Love in a Bubble

Love in a Bubble

ASIN: B00020H9ZC

Track Listings

1. Rough Trade

2. Is There Anything You Need

3. Kiss Me

4. Far Off Lands

5. Love in a Bubble

6. Go Down Easy

7. Higher Above

8. Home Again

9. Long Shadows

10. Wasteaway

11. Thru The Day

12. Watch And Wait

13. Home Is Where the Hatred Is (New Version)

Editorial Reviews
Billboard
cool, dusky jazz... Renshaw's smoky vocals, a cross between those of Joan Armatrading and veteran jazz siren Cleo Laine.

Product Description
Fiona Renshaw is a singer / songwriter that many know for being the main vocalist and co-songwriter for Mr Scruff's album Keep It Unreal. Now, finally, Fiona Renshaw is releasing her own material with the album Love in a Bubble.

Fiona Renshaw honey smoked filled voice has been compared to the likes of Joni Mitchell and Janis Joplin meets Pink Floyd. Fiona has already gained press interest that stretches her across multiple musical genres with support from Mixmag and DJ to Mojo and Uncut.

The album is a collection of twelve original songs composed by Fiona plus a cover version of Gil Scott Heron's "Home is Where The Hatred Is". This much-respected song has won the approval and support from Gilles Peterson on his Radio One Show and IDJ Mag claims it is the "Best cover version you'll hear this year".

Tracks:

Spem In Alium
Sancte Deus
Salvator Mundi, Salva Nos I
Salvator Mundi, Salva Nos II
Gaude Gloriosa
Miserere Nostri
Loquebantur Variis Linguis
If Ye Love Me
Hear The Voice And Prayer
A New Commandment
O Lord, Give Thy Holy Spirit
Purge Me, O Lord
Verily, Verily I Say Unto You
Remember Not, O Lord God
Tunes For Archbishop Parker's Psalter
O Lord, In Thee Is All My Trust
Christ Rising Again
Blessed Are Those That Be Undefiled

Tracks:

Lamentations Of Jeremiah I
Lamentations Of Jeremiah II
Absterge Domine
O Sacrum Convivium
In Manus Tuas
Salve Intemerata
Magnificat For 4 Voices
Ave, Dei Patris Filia

Customer Reviews:

The Tallis Scholars do their namesake proud.......2006-07-27

In the last couple of years, the Tallis Scholars have been compiling their sizeable recording output into attractive two-disc editions. Here, they've collected a large number of their interpretations of their namesake, Thomas Tallis. Tallis (c. 1505-1585) is, of course, one of the giants of Renaissance music, and he was certainly the greatest English composer of liturgical music between John Dunstable and William Byrd. I personally consider him the second-greatest Renaissance composer after Palestrina, but I'm not dogmatic about it. I love the music of Josquin, Victoria, and Byrd almost as much. Let's just say that, if you're interested in immersing yourself in the work of a single Renaissance composer, you can't do much better than Tallis.

These recordings were made 1985-1998, and they all sound great. Included in this collection are most of Tallis best and best-known works: the two Lamentations of Jeremiah, O Sacrum Convivium, Gaude Gloriosa, Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter (which contains the theme that inspired Ralph Vaughan Williams' famous Fantasia), and the incredible 40-part motet Spem In Alium (which is one of the supreme masterpieces of the 16th century). Unfortunately, there are some notable absences, such as the Tallis Scholars' own recording of O Nata Lux. The Mass for 4 Voices, certainly one of Tallis' major works, is also nowhere to be found. Of course, there's only so much music that will fit onto two CDs, but it's still a shame that they couldn't fit at least one of Tallis' masses. Nevertheless, the music that's here is beautiful and powerful.

