Thomas Tallis: The Complete Works (2004)
performed by
Andrew Benson-Wilson (organ), Charivari Agréable, Laurence Cummings (harpsichord), Laurence Cummings (virginal), Lynda Sayce (lute), Stephen Taylor (counter tenor), Chapelle du Roi (choir, chorus), Alistair Dixon (conductor)
composed by
Gregorian Chant, Thomas Tallis, William Byrd
Any sufficiently dedicated fan of Thomas Tallis is likely to already have the 10-disc set of his complete works issued on Signum in 2005. Though the price was relatively stiff, the performances of the English Renaissance composer's music by the Chapelle du Roi led by Alistair Dixon were so accomplished, so musical, so inspired, and so complete that few truly dedicated fans could resist it.But if any did, they will surely not be able to resist the same performances repackaged and reissued by Brilliant in 2008. The Brilliant ...
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Any sufficiently dedicated fan of Thomas Tallis is likely to already have the 10-disc set of his complete works issued on Signum in 2005. Though the price was relatively stiff, the performances of the English Renaissance composer's music by the Chapelle du Roi led by Alistair Dixon were so accomplished, so musical, so inspired, and so complete that few truly dedicated fans could resist it.But if any did, they will surely not be able to resist the same performances repackaged and reissued by Brilliant in 2008. The Brilliant set has all the advantages of the Signum set, and with the price a third of the original plus all the notes and texts included in a companion CD-ROM, it is even more attractive. Eight of the ten discs are devoted to Tallis' sacred choral works, and while the Chapelle du Roi's performances lack the emotional heat of the Tallis Scholars' performances of some of the same works, they are nevertheless models of clarity and intensity. The ninth disc is given to Tallis' instrumental works...
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- Ave Dei patris filia, motet (antiphon) for 5 voices, P. 162
- Ave rosa sine spinis, motet (votive antiphon) for 5 voices, P. 169
- Alleluia, ora pro nobis, motet for 4 voices, P. 88
- Euge celi porta, motet for 4 voices, P. 179
- Work(s): Kyrie: Deus creator
- Mass "Salve intemerata", for 5 voices, P. 3
- Salve intemerata virgo, motet (antiphon) for 5 voices, P. 144:
- Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, for 5 voices, P. 73
- Sancte Deus, motet (antiphon) for 4 voices, P. 98
- Work(s): Conditor Kyrie
- Mass, for 4 voices, P. 31
- Remember not, O Lord God (2 versions), anthem for 4 voices
- Hear the voice and prayer, anthem for 4 voices
- If ye love me, anthem for 4 voices
- A new commandment, anthem for 4 voices
- Benedictus, for 4 voices
- Te Deum, for 5 voices
- Blessed are those, anthem for 5 voices
- Work(s): Introit: Puer natus est nobis
- Work(s): Kyrie: Deus Creator
- Mass "Puer natus est nobis" (incomplete), for 7 voices, P. 49: Gloria
- Viderunt omnes, gradual in mode 5 (Liber Usualis 409; GR. 33)
- Dies sanctificatus, Halleluja (Weihn 9)
- Celeste organum, sequence
- Mass "Puer natus est nobis" (incomplete), for 7 voices, P. 49: Sanctus
- Mass "Puer natus est nobis" (incomplete), for 7 voices, P. 49: Benedictus
- Mass "Puer natus est nobis" (incomplete), for 7 voices, P. 49: Agnus dei
- Viderunt omnes, communion in mode 1 (Liber Usualis 410, GR. 35)
- Suscipe quaeso, motet for 7 voices, P. 222
- Gaude gloriosa Dei mater, motet (antiphon) for 6 voices, P. 123
- Hodie nobis caelorum Rex, motet for 4 voices, P. 92
- Salvator mundi Domine (Adesto nunc propitius), motet for 5 voices, P. 242
- Quod chorus vatum (Haec Deum coeli), motet for 5 voices, P. 261
- Videte miraculum, motet for 6 voices, P. 293
- In pace in idipsum, motet for 4 voices, P. 94
- Dum transisset Sabbatum, motet for 5 voices, P. 257
- Jesu Salvator saeculi (Tu fabricator omnium), motet for 5 voices, P. 289
- Semone blando angelus (Illae dum pergunt concitae), motet for 5 voices, P. 193
- Jam Christus astra ascenderat (Solemnis urgebat dies), motet for 5 voices, P. 285
- Loquebantur variis linguis, motet for 7 voices, P. 272
- Magnificat, for 4 voices, P. 64
- Audivi vocem, motet for 4 voices, P. 90
- Candidi facti sunt Nazarei, motet for 5 voices, P. 186
- Honor, virtus et potestas, motet for 5 voices, P. 237
- Homo quidam fecit coenam, motet for 6 voices, P. 282
- Te lucis ante terminum (Procul recedant somnia) (I), motet for 5 voices, P. 214
- Te lucis ante terminum (Procul recedant somnia) (II), motet for 5 voices, P. 215
- Natus est nobis, for keyboard
- Work(s): Veni redemptor genitum
- Jam lucis orto sidere, for keyboard
- Ecce tempus idoneum (I), for keyboard
- Ex more docti myistico, for keyboard
- Clarifica me pater (I), for keyboard
- Clarifica me pater (II), for keyboard
- Clarifica me pater (III), for keyboard
- Gloria tibi Trinitas, for organ
- Iste confessor, for keyboard
- Work(s): Alleluia: per te Dei genitrix
- Felix namque (II), for keyboard
- Christ Rising, anthem for 5 voices (doubtful, probably by W.Byrd)
- Preces and Responses (I), for 5 voices
- Short Service (Dorian Service), for 4 voices: Venite
- Short Service (Dorian Service), for 4 voices: Te Deum
- Short Service (Dorian Service), for 4 voices: Benedictus
- Preces and Responses (I), for 5 voices: Responses and collects for Easter Matins
- Short Service (Dorian Service), for 4 voices: Commandments
- Short Service (Dorian Service), for 4 voices: Credo
- Short Service (Dorian Service), for 4 voices: Offertory sentence
- Short Service (Dorian Service), for 4 voices: Sanctus
- Short Service (Dorian Service), for 4 voices: Gloria
- Preces and Responses (II), for 5 voices: Preces (2nd set)
- Psalm sequence for Christmas, 10 psalms for 5 voices: Wherewithal shall a young man
- Psalm sequence for Christmas, 10 psalms for 5 voices: O do well unto thy servant
- Psalm sequence for Christmas, 10 psalms for 5 voices: My soul cleaveth to the dust
- Short Service (Dorian Service), for 4
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