Thomas Tallis: The Complete English Anthems
On this CD:
1. If ye love me, anthem for 4 voices
Composed by Thomas Tallis
2. Hear the voice and prayer, anthem for 4 voices
Composed by Thomas Tallis
3. A new commandment, anthem for 4 voices
Composed by Thomas Tallis
4. O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit, anthem for 4 voices
Composed by Thomas Tallis
5. Purge Me, O Lord (also set as partsong: "Fond youth is but a bubble"), anthem for 4 voices
Composed by Thomas Tallis
6. Verily, verily I say unto you, anthem for 4 voices
Composed by Thomas Tallis
7. Remember not, O Lord God (2 versions), anthem for 4 voices
Composed by Thomas Tallis
8. Psalm Tunes (9) for Archbishop Parker's Psalter, for 4 voices
Composed by Thomas Tallis
9. Out from the deep (doubtful, probably by W.Parsons), anthem
Composed by Thomas Tallis
10. O Lord, in thee is all my trust, anthem for 4 voices
Composed by Thomas Tallis
11. Christ Rising, anthem for 5 voices (doubtful, probably by W.Byrd)
Composed by Thomas Tallis
12. Blessed are those, anthem for 5 voices
Composed by Thomas Tallis
Editorial Reviews
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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
Thomas Tallis: The Complete English Anthems, Music, Thomas Tallis, Anthem, Choral, Classical, Classical Music, Psalm Setting
Thomas Tallis: The Complete English Anthems
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