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Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium

by: Magnificat

March 08, 2004
This is a remarkable piece of music by any measure and should be in everyone's classical collection even if you are not normally a fan of vocal or religious music. You'll see many people lavish superlatives on this piece of music - and with absolute justification. In my view no superlative would be over-the-top.

For my part, I could say that it is sublime, superb, even peerless. But actually, I think it is other-worldly. It is quite simply staggering, for several reasons...
1) The ambition of Spem in alium is audacious. Composed circa 1570, written for 40 voices arranged in 8 independent choirs of 5 voices, each voice having a separate part, but all adhering to an overarching sense of cohesion. It is amazingly complex, mesmerisingly ... Read More:

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Rogier - Missa Ego sum qui sum

from: Linn

January 15, 2007
Although little-known to modern listeners, in his lifetime Phillipe Rogier was known to Europe as the "Honour, Light and Glory of Flanders". Working in Spain in the Chapel Royal he produced music of passionate intensity and thrilling beauty to match, and even surpass the greatest composers of the period. The mass "Ego Sum Qui Sum" is a masterpiece, taking as its inspiration the motet by his great forerunner, Nicolas Gombert, and yet looking forward in its expressive harmonies and glistening vocal texture. The motets on this disc are well chosen, the highlights being "Taedet Animam Meam" and "Heu Mihi, Domine", both settings of funeral texts. This disc is to be heartily recommended, not just to those who enjoy choral and early music, but to any who wishes to discover ... Read More:

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Kodály: Háry János Suite/Dances of Galánta

from: Philips

July 12, 1999
Although little-known to modern listeners, in his lifetime Phillipe Rogier was known to Europe as the "Honour, Light and Glory of Flanders". Working in Spain in the Chapel Royal he produced music of passionate intensity and thrilling beauty to match, and even surpass the greatest composers of the period. The mass "Ego Sum Qui Sum" is a masterpiece, taking as its inspiration the motet by his great forerunner, Nicolas Gombert, and yet looking forward in its expressive harmonies and glistening vocal texture. The motets on this disc are well chosen, the highlights being "Taedet Animam Meam" and "Heu Mihi, Domine", both settings of funeral texts. This disc is to be heartily recommended, not just to those who enjoy choral and early music, but to any who wishes to discover ... Read More:

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Palestrina: The Song of Songs

from: Linn

January 15, 2007
Although little-known to modern listeners, in his lifetime Phillipe Rogier was known to Europe as the "Honour, Light and Glory of Flanders". Working in Spain in the Chapel Royal he produced music of passionate intensity and thrilling beauty to match, and even surpass the greatest composers of the period. The mass "Ego Sum Qui Sