Tomkins: The Great Service

Tomkins: The Great Service

On this CD:

1. Third Service for voices & organ "Great"
Composed by Thomas Tomkins

2. When David Heard That Absalom Was Slain, for 5 voices
Composed by Thomas Tomkins

3. Then David Mourned, for 5 voices & organ
Composed by Thomas Tomkins

4. Almighty God, the Fountain of All Wisdom, for 5 voices & organ
Composed by Thomas Tomkins

5. Woe Is Me for 6 voices
Composed by Thomas Tomkins

6. Be Strong and of A Good Courage for 7 voices & organ
Composed by Thomas Tomkins

7. O Sing Unto the Lord A New Song, for 7 voices & organ
Composed by Thomas Tomkins

8. O God, the Proud Are Risen Against Me, for 8 voices & organ
Composed by Thomas Tomkins

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
For the richness, wonderfully affecting, and often surprising nature of the repertoire, this recording ranks as one of the Tallis Scholars' finest recordings. Tomkins was a student of Byrd and a contemporary of Gibbons, but his music exhibits its own distinctive character, employing stunning, colorful harmonic effects and clever rhythmic alterations. This disc offers some of Tomkins's most beautiful and technically challenging works, including a Great Service that in melodic appeal and harmonic inventiveness rivals the more famous one by Byrd. The Tallis Scholars spin the music out in silken lines, which are carefully measured by clean, clear articulation and uniform phrasing. One of the lesser-known Elizabethans, Tomkins is worth meeting. --David Vernier

Tomkins: The Great Service, Music, Thomas Tomkins, Peter Phillips, The Tallis Scholars, Choral, Choral Music, Classical, Classical Music, Part Song/Glee/Music for Unaccompanied Voices, Vocal

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