The Tallis Scholars themselves need no introduction. They're one of the most famous groups specializing in Renaissance music. It needs to be said, however, that if you're looking for "authentic" recordings (that is, recordings that approximate what the music originally sounded like in the 16th century), you might want to look elsewhere. The Tallis Scholars use female singers instead of boys or (ahem!) castrati (though it's doubtful that Tallis would have used or written for castrati himself). And one could complain that these recordings use too many singers for some of the smaller pieces or that the sopranos overpower some of the larger ones (like Spem In Alium). I'm neither an enthusiast nor an opponent of the authentic-performance movement; since we're listening to recorded music anyway, these issues strike me as moot. The Tallis Scholars are experienced and accomplished singers, and they achieve their primary goal: to provide superlative-sounding recordings of important early choral compositions. If you're looking for a fine compilation of Tallis' music or an excellent introduction to Renaissance music, this is it.

Come, Gentle Night: Music of Shakespeare's World

Average customer rating:

Ensemble Galilei's music is lilting, elegant and unexpected!
beautiful
Excellent!
It will bring about many gentle nights
Visualizing Beauty

Come, Gentle Night: Music of Shakespeare's World

Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0000478S3
Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

Mister Issac's Maggot, Chestnut (Dove's Vagary)
Woodycock
Death's Second Self
Jack's Health, Vale Of Years, Jack's Health Reel
Come, Gentile Night
Departe, Departe, The Cobbler's Hornpipe, Third Act Tune
But Let Them Go, Ladies, Sight No More
In A Garden So Green, Childgrove
Fire, Burn, and Cauldron Bubble
The Asp
Rumble Thy Bellyful
Pastime With Good Company, O Lusty May
Irish Lament
Joy To THe Person Of My Love
The Winter's Tale Set: Love's Winter Light, Apples In Winter, Drive The Cold Winter Away, Jenny Pluck Pears
Lilli Burleo
The Scottich Play Set: Life Is But A Walking Shadow, Mill, Mill O', Pawky Adam Glen
Heart's Ease, Now That The Spring, Gathering Peascods
No Longer Mourn For Me

Customer Reviews:

Ensemble Galilei's music is lilting, elegant and unexpected!.......2002-11-29

With their soulful playing and artful, sometimes even ephemeral arrangements, the six women of Ensemble Galilei convey a rare depth of emotion. In the insert notes, gamba player Carolyn Ann Surrick describes their creative process: "[In making this recording, we engaged in]...a kind of work that is so focused and intense that years can go by in one afternoon... Extraordinary music-making requires trust... [We] live for the times when the only thing that exists right then is the music--when the instruments are speaking as if we don't exist, and they are having their own conversation." Thank you, Ensemble Galilei, for allowing the rest of us the privilege of coming along for the ride! It's simply delectable. This chamber ensemble, featuring fiddle, harp, gamba, oboe, pipes and percussion, can also be heard on their other Telarc release, "From the Isles to the Courts", and "The Mystic and the Muse: Celebrating 600 Years of Women in Music", on the Dorian label.

beautiful.......2001-01-22

Sheer beauty, as a lover of English music I found this to be one of the most beautiful of all Shakespearean albums. Such harmony, such subtlety, one wishes that the gentle night will never stop.

Excellent!.......2001-01-04

Ensemble Galilei provide some excellent arrangements of English renaissance compositions. I believe that John Playford (English Dancing Master) fans will be particularly satisfied with the renditions presented here. It is very unfortunate that E.G. did not provide more arrangements from such early music sources. Some of E.G.'s own compositions seem very weak and not in the renaissance spirit of the rest of the CD. Nonetheless, this CD is highly recommmended.

It will bring about many gentle nights.......2000-11-22

I found this album to be solid. Very sweet, but not afraid to use percussion which makes it livelier and more fun. I adore the quiet, peacefulness of the music and the flawless execution of these renaissance songs.

