Spem in alium

by Thomas Tallis / The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips

Spem in alium cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Gimell
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 4.19/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Peter Phillips, The Tallis Scholars

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This legendary recording by The Tallis Scholars masterfully captures the overwhelming, architectural scale of Thomas Tallis's 40-part Renaissance motet. The breathtaking vocal performance weaves incredibly complex, polyphonic chant into a deeply spiritual, intensely atmospheric auditory experience. It stands as a flawless, highly meditative, and ethereal definitive interpretation of 16th-century English choral music.

Genres

Descriptors: choral, polyphonic, christian, atmospheric, a-cappella, vocal, ancient

Tracklist

  1. Spem In Alium (The 40-Part Motet)
  2. Sancte Deus
  3. Salvator Mundi, Salva Nos I
  4. Salvator Mundi, Salva Nos II
  5. Gaude Gloriosa
  6. Miserere Nostri
  7. Loquebantur Variis Linguis

Credits

  • Thomas Tallis - primary artist, composed by
  • The Tallis Scholars - primary artist, performer
  • Peter Phillips - primary artist, directed by, liner notes, producer
  • Albrecht D眉rer - cover [painting]
  • Mr. Bear - engineer [recording]
  • Steve C. Smith - producer

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