Rating: 4/5
Review:
Good, but not a favourite
I love The Cardinall's Musick and their series of Byrd,
Fayfax and Ludford are among my favourite discs. For some reason, their Tallis recordings
(with the exception of the marvellous Lamentations) don't have the same
thrilling effect on me.
This disc is part of their eventual Complete Tallis, so it's
a very mixed programme of both Latin and English settings from the well known
to small obscurities. I like this
approach and it's good to have such a variety easily available. The singing is, of course, technically excellent
and their sound is as lovely as ever.
Somehow, though, the depth and spirituality isn't as strong for me as it
often is in Cardinall's Musick recordings and as a result these aren't among my
favourite versions. In the Mass For Four
Voices, for example, I much prefer the haunting plangency of The Hilliard
Ensemble or the fuller but still quite spare recording by Magnificat.
This is entirely personal preference, of course. It is a superbly sung and recorded disc which
I'm sure many people will love. I like
it, but I can't give it an unqualified recommendation.
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