Visualizing Beauty.......2000-08-20

I recently had the good fortune to direct a performance of King Lear--the ENTIRE five acts, in a community theatre, non-profit setting. I used twenty-four fully committed non-actors, who for the love of the ideas, participated in this performance. The first and main challenge that I faced was, how do I go "behind" the words, and invoke the right emotions, etc., to give these actors the range and tools needed for an effective, powerful performance? Critical to this performance was the beauty and brilliance of this recording, which I used throughout the various scenes of the play. This helped the performers tremendously, creating the different tapestries in the mind of the Bard. In short, this work is real genius, that I was so happy that I stumbled across. I am now putting in our performance programs, along with our most heart-felt thanks to E.G., the name of the recording and I have copies from Telarc to sell at each performance!

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Astonishing music

Tallis: Complete English Anthems

Manufacturer: Gimell UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

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Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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William Byrd: The Great Service: Anthems
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Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah
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Byrd: 3 Masses

ASIN: B00005ATCV
Release Date: 2002-02-12

Tracks:

If Ye Love Me
Hear The Voice And Prayer
A New Commandment
O Lord, Give Thy Holy Spirit
Purge Me, O Lord
Verily, Verily I Say Unto You
Remember Not, O Lord God
Tunes For Archbishop Parker's Psalter
Out From The Deep
O Lord, In Thee Is All My Trust
Christ Rising Again
Blessed Are Those That Be Undefiled

Customer Reviews:

Astonishing music.......2004-06-09

--Thomas Tallis--
Thomas Tallis, born in 1505, was one of the outstanding liturgical composers of his day, being the acknowledged master of the composers of England from the time of Queen Mary's reign forward. He was a composer and Gentleman of the Chapel Royal during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth, and worked closely with many other composers, most particularly William Byrd. He was an organist in addition to composer. He died in 1585, having navigated his way through the tumultuous catholic/protestant difficulties of the church which provided his livelihood and creative outlet.

--English Anthems--
There are twelve anthems here. Tallis recognised the needs of the newly Protestant clergy, who looked for intelligibility and simplicity in the worship. These anthems were in the vernacular of the people, some of the earliest liturgical anthems in English (as prior to this, the Catholic church celebrated in Latin). However, the compositions here span the time from the young King Edward's reign to the middle of Queen Elizabeth's reign, a time of great shifting of religious foundations and sensibilities.

There are some pieces here for men's voices only - four-part pieces such as 'If ye love me' and 'Here the voice and prayer' are quick famous, and very concise in scope. Other pieces are more elaborate, MATB choirs, and a few very substantial five-voice compositions, 'Christ rising' and 'Blessed are those', the later scored for a standard pre-Reformation choir of treble, mean, countertenor, tenor and bass.

The 'Tunes for Archbishop Parker' consists of eight tunes, two of which may be very familiar - the 'Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis' by Ralph Vaughn Williams comes from this number, as does Tallis' classic 'Canon'.

--Liner Notes--
Being internationally acclaimed, the Tallis Scholars' CDs typically present their commentary and texts in English, French, German and Italian (together with any Latin texts); that is true of this disc. The cover art also typically represents visual arts contemporary with the compositions - here it is a piece from Hans Holbein the Younger, a portrait of Edward VI as a child, painted in 1538, during Tallis' lifetime.

--The Tallis Scholars--
The Tallis Scholars, a favourite group of mine since the first time I heard them decades ago, are a group dedicated to the performance and preservation of the best of this type of music. A choral group of exceptional ability, I have been privileged to see them many times in public, and at almost every performance, their singing seems almost like a spiritual epiphany for me, one that defies explanation in words. Directed by Peter Phillips, the group consists of a small number of male and female singers who have trained themselves well to their task.

Customer Reviews:

Go To Amazon.com/uk.......2006-02-23

Thank you Paul Schleuse. Your review is right on, and most importantly, I paid $113. (including shipping) from amazon.com/uk to Boston. Less than halk the price here.

Wonderful Set, but why pay this much?.......2005-07-30

This is a landmark set: the complete works of one of the most important composers of the 16th century, in performances of grace and clarity. However, you can get it for less than half of the US price by buying it at Amazon.co.uk. At GBP65.20, it works out to just over $100, or about $10 per disc--quite a bargain on a major addition to any serious early-music collection.

