Live in Rome - Palestrina, Allegri / Phillips, Tallis Scholars

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In February 1994, the Tallis Scholars performed a once-in-a-lifetime concert--a commemoration of the life and music of Palestrina, exactly 400 years after his death. The event took place in Rome at one of the churches, Santa Maria Maggiore, where the composer actually worked. Amazingly, the nave, chancel, the fifth-century mosaics, and ceiling (laid with gold brought by Columbus from the New World) remain just as Palestrina knew them. That special and often quite moving occasion was marked with this recording--an accurate account of the performance and of the same extraordinary acoustics that once echoed in Palestrina's ears. Included are the Missa Papae Marcelli, four double-choir motets, and one of the greatest Renaissance works, Palestrina's setting of the Stabat Mater. For fun, the singers "couldn't resist" performing a non-Palestrina masterpiece associated with the Sistine Chapel, Allegri's famed Miserere. The recording includes some applause, but it never intrudes on the music. --David Vernier

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Live in Rome - Palestrina, Allegri / Phillips, Tallis Scholars
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Simply Angelic!
  • Superb experience of Roman polyphony
 Live in Rome - Palestrina, Allegri / Phillips, Tallis Scholars
Tallis Scholars
Manufacturer: Polygram Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000001I5E
Release Date: 1996-10-15

Tracks:

  1. Opening Applause
  2. Surge, illuminare
  3. Missa Papae Marcelli: Kyrie
  4. Missa Papae Marcelli: Gloria
  5. Missa Papae Marcelli: Credo
  6. Missa Papae Marcelli: Sanctus & Benedictus
  7. Missa Papae Marcelli: Agnus Dei I & II
  8. Miserere - The Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips/Deborah Roberts
  9. Stabat Mater
  10. Alma Redemptoris Mater
  11. Magnificat primi toni
  12. Nunc dimittis

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In February 1994, the Tallis Scholars performed a once-in-a-lifetime concert--a commemoration of the life and music of Palestrina, exactly 400 years after his death. The event took place in Rome at one of the churches, Santa Maria Maggiore, where the composer actually worked. Amazingly, the nave, chancel, the fifth-century mosaics, and ceiling (laid with gold brought by Columbus from the New World) remain just as Palestrina knew them. That special and often quite moving occasion was marked with this recording--an accurate account of the performance and of the same extraordinary acoustics that once echoed in Palestrina's ears. Included are the Missa Papae Marcelli, four double-choir motets, and one of the greatest Renaissance works, Palestrina's setting of the Stabat Mater. For fun, the singers "couldn't resist" performing a non-Palestrina masterpiece associated with the Sistine Chapel, Allegri's famed Miserere. The recording includes some applause, but it never intrudes on the music. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Simply Angelic!.......2001-11-18

This CD is probably the best recording of Palestrina I have ever heard in my lifetime. The Tallis Scholars sing the music as it was meant to be sung, just radiant with emotion! The Stabat Mater is such a haunting, gorgeous piece about the Virgin Mary at the foot of Christ's Cross... and they also sing the Missa Papae Marcelli, which perhaps saved music in the Catholic Church, and Allegri's Miserere, which is still sung at the Tenebrae Service at the Vatican. You'll want to listen to this CD over and over again! I highly recommend this to anyone and everyone who is able to get their hands on a copy! The simple splendor of Palestrina's polyphony brings shivers to the listener. What a marvelous tribute to Jesus Christ and to the rich musical history of the Catholic Church! Not enough can be said for the value of this CD. A must have, a gem!

5 out of 5 stars Superb experience of Roman polyphony.......1999-11-25

this disc is a splendid experience, not only is the glorious music rendered in an excellent style, but the acoustics of the great church of Sta. Maria Maggiore add to the lustre. Especially moving is the by-now famous, and here wonderfully performed "Miserere" by Allegri, who wrote IN Rome, for the Papal Chapel. A true "local product". For lovers of Renaissance polyphony, a truly moving aural and emotional experience.

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