Palestrinia Masses: Missa Assumpta est Maria & Missa Sicut lilum

Palestrinia Masses: Missa Assumpta est Maria & Missa Sicut lilum

On this CD:

1. Assumpta est Maria in caelum, Plainchant
Composed by Gregorian Chant

2. Eva, opera
Composed by Josef Bohuslav Foerster

3. Missa Assumpta est Maria, for 6 voices
Composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

4. How Shall I Meet My Savior?
Composed by Anonymous

5. Missa Sicut lilium inter spinas, for 5 voices
Composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Editorial Reviews
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Palestrina recordings are relatively plentiful but it's usually the same handful of works that get programmed, often appearing in routine, "let's do Palestrina" performances. The Tallis Scholars never leave you in doubt as to their intentions--whether it's regarding tone quality, phrasing, ensemble balance, dynamics, tempo, or any aspect of interpretation. This takes a great deal of detail work, which few ensembles have enough time to do. But it really shows in performances such as this--an affecting and technically impressive rendering of one of Palestrina's late masterpieces, the Missa Assumpta est Maria. Much of the ensemble's success here lies in the uniform tone quality and in the balance among the voice parts--distinct lines in the polyphonic sections, and perfectly weighted chords in homophonic passages. Performances of Palestrina rarely get better than this, and chances are, if they do, it's the Tallis Scholars outdoing themselves. --David Vernier

Palestrinia Masses: Missa Assumpta est Maria & Missa Sicut lilum, Music, Anonymous, Gregorian Chant, Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Choral, Classical Music, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Music, Opera, Renaissance Mass, Western European Chant

Palestrinia Masses: Missa Assumpta est Maria & Missa Sicut lilum

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