Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: 16th Century; England
Language: Latin
10.
Lamentations of Jeremiah: Part 1 by Thomas Tallis
Conductor:
David Hill
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Winchester Cathedral Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: after 1559; England
Language: Latin
11.
Lamentations of Jeremiah: Part 2 by Thomas Tallis
Conductor:
David Hill
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Winchester Cathedral Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: after 1559; England
Language: Latin
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