Palestrina, Allegri

Tallis Scholars Live in Rome

Tallis Scholars - Peter Phillips
Gimell 994
Gimell 454 994

Contents:

1. (applause)
2. Palestrina: Surge, illuminare
3. Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli - Kyrie
4. Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli - Gloria
5. Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli - Credo
6. Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli - Sanctus & Benedictus
7. Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli - Agnus Dei I & II
8. Allegri: Miserere
9. Palestrina: Stabat Mater
10. Palestrina: Alma Redemptoris Mater
11. Palestrina: Magnificat primi toni
12. Palestrina: Nunc dimittis

Performers: Tessa Bonner, Sally Dunkley, Ruth Holton, Deborah Roberts, Caroline Trevor, David Gould, Deborah Miles-Johnson, Michael Lees, Philip Cave, Robert Johnston, Paul Agnew, Steven Harrold, Francis Steele, Stephen Charlesworth, Robert Evans, Julian Walker

Playing time: 73'

Recording date: February, 1994

This is a live recording made in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, on the ocassion of the 400th anniversary of Palestrina's death. There is applause after each item, but the concert noise is minimal during the performances. This performance is also available on VHS, DVD and laserdisc.

The Missa Papae Marcelli was reissued in Gimell 204 (2 CDs).

A newer recording of some of this material:

Allegri: Miserere

Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli
Music written for the Sistine Chapel
Tallis Scholars - Peter Phillips
Gimell 041

A few recordings of similar scope, also serving as good introductions to the sacred polyphony of the later Renaissance:

Musica della Cappella Sistina

Allegri / Josquin / Morales / Palestrina
Taverner Consort - Andrew Parrott
Virgin Veritas 61309

The Golden Age Volume 1: Europe

Magnificat - Philip Cave
Linn 052

Palestrina / Allegri / Lotti

The Sixteen - Harry Christophers
Collins Classics 5009

Miserere — Missa Cantantibus organis

Allegri / Anerio / Palestrina
The Cardinall's Musick - Andrew Carwood
Hyperion 67860

A larger collection including much similar material:

Best of the Renaissance

Tallis Scholars - Peter Phillips
Philips "2-for-1" 462 862 (2 CDs)

The Tallis Scholars' other Palestrina recordings:

Palestrina: Missa Benedicta es

Tallis Scholars - Peter Phillips
Gimell 454 901

Palestrina: Missa Nigra sum

Tallis Scholars - Peter Phillips
Gimell 454 903

Palestrina Missa Brevis

Tallis Scholars - Peter Phillips
Gimell 454 908

Palestrina Masses: Assumpta est Maria / Sicut lilium

Tallis Scholars - Peter Phillips
Gimell 454 920

Allegri: Miserere

Tallis Scholars - Peter Phillips
Gimell 454 939

A more recent recording featuring the Palestrina mass:

Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli

Ensemble Officium - Wilfried Rombach
Christophorus 77275

Other potential introductory collections for Palestrina:

Palestrina: Missa Hodie Christus natus est

Gabrieli Consort & Players - Paul McCreesh
DG Archiv 437 833

Palestrina: Stabat Mater

The Cardinall's Musick - Andrew Carwood
AS&V "Gaudeamus" 333

A Palestrina Celebration

Missa Papae Marcelli / Lamentations, etc.
Pro Cantione Antiqua - Mark Brown
Pickwick Allegro 1085

A fine disc devoted entirely to Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652), featuring alternate performance styles in his famous Miserere:

Allegri: Miserere, Missa Vidi turbam magnum, Motets

Ensemble A Sei voci - Bernard Fabre-Garrus
Astrée 8524

Finally, the Tallis Scholars' other "broadcast" recordings:

The Tallis Scholars on the South Bank Show

The Tallis Scholars - Peter Phillips, dir.
Gimell 999

Tallis Scholars Live in Oxford

Tallis Scholars - Peter Phillips
Gimell 454 998

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