classical music: Thomas [Composer] Tallis ...     classical music:       Thomas Tallis: Complete Works3 reviews Thomas Tallis, Alistair Dixon Brilliant Classics, 2008 Another Superb Set from Brilliant Classics I can't praise highly enough the service to the music world that Brilliant Classics is doing by issuing the complete works of both well-known and lesser-known masters. Brilliant is perhaps best known for its complete sets of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven, each priced at a little over $100 for close to 100 CDs in each set. I was previously familiar with the English Thomas Tallis (1505-1585), but ...             Vaughan Williams: Fantasies; The Lark Ascending; Five Variants31 reviews Ralph Vaughan Williams, Neville Marriner, ... Decca, 1990 Iona Brown was very special The Iona Brown recording of "Lark" here is famous in Britain and justifiably so. Brown, who died in 2004, grew up in the English countryside and had a deep experience of what Vaughan Williams was trying to capture. The rest of the CD is lush, crisp and wonderful -- the Academy's renowned strings at their early 70s peak. It's an analog recording (1972) and the sound is terrific. I don't think this ...             Great Choral Classics from King's Choir of King's College, Cambridge3 reviews Gregorio Allegri, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, ... Decca, 1998 Absolutely glorious! These musical performances are done with consummate artistry. The attack, the phrasing, the tempi, the interpretations are all presented with professionalism and first-rate musicianship. The organ and the setting, as well as choir and director, are associated worldwide with the very best in church music and this CD does not disappoint. Beloved church choral classics are all here and all ...             The Tallis Scholars Sing Thomas Tallis4 reviews Thomas [Composer] Tallis Gimell UK, 2004 The Tallis Scholars do their namesake proud In the last couple of years, the Tallis Scholars have been compiling their sizeable recording output into attractive two-disc editions. Here, they've collected a large number of their interpretations of their namesake, Thomas Tallis. Tallis (c. 1505-1585) is, of course, one of the giants of Renaissance music, and he was certainly the greatest English composer of liturgical music between John ...             Hallelujah: 35 Great Choruses3 reviews Antonio Vivaldi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ... Sparrow, 2004 lovely works... Excellent selections... my favorite is the Sanctus by Gounod. The music seems to build in the blood... the organ being the heartbeat. If you turn the volume up just right... a memorable experience. Beautiful!             Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Barber: Adagio for Strings; Grainger: Irish Tune from ...14 reviews Samuel Barber, Percy Grainger, ... Telarc, 1990 Beautiful music I had a copy of this that I gave to a friend and ordered another copy from you to replace it.it is truly beautiful music especially for relaxing in the evening.             England, My England3 reviews Thomas Bullard, George Frederick Handel, ... EMI Classics, 2009 a voice teacher and early music fan ENGLAND'S MOST FAMOUS CHURCH CHOIR PRESENTS AN EXCELLENT COMPILATION! This two CD two hour thirty-two minute recording was releaed by EMI Classics in July, 2009. It includes a wide variety of mostly sacred music that offers motets, ancient and modern, well-known psalms and favorite hymns and pieces made recognisable through their association with key English historical events. The majority ...             Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works8 reviews Ralph Vaughan Williams, Neville Marriner, ... Decca, 1999 Balanced & Refined English Folk Song Adaptations Vaughan Williams is certainly one of the consummate English composers who took the folk song of his country and compsed delightful orchestra works around them. This budget worthy 2-CD set displays this in two parts, the first performed by the Acadamey of St.Martin in-the-Fields while the second disc features more period instruments with the New Queen's Hall Orchestra and the London ...             Abide With Me: 50 Favorite Hymns3 reviews John [Composer] Goss, Henry Purcell, ... Decca Import, 1996 Inspirational! Majestic hymns sung with British accents. A great combination! I haven't noticed any objectionable sounds on my copy.             Barber's Adagio18 reviews Samuel Barber, Ralph Vaughan Williams, ... Sony, 1990 Superb Bernstein's usual wonderful interpretations of 5 pieces. This is probably the best performance of Barber's Adagio you can find and I have heard them all. One other note is Williams' Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis... it is spellbinding. This cd is definately worth the price if you are into slower strings.             Tallis: Spem in alium; Missa Salve intemerata3 reviews Thomas [Composer] Tallis, Jeremy Summerly Naxos, 2005 Wholly beautiful; a wonderful evidence that Tallis is unjustly overlooked From beginning to end, Summerly and the Oxford Camerata are entirely convincing. They make a strong case for the music of Thomas Tallis. And although some of it contains theologically inaccurate doctrine, the music is still delightful. Spem in alium is rapturous in a overwhelmingly beautiful way; the performance, if a bit stately, is still totally consuming. If you have the right equipment, ...             