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Nicolas Gombert. Magnificats 1-4. Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips. Gimell CDGIM 037, 2001.
Following a brief sojourn in the ever-expanding Universal universe as a subsidiary of the Philips label, the Gimell imprint has returned to the independent fold and appears to be back to business as usual--for which all lovers of Renaissance polyphony can be enduringly grateful. The latest entry in a long and praiseworthy catalog of recordings by Peter Phillips's Tallis Scholars is this compact disc, the first of two planned releases that will present the eight Magnificat settings of the underappreciated Flemish composer Nicolas Gombert (the second is planned for release in 2002). Contemporary anecdote indicates that Combert intended this set of late compositions to serve as his masterpiece, a summing-up of everything he had been working toward in his life as a composer. And indeed, ...