The Early Music Show

The virtual Nonesuch Palace

Catherine Bott investigates the story behind the creation of Tallis's magnum opus and explores its links with one of the Tudor era's architectural masterpieces, Nonesuch Palace.

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Playlist

Byrd: Ye Sacred Muses
Michael Chance/Fretwork
Virgin Classics
VBD5 61561-2

Tallis: Absterge Domine
Chapelle du Roi/Dixon
Signum SIGCD 029

Tallis: Per Haec Nus / A Point
Andrew Benson Wilson (organ)
Signum SIGCD042
Track 22

Tallis: Thou Wast O God
Rodolfus Choir
BBC recording

Striggio: Ecce Beatum Lucem
Huelgas Ensemble/Nevel
Sony SK66261-2
Track 7

Tallis: Spem in Alium (extract)
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch B000005J0D
Track 2

Tallis: Derelinquat impius
Cardinall's Musick/Carwood
Hyperion CDA67548
Track 8

Tallis: Salvator Mundi
Charivari Agreeable
Signum SIGCD042
Track 4

Tallis: Spem in Alium
Rodolfus Choir
BBC recording

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