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William Byrd.(Video Recording Review)
William Byrd. Playing Elizabeth's Tune: The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd. Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips. Gimell GIMDN 902, 2004.
[Column editor's note: This column does not normally include reviews of video titles, but an exception is being made in this case; the release under consideration is a hybrid video/audio product and will be of particular interest to academic sound recording collections.]
This DVD consists of three parts. The first is a filmed performance by the Tallis Scholars of a ten-piece program at Tewkesbury. Abbey; the concert includes such favorite Byrd compositions as the Mass for Four Voices, Magnificat (also known as the Great Service) and the spectacular Ave verum corpus. The performance (not actually a concert) was filmed in candlelight and recorded in surround sound, resulting in a sensory experience that is sumptuous on just about every level--from its soft, dark-gold visual aspect, to the enveloping richness of the recorded sound, to the glorious, richly nuanced complexity of the compositions themselves. The problem with this section of the DVD is one common to all such video productions: being present in the abbey at a performance such as this would have been thrilling, but watching it on a television screen is ...
- The essential Tallis Scholars.(Collections)
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Loewen, Peter January 1, 2004 700+ words
...the best of the Tallis Scholars", one might say, since...Disc 1 begins with the Tallis Scholars' oldest and, perhaps...1984 release of masses by William Byrd (Gimell 345). The Tallis Scholars have won so much praise...
- Tallis Scholars.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Loewen January 1, 2006 700+ words
Tallis Scholars VICTORIA: Requiem; LOBO, DUARTE...minutes On this two-disc set the Tallis Scholars offer a compilation of four recordings...appeared recently in a recording by The William Byrd Choir (Helios 55138, Nov/Dec 2005...
- Tallis Scholars.(New York City)
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Sullivan, Jack March 1, 2006 700+ words
...birth of Thomas Tallis, the Tallis Scholars presented a rich selection of...aesthetic paved the way for William Byrd's leaner works, 'Ave Verum...Phillips, who has directed the Tallis Scholars since their 1973 inception...
- The Tallis Scholars.
- Magazine article from: American Record Guide Parsons January 1, 2005 700+ words
The Tallis Scholars Gimell 904 [DVD] 137 minutes...on February 2 and 3, 1994, the Tallis Scholars performed a program of choral music...performances are, as usual with the Tallis Scholars, exquisite. One can watch in...
- White: Tudor Church Music.(Tallis Scholars)
- Magazine article from: Early Music Bullock, Alison May 1, 1996 700+ words
...Prior to the release of the Tallis Scholars' recording of choral music...record, but unfortunately the Tallis Scholars' disc duplicates all but one...as one would expect from the Tallis Scholars, technically more or less...
- Singing the praises of The Tallis Scholars THE TALLIS SCHO.
- Magazine article from: Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri June 28, 2001 700+ words
Singing the praises of The Tallis Scholars THE TALLIS SCHOLARS Kioi Hall, Tokyo, June 21 The grand tradition of...are a few, truly exceptional groups such as The Tallis Scholars. The 10-member, mixed a capella choir, which...
- Singing the praises of The Tallis Scholars: THE TALLIS SCHOLARS Kioi Hall,...
- Magazine article from: Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri June 28, 2001 700+ words
...pinnacle are a few, truly exceptional groups such as The Tallis Scholars. The 10-member, mixed a capella choir, which includes...of early-music fans who nearly packed the venue. The Tallis Scholars will perform a program of Spanish music at 7 p.m. on...
- Ockeghem: Au travail suis/De plus en plus. (The Tallis Scholars)
- Magazine article from: Early Music Gallagher, Sean February 1, 1998 700+ words
...extremely good. Half of the Orlando Consort sings on The Tallis Scholars' recording of Ockeghem Masses, Au travail suds/De plus...compressed. The rather distant acoustic, common to other Tallis Scholars' recordings, might in part account for this impression...
- Review: The tallis scholars at St. George's Bristol.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire March 16, 2006 700+ words
...Palestrina in particular, are the peak of vocal ambition, with their interweaving polyphonic lines and rich harmonies. The Tallis Scholars are famed for their expertise in this field, and their Bristol concert was rightly a sell-out. Though this was music...
- The Library of William Byrd of Westover. (Books Reviews).
- Magazine article from: Libraries & Culture Hardwick, Kevin P. September 22, 1999 700+ words
The Library of William Byrd of Westover. By Kevin J. Hayes. Madison...painstaking reconstruction of The Library of William Byrd of Westover (Madison, Wisconsin: Madison House, 1997). William Byrd II compiled what is arguably the finest...
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