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| publisher: Classic FM ASIN: B003O85CLM sales rank: 74 price: £8.95 (new) |
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| publisher: Decca ASIN: B002V1HJEG sales rank: 161 price: £2.74 (new), £2.73 (used) |
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publisher: Harmonia Mundi Classique ASIN: B003H2E3D8 sales rank: 99 price: £22.99 (new) |
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publisher: Decca ASIN: B003LAH7MU sales rank: 531 price: £6.12 (new), £4.75 (used) |
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publisher: Decca (UMO) ASIN: B00076SJE6 sales rank: 540 price: £3.67 (new), £2.42 (used) |
This new release is somewhat mistitled: while most of the pieces are, in fact, from the Renaissance (or early Baroque), there are works here also by Samuel Barber, Poulenc, John Tavener, Bruckne,r and Gorecki. What they all have in common is their beauty and serenity. Perhaps the CDs subtitle, "Music for Inner Peace," also refers to a type of renaissance, i.e., spiritual re-birth: in which case, they're right on the money. The Sixteen, led by Harry Christophers, is one of the greatest proponents of this sort of choral music in the world, and they don't disappoint here: The Allegri "Miserere," with its wickedly beautiful ascent to high C by soprano soloist, is ravishing; Barber's own arrangement of his "Adagio for strings" for chorus (1967) is polyphony at its most "renaissance" without actually being so, and Gorecki's "Totos Tuus" is otherworldly in it mysticism. The selections by Byrd, Tomkins, et al., are, like the others, impeccably performed. Even an early piece by contemporary composer John Tavener, normally the master of excruciatingly pretentiousness, is lovely. This recording is a gem. --Robert Levine |
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publisher: Decca (UMO) ASIN: B003QTBTIY sales rank: 501 price: £8.95 (new) |
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| publisher: Sony Music ASIN: B00292BYOS sales rank: 776 price: £2.65 (new), £12.40 (used) |
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publisher: Linn Records ASIN: B003153ZEE sales rank: 447 price: £5.99 (new) |
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publisher: EMI Classics ASIN: B003OT4M08 sales rank: 506 price: £7.24 (new) |
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publisher: EMI ASIN: B000E0VKWI sales rank: 602 price: £3.07 (new), £2.79 (used) |
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