Introduction and Allegro / Serenade / Elegy/ Sospiri / Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis / Fantasia on ...25 reviews Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, ... EMI Classics, 2000 Barbirolli invests Vaughan Williams' Tallis Fantasy with unique weight Though Barbirolli had a long association with Elgar (as Michael Kennedy remarks in his remarkably informative liner notes, he made no less than 6 recordings of Introduction & Allegro, including the first one in 1927 with an ensemble he had hired himself), it is for the conductor's take on Vaughan Williams' Tallis Fantasy (his second recording) that I bought this disc. It is, indeed, superb. The ...             Vaughan Williams: The Nine Symphonies; Job (Box Set)6 reviews William Shimell, Ralph Vaughan Williams, ... Class. for Pleas. Us, 2002 RESTORES ONE'S FAITH IN HONEST MUSIC MAKING Thank God for Tod Handley. I vividly recall a year or two back, feeling particularly jaundiced after a succession of glitzy, superficial concerts by conductors far starrier and younger, having my faith in real music making restored by a Handley concert which included a scintillating Schubert Little C Major and a profoundly moving VW Sea Symphony. That work, of course, is the springboard for ...             Discover Early Music3 reviews Ambrosian Chant, Gregorian Chant, ... Naxos, 2005 awesome value -- 5+ stars I'm really enthusiastic about these CDs and booklet. I've had it for a few weeks now, in which I've explored Medieval and Renaissance music much more deeply than this little book and CD set. Yet I'm very glad I started with these. The selection of composers gives an excellent, broad sweep across several centuries. But the booklet contains one of the most informative essays I've found about ...             Vaughan Williams, The Complete Symphonies15 reviews John Carol Case, Ralph Vaughan Williams, ... EMI Classics, 2000 BEST COMPLETE SURVEY The VW symphonies have done remarkably well on disc. Complete cycles by Previn, Haitink and Tod Handley all make substantial claims. Individual symphonies from Richard Hickox, Andrew Davis, Vaughan Williams himself and, of course, 'Glorious John' Barbirolli (as VW christened him) also demand attention. But, if you're looking for a complete overview of the Vaughan Williams symphonic canon (plus ...             Beyond Chant: Mysteries Of The Renaissance17 reviews et al Anonymous (Composer) Delos Records, 1994 Excellent introduction to Renaissance choral music. This was my first CD of sacred Renaissance choral music, as it undoubtably has been for a great many people. It offers the best possible introduction to the genre for two main reasons: 1. No other CD of Renaissance choral music contains such a varied cross-section of early to late Renaissance sacred music styles. 2. The performance and recording quality are excellent. Keene uses a variety of ...             Christmas with the Tallis Scholars3 reviews Christmas Traditional, Ritson Manscript Anonymous, ... Gimell UK, 2003 Christmas Variety Many different types of Christmas music on one collection, from chorales, chants and carols, to masses, motets and hymns. A perfect "traditional" disc to put in the seasonal mix!             Vaughan Williams: Symphonies #1-9, The Lark Ascending, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, In the Fen ...4 reviews Ian Bostridge, Sarah Chang, ... EMI Classics, 2004 Vaughan Williams the Great European Symphonist 2004 Has been a good year for Box Sets of Vaughan Williams Symphonies. Best of the bunch is this one from EMI with Bernard Haitink conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Do not be put off by the lengthy gestation of the project, over 16 years between 1984 and 2000, there is a consistency of interpretation, performance and sound. Haitink's first recording in the set of the 7th Symphony, ...             String Serenades3 reviews Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Antonin Dvorak, ... Virgin Classics, 2000 The Best The music and the musicians of this CD are the of greatest quality. I do not think that many words are necessary, but I must say that this is by far one of my favorite CDs. If you are unsure about classical music or dyed in the wool listener, or a musician, I would recommend this by all means. Even as a musician who has played several of these serenades and heard them many times, I do not tire ...             The Essential Tallis Scholars9 reviews Gregorio Allegri, Tomas Luis de Victoria, ... Gimell UK, 2003 The Greatest Hits of a Pioneer Ensemble For years, Tallis Scholars have been quietly revolutionizing our recovery of sacred music. This is their "greatest hits" collection and quite great indeed. The Miserere which begins the set is alone worth the price of the set. The only fault with it is that it is so startling, so obviously genuine, that you will still be hearing it as you play through the rest of the set. The Scholars' ...              search for classical music allegro, ascending, bostridge, cambridge, choruses, christmas, classics, complete, discover, england, essential, fantasia, fantasies, favorite, grainger, greensleeves, haitink, hallelujah, intemerata, introduction, mysteries, orchestral, renaissance, scholars, serenade, serenades, symphonies, variants, vaughan, williams classical music:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen (Egypt) home  impressum - about us