Average customer rating:

Could be so much better
It's about time that this was put on CD
Don't waste the money
At last a complete recording of a Friml favorite

Rudolf Friml: The Vagabond King

Manufacturer: Albany Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000777I6K
Release Date: 2005-01-25

Tracks:

The Vagabond King

Album Description

The 15th century poet Francois Villon, between scrapes with the law in Paris, wrote lyrics both poignant and bawdy. At the end of the 19th century, novelist R.H. Russell sentimentalized his career in a plot that borrowed the king-for-a-day motif, thus allowing Villon to defeat France's enemies and win the hand of an aristocratic lady, all in under 24 hours. Adapted as a play in 1901, by New York writer Justin McCarthy, If I Were King served as a star vehicle for E.H. Southern in a Broadway stage production. In 1923, Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart were at the very start of their careers. They devised a musical version of the McCarthy play for a Manhattan girl's school and then looked for a more prestigious venue for their collaboration. Broadway backers turned down the young artists, but liked their idea, "borrowed" it from Rodgers and Hart and commissioned the more established Rudolf Friml to fashion a professional musical from the plot. Friml's Rose Marie was then enjoying great success in New York. Born in what is today the Czech Republic in 1897, Friml enrolled at age 14 in the Prague Conservatory (which was headed by Dvorak) and completed the six-year course in three years. He toured Europe and the United States as accompanist for violinist Jan Kubelik and made a piano debut in this country onstage at Carnegie Hall in 1904. Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony premiered his Piano Concerto two seasons later, with the composer at the piano. Friml's true calling was as a composer of songs. In 1912, he was called in by Arthur Hammerstein to complete the music for a new work which Victor Herbert had abandoned, owing to a run-in with a temperamental soprano. The resulting operetta, The Firefly, was his first Broadway success, and would be followed by many others. Friml continued to live in America for much of the 20th century long after his sentimental musical style was considered old fashioned. As late as 1969, he was celebrated by Ogden Nash on the occasion of his 90th birthday in a couplet which ended: "I trust your conclusion and mine are similar: 'Twould be a happier world if it were Frimler."

Customer Reviews:

Could be so much better.......2007-07-04

I love "The Vagabond King", but not this versiom. The problem is the sound level ... I had to keep adjusting it and kept having trouble understanding the words.Is the problem the singers or the technicians? I'm not enough of an expert to say.

It's about time that this was put on CD.......2005-06-13

Of all the famous operettas produced in the 1920's, the one most neglected in recordings has been Rudolf Friml's "The Vagabond King", first produced in 1925. Only now is the complete work, dialogue and all, appearing on CD. For those unfamiliar with the music, the best known songs are "Only a Rose" and the stirring "Song of the Vagabonds", perhaps the most rousing "battle song" ever written for an operetta. The story is almost exactly the same as that of "If I Were King", the fondly remembered 1938 non-musical film which starred Ronald Colman as poet-adventurer-thief Francois Villon, who lived during the fifteenth century. Both film and operetta were based on the 1901 play "If I Were King", by Justin McCarthy.

We get the entire "Vagabond King" on this 2 CD set, which is a real bonus for anyone who wants to hear what a 1920's operetta actually sounded like in its original, unaltered version. But this brings me to the problem. I don't know why the Ohio Light Opera decided to do this on "The Vagabond King", when all of their other recordings (and I have three others) are so sonically excellent, but the volume on this CD has to be really cranked up for the listener to catch everything. The recording equipment for this live performance was apparently placed in such a way that there isn't enough treble, except at certain moments. At other times,as happens in some live recordings, the singers are too far away for the listener to catch all of their dialogue, and this operetta has a better story than most, being a faithful adaptation of a good non-musical play. Fortunately, a booklet with a libretto is included, but it is one thing to read the words and quite another to hear them performed.

The singing, though, is quite good, and excellent for what is supposed to be a semi-professional group. I have no idea if the orchestrations and vocal arrangements used are those that were used in the original 1925 production, but if the Ohio Light Opera followed their usual practice, those are most certainly the original arrangements.

