popular music: Tomas Luis de Victoria

popular music: Tomas Luis de Victoria

popular music:

Tomas Luis de Vict...

Gregorio Allegri, Antoine Brumel, ...

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 ...

O Magnum Mysterium

Thomas Tallis, Tomas Luis de Victoria, ...

Telarc, 2000

This is an amazing, amazing product
The only part of the CD I would quibble with is the selection from Rachmaninov's Vespers, but I'm really lucky and have heard that performed live several times and heard multiple recordings, and decided on one that I liked best early on. If you aren't blown away by ...

Sing We Christmas

Chad Runyon, Tim Krol, ...

Teldec, 1995

The Geese Are Getting Fat Again
Someone who likes my music reviews has requested a Christmas album. Well, here it is. Imagine a silent darkness with reflections of colored lights twinkling on the snow banks. Suddenly a group of carolers can be heard making their merry way toward your own front porch, ...

A Renaissance Christmas / Cohen, Boston Camerata

Joel Cohen, Boston Camerata

Nonesuch, 1991

Simply one of the best Christmas albums on the market.
There is nothing to criticize on this CD, along with its wonderful companions, Medeival Christmas and Baroque Christmas. The singing is absolutely masterful; the instrumentation is faithful to what would've been used during the time period for additional authenticity. ...

Cambridge Singers Christmas Album

Stephen Orton, Adolphe Adam, ...

Collegium, 2003

Glittering Chrismas Music
I own virtually all of the CD's of John Rutter (whom I greatly admire) and the Cambridge Singers, and I am a fan of English Choral music in general. If I were asked to recommend only one of the many Cambridge Singers Christmas albums, or indeed one of any English ...

Chanticleer: A Portrait

Chanticleer, Ignacio Jerusalem, ...

Teldec, 2003

A treasury
As you can tell from the samples, the music here is amazing and covers a wide territory. It is less obvious that much of this is available on other CDs. I am confident, for example, that "We Shall Walk Through the Valley In Peace" is the same track that you will find ...

Christmas With the Tallis Scholars

Ritson Manscript Anonymous, Sarum Chant, ...

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!

CHRISTMAS at King's College

Gareth Morrell, Stephen Varcoe, ...

EMI Classics, 1998

4 Disc tour de' force of "high church" Christmas music
It's in there.. this is a great collection of Anglican Cathedral Christmas music. Highly recommended.

Sacred Treasures IV: Choral Masterworks, Quiet Prayers

Maurice Durufle, Gabriel Faure, ...

Hearts of Space, 2006

Divine Beauty And Peace!
I am the producer of this CD as well as "SACRED TREASURES:Choral Masterworks From Russia", "SACRED TREASURES III:Choral Masterworks From Russia and Beyond", "SACRED TREASURES V: From a Russian Cathedral" and "CELTIC TWILIGHT 7: Sacred Spirit". In each case, my ...

Chanticleer: Magnificat (A Capella Works by Josquin, Palestrina, Titov, Victoria, and Others)

Chanticleer, William Cornysh, ...

Teldec, 2000

Gorgeous choral voices surrounding you
I hesitated to buy this disc until a friend told me he knew one of the members of Chanticleer; then again I also had nothing like it in my collection. The sound is rich and resonant. You should know it is recorded realistically, in a variety of soundfields, i.e. ...

Peace -- A Choral Album for Our Times

Grant Llewellyn, Handel and Haydn Society, ...

Avie, 2004

Stunningly Beautiful
Glorious Indeed! Robert Levine's above review is 'right on'. Morten Lauridsen's chill-provoking 'O magnum mysterium' brought me to this project after hearing it on public radio at 2AM. Choice of material, quality and sensitivity of performance, and Grant Llewellyn's ...

With Joyful Voice: Christmas Music of Eight Centuries

Daniel McCabe, Joel Cohen, ...

Nonesuch, 1993

Christmas and connections to the past.......
These three excellently produced CDs evoke medieval manor houses, renaissance courts, and baroque choir boys as we hear Christmas music, fresh to our ears from another time and place. We hear familiar Christmas carols as well, but in their original setting. A mood of ...

Christmas with the Cambridge Singers

Adolphe Adam, Hector Berlioz, ...

Collegium, 1993

Joy to the world
The Cambridge Singers have made several Christmas albums, and all of them are top notch. This particular one was done in 1989, and has several songs in honour of the Nativity. Their performance was done at one of their regular recording spots, the Great Hall of ...

Palestrina: Soul of Rome

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Costanzo Festa, ...

Koch Int'l Classics, 2001

Heavenly music, perfectly sung
A superb selection of some of Renaissance master Palestrina's exquisitely transcendent music, sung to perfection by this 6-man a capella group. Very peaceful, restful, meditative, it's ideal background music for work or home, for any time of day or night. Sublimely ...

Christmas in Rome [DVD Video]

Deutsche Grammophon, 2007

A very traditional Christmas
Well, if you've been hankering for a traditional Christmas, here it is. Spanning the years from the early fifth century, when the beautiful church of Santa Maria Maggiore was built in Rome (where these performances were recorded), to the mid-18th century (when the ...