| Label: OBSIDIAN
Catalog: CD706
Format: CD Alamire, David SkinnerByrd: Emendemus in melius / Libera me, Domine, et pone / Peccantem me quotidie / Aspice, Domine quia facta est / Attollite portas / O Lux beata Trinitas / Laudate, pueri, Dominum / Memento homo / Siderum rector / Libera me Domine de morte / Tribue, Domine / Te deprecor / Gloria patri qui creavit / Miserere mihi, Domini / Diliges Dominum / Domine secundum actum meum / Da mihi auxilium
Tallis: Salvator mundi, salva nos 1 & 2 / Absterge Domine / In manus tuas / Mihi autem nimis / O nata lux de lumine 5vv / O sacrum convivium / Derelinquat impius / Dum transisset sabbatum / Honor, Virtus et Potestas / Sermone blando angelus / Te lucis ante terminum / Miserere nostri, motet for 7 voices, P. 207 / Suscipe quaeso Domine / Si enim iniquitates / In ieiunio et fletu / Candidi Facti Sunt / Te lucis ante terminum Gramophone Editor's Choice - March 2011
In 1575 'Thomas 'Tallis then an 'aged man', and his pupil and friend William Byrd, who was in his mid to late 30s, paid tribute to Elizabeth 1 by selecting 17 motets each for their Cantiones Sacrae ('Sacred Songs'), the first major printed collection of music to be published in England.
Many of these works have since become staple in the repertoire of church and chamber choirs throughout the world.
This is the first recording to present the Cantiones in their entirety, by the same group of singers, and in the composers' original order of publication.  Price: $39.98 |
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