It is a true pity that the company saw fit to revise their recording techniques for this operetta, and that is why I am subtracting one star, when I would have otherwise given it a 5-star rating. Operetta fans have long waited for a complete recording of "The Vagabond King", and since this one is not without merit, I am suggesting that you buy it. But be prepared to be fidgeting with the volume control on your CD player.

And as far as I can tell, the complete score of the show is included here. The previous reviewer may be confusing the additional songs written for the 1930 and the 1956 film versions of "The Vagabond King" with the songs used in the stage version. (The film versions used little of the original music.) Only the songs written for the stage version are used here.

But where are the usual Amazon audio clips?

Don't waste the money.......2005-04-15

This one is only for completists. The recording level is strangely low, so that only a strong audio system or listening indoors with headphones can give you a strong sound. This is especially problematic since the chorus is incomprehensible. The performers are conservatory types most of whom can't act, which makes it too bad that the producers for some reason record the dialogue along with the score. And -- that dialogue is what makes this a 2-CD set; this is by no means a full rendition of the score. There is clearly a lot of missing dance music and reprises; there is about half as much music as you get in, say, JAY's STUDENT PRINCE double-CD, and much less than on Encores' NEW MOON recording. This recording gives no notion of why THE VAGABOND KING was such a hit in its day, and most buyers will be better off waiting for someone else to really do the score proud.

At last a complete recording of a Friml favorite.......2005-02-26

May the Muse of Operetta shower blessings on the Ohio Light Opera for its seemingly endless stream of recordings of complete operettas, dialogue included (not always a Good Thing), as performed at the College of Wooster. Having enjoyed, some more than others, such rarely heard complete performances of Victor Herbert's "The Red Mill" and "Elaine," Gilbert and Sullivan's "Princess Ida" and "Utopia Ltd.," some Kalaman, some Messager, and so on, I am delighted to report that their latest, Rudolf Friml's "The Vagabond King," is among the best of the lot. It is on a double-CD set from Albany Records (TROY 738-39) and well worth the hearing.

For one thing, the tunes range from truly memorable to at least quite good: "Only a Rose," "Love for Sale," "Sons of Toil and Danger," "Love Me Tonight." The story is actually a pretty good one for an operetta, with just enough seriousness to make you care for these characters. The cast is game, with a virile sounding Francois Villon in Ted Christopher, who can handle both music and dialogue with an Alfred Drake dash.

If Brian Woods' King Louis sounds too much the stock stage villain (an older voice would have helped) without any real menace and if there is no real depth to the female roles, Julie Wright (Katherine) and Sandra Ross (Huguette), the music helps you forget that fact. Conductor Steven Byess does a good job with a small orchestra.

I begin to wonder if a chorus can be trained to sing so that we can actually understand the words without following the full text that is thoughtfully provided in all of these OLO sets. The same goes for sopranos at the higher registers. Granted these are taken from stage performances and not from a recording studio, but a little more attention to consonants within and at the end of words would help immensely.

Nevertheless, a complete recording of this Friml work is certainly a MUST for anyone who loves musical theatre. Ironic footnote: Rodgers & Hart had already adapted a play about Villon and wanted to create a Broadway version. The backers agreed and gave the job to Friml! Such is showbiz.

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Simply Fantastic
Great voice

Love in a Bubble
Fiona Renshaw
Manufacturer: Laws of Motion
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00020H9ZC
Release Date: 2004-06-22

Tracks:

Rough Trade
Is There Anything You Need
Kiss Me
Far Off Lands
Love in a Bubble
Go Down Easy
Higher Above
Home Again
Long Shadows
Wasteaway
Thru The Day
Watch And Wait
Home Is Where the Hatred Is (New Version)

Album Description

Fiona Renshaw is a singer / songwriter that many know for being the main vocalist and co-songwriter for Mr Scruff's album Keep It Unreal. Now, finally, Fiona Renshaw is releasing her own material with the album Love in a Bubble.

