Episode 4
Donald Macleod introduces the music of Thomas Tallis, who served under four monarchs at the Chapel Royal during the political and religious turbulence of the 16th century.
Donald Macleod traces Tallis's career through the reign of 'Bloody' Mary and into that of her hated half-sister, Elizabeth I. There's music from both ends of the spectrum of Tallis's output - the simplicity of the setting (in English) of If ye love me, and the glorious, 40-part motet (in Latin), Spem in alium, one of the great masterpieces of music from any age.
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Thomas Tallis
Suscipe quaeso
Performer: The Clerkes of Oxenford, David Wulstan
- CALLIOPE CAL9623.
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Thomas Tallis
Te deum
Performer: Chapelle du Roi, Alistair Dixon
- BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93612.
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Thomas Tallis
If ye love me
Performer: The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
- UNIVERSAL REN18CD.
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Thomas Tallis
In nomine
Performer: Fretwork
- AMON RA CDSAR29.
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Thomas Tallis
Solfaing song
Performer: Fretwork
- AMON RA CDSAR29.
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Thomas Tallis
Felix namque
Performer: Lynda Sayce (lute)
- BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93612.
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Thomas Tallis
Spem in alium
Performer: Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips
- GIMELL 4549062.
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