Customer Reviews:

Simply Fantastic.......2004-08-20

Bought this album after seeing Fiona live. Her vocals just slide over you... A must buy for anyone who appreciates music.

Either turn it up loud and sing along, or turn it down low and just mellow!

Great voice.......2004-06-27

Anyone that can appreciate a great singer and songwriter will love this album. Buy it if you like Sade and Serena Ryder and other Women with amazing talent. You will enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!1

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Beautiful Victor Herbert
Beautiful Victor Herbert
Beautiful Victor Herbert

Victor Herbert: The American Girl

Manufacturer: Arabesque Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

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English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000000T6L
Release Date: 1992-10-26

Tracks:

The American Girl Two-Step
The Princess Pat (Sels)
The Dream Girl (Sels)
Natoma (Sels)
A Kiss In The Dark from Orange Blossoms
A Love Sonnet
Inauguration March

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful Victor Herbert.......1999-05-19

This recording (Arabesque Z6561) is one of three CD recordings of Victor Herbert's music by Don Hunsberger and the Eastman School of music produced in the early 1980's. (The others are Arabesque Z6529 and Z6547) All are superbly recorded using the original orchestra arrangements from a composer who was gifted in the art of orchestration. We get a sampling of marches, selections from operettas, humor songs, and a selection from his opera Natoma. Teresa Ringholt sings with the orchestra on a few songs and her sweet soprano voice is perfect for the part. We need more of Victor Herbert's beautiful music to be discovered and performed in the way Herbert intended it to be performed. The authenic Victor Herbert may be the next discovery in the same way the authenic Scott Joplin has been discovered by the public.

Beautiful Victor Herbert.......1999-05-19

This (Arabesque Z6561) is one of three CD recordings of Victor Herbert's music by Don Hunsberger and the Eastman School of music produced in the early 1980's. (The others are Arabesque Z6529 and Z6547) All are superbly recorded using the original orchestra arrangements from a composer who was gifted in the art of orchestration. We get a sampling of marches, selections from operettas, humor songs, and a selection from his opera Natoma. Teresa Ringholt sings with the orchestra on a few songs and her sweet soprano voice is perfect for the part. We need more of Victor Herbert's beautiful music to be discoivered and performed in the way Herbert intended it to be performed. The authenic Victor Herbert may be the next discovery in the same way the authenic Scott Joplin has been discovered by the public.

Beautiful Victor Herbert.......1999-05-19

Average customer rating:

Chansonette

Manufacturer: Arabesque Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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Opera & Vocal | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B000000T6M
Release Date: 1993-08-04

Tracks:

Any Kind of Man (From Sometime)
The Vagabond King (From Only A Rose Huguette Waltz)
Adieu
High Jinks (Selections) Something Seems Tingle-ingling/The Bubble/Not Now/But Later/Love's Own ...
Chianti (From Glorianna)
Chansonette
L'Amour-Toujours-L'Amour
Giannina Mia (From The Firefly)
Katinka (Selections) Intro-Chor/The Bride/I Want To Marry A Male Quartet/Polka/Valse-I Can Tell By..
Beautif Night And No One But You (From Sometime)

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Splendour in music

A Tudor Collection

Manufacturer: Gimell
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000041M4
Release Date: 1997-11-11

Tracks:

Salve Regina - Tallis Scholars
Ave Maria, mater Dei - Tallis Scholars
Gaude virgo mater Christi - Tallis Scholars
Magnificat - Tallis Scholars
Ah, Robin - Tallis Scholars
Adieu, adieu, my heartes lust - Tallis Scholars
Adieu, courage - Tallis Scholars
Woefully arrayed - Tallis Scholars
Stabat Mater - Tallis Scholars

Tracks:

Westron wynde - Tallis Scholars
Western Wind Mass: Gloria - Tallis Scholars
Western Wind Mass: Credo - Tallis Scholars
Western Wind Mass: Sanctus & Benedictus - Tallis Scholars
Western Wind Mass: Agnus Dei I, II & III - Tallis Scholars
Western Wind Mass: Leroy Kyrie - Tallis Scholars
Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas: Gloria - Tallis Scholars
Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas: Credo - Tallis Scholars
Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas: Sanctus & Benedictus - Tallis Scholars
Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas: Agnus Dei I, II & III - Tallis Scholars
Dum transisset Sabbatum - Tallis Scholars

Tracks:

English Anthems: 1. If Ye Love Me - Tallis Scholars
English Anthems: 2. Hear The Voice And Prayer - Tallis Scholars
English Anthems: 3. A New Commandment - Tallis Scholars
English Anthems: 4. O Lord, Give Thy Holy Spirit - Tallis Scholars
English Anthems: 5. Purge Me, O Lord - Tallis Scholars
English Anthems: 6. Verily, Verily I Say Unto You - Tallis Scholars
English Anthems: 7. Remember Not, O Lord God - Tallis Scholars
English Anthems: 8. Tunes For Archbishop Parker's Psalter - Tallis Scholars
English Anthems: 9. Out Fom The Deep - Tallis Scholars
English Anthems: 10. O Lord, In Thee Is All My Trust - Tallis Scholars
English Anthems: 11. Blessed Are Those That Be Undefiled - Tallis Scholars
Motets: Spem In Lium - Tallis Scholars
Motets: Sancte Deus - Tallis Scholars
Motets: Salvator mundi, salva nos I - Tallis Scholars
Motets: Salvator mundi, Salva Nos II - Tallis Scholars
Motets: Gaude gloriosa - Tallis Scholars
Motets: Miserere nostri - Tallis Scholars
Motets: Loquebantur variis linguis - Tallis Scholars

Tracks:

Mass For Five Voices: Kyrie - Byrd
Mass For Five Voices: Gloria - Byrd
Mass For Five Voices: Credo - Byrd
Mass For Five Voices: Sanctus & Benedictus - Byrd
Mass For Five Voices: Agnus Dei - Byrd
Mass For Four Voices: Kyrie - Byrd
Mass For Four Voices: Gloria - Byrd
Mass For Four Voices: Credo - Byrd
Mass For Four Voices: Sanctus & Benedictus - Byrd
Mass For Four Voices: Agnus Dei - Byrd
Mass For Three Voices: Kyrie - Byrd
Mass For Three Voices: Gloria - Byrd
Mass For Three Voices: Credo - Byrd
Mass For Three Voices: Sanctus & Benedictus - Byrd
Mass For Three Voices: Agnus Dei - Byrd
Motets: Ave verum corpus - Byrd
Motets: Infelix ego - Byrd

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Here's another fine Tallis Scholars box set at mid-price: four discs covering the music of their namesake composer, Thomas Tallis, with his predecessors and successors in Tudor England. The music ranges from the soaring, flamboyant virtuosity of Cornysh (early 1500s) through Taverner and Tallis himself to Byrd a century later. Each of the discs is reviewed more thoroughly on its own page (enter the composer's name and "Tallis Scholars" in the "Keyword Search" line); here it's enough to say that this is a collection of which anyone could be proud. --Matthew Westphal

Customer Reviews:

Splendour in music.......2003-09-08

--Music--
This collection consists of four CDs, each having a key composer at the center: William Cornysh (d. 1523), John Taverner (d. 1545), Thomas Tallis (d. 1585), and William Byrd (d. 1623). For collectors of Tallis Scholars music, this will be repeat performances -- the music contained here come from prior releases, brought together as a set piece to show the relationship between these important composers. All of the composers worked for either royalty or other leading persons of the period; like much of the rest of Tudor sensibilities, there is an ornate, almost over-the-top quality to many of the compositions represented here. While much of the music is liturgical, there are a few pieces scattered about that are more folk-tune or secular in nature.

The Tudor period was one of fascinating history, and music certainly kept pace. One can almost envision the rivalry of Wolsey and Henry VIII in the compositions of Taverner (who worked for Wolsey) and Cornysh (who worked for Henry VIII, and prior to that, Henry VII). The development of the music over time, from Cornysh to Taverner to Tallis to Byrd can be heard, which makes perfect sense given the historical development of the personalities involved (Byrd was a successor to Tallis, who was a successor to Cornysh, in the same position in the Chapels Royal).

One of the difficulties of the increasingly florid, ornamented style of music is the lack of clarity of the language. Early polyphonic chant is fairly easy to understand; by the time of the Tudors, it is sometimes impossible to recognise the words being sung without the lyrics being provided in writing. The Reformation brought back a clarity and simplicity, which Tallis and Byrd adopted during the reign of Elizabeth to bring great effect to the combination of music and meaning. Byrd, of course, remained a Roman Catholic, and wrote his famous Masses at a time when they would not have been permitted to be performed in churches and official liturgical settings; as such, they possess a power of mystery and longing. They provide both an encapsulation and conclusion to the Tudor era of composition.

All of these pieces are glorious polyphonic compositions of extraordinary power and grace. Taken as a set, they make a wonderful snapshot of Roman Catholic/proto-Anglican music during the Tudor period. All subsequent liturgical music in the English church can trace its origin to this time; either in development from or in reaction to the standards developed during this time, this is a pivotal age for such music.

--The Tallis Scholars--
The Tallis Scholars are a group dedicated to the performance and preservation of the best of this type of music. A choral group of exceptional ability, I have been privileged to see them many times in public, and at almost every performance, their music is brilliant and the performance is delivered with near-flawless grace. Directed by Peter Phillips, the group consists of a small number of male and female singers who have trained themselves well to their task.

Tracks:

The Complete English Anthems: If Ye Love Me
The Complete English Anthems: Hear The Voice And Prayer
The Complete English Anthems: A New Commandment
The Complete English Anthems: O Lord, Give Thy Holy Spirit
The Complete English Anthems: Purge Me, O Lord
The Complete English Anthems: Verily, Verily I Say Unto You
The Complete English Anthems: Remember Not, O Lord God
The Complete English Anthems: Tunes For Archbishop Parker's Psalter
The Complete English Anthems: Out From The Deep
The Complete English Anthems: O Lord, In Thee Is All My Trust
The Complete English Anthems: Christ Rising Again
The Complete English Anthems: Blessed Are Those That Be Undefiled

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One of the greatest challenges faced by English composer Thomas Tallis was to adapt his prodigious talent--and sublimate his lifelong devotion to the Catholic faith--to the demands of the newly-founded Anglican Church. From the beginning of the Reformation in the 1530s, composers for the Anglican service were required to write music that was "modest" and "plainly understood"; to utilize "the best sort of melody and music" and "not be full of notes." Above all, the texts had to be in English rather than Latin. Tallis took to this task using his full creative powers--and left a collection of works that are in their own right as sublimely beautiful and well constructed as his more elaborate settings of music for the Catholic liturgy. This recording features all of the English anthems, many of them still in use in Anglican services today, sensitively and earnestly sung by the Tallis Scholars. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

Incredibly beautiful.......2003-01-04

I love Renaissance choral music, and the Tallis Scholars in particular; I own over 20 of their CDs. I put off buying this CD for many years because it's less than 40 minutes long. However, the music is so wonderful, and so beautifully sung, that it ranks among my very most favorite (and frequently played) CDs. Try playing it at night while going to sleep. I disagree with the reviewer who felt the sound quality was inferior; I might note the Penguin Guide has always given this CD its full 3-star rating.

Tallis English Anthems.......2002-03-02

Well performed, marvelous music but disappointing sound quality, hence the 3 star rating.

Excellent acapella vocal performance of Thomas Tallis' music.......1999-01-05

For anyone who is not familiar with the Tallis Scholars, this is an excellent vocal group doing what they do best. This is an acapella performance done by one of the top groups in the world. For those who are familiar with the Tallis Scholars, this is one of their best CDs in my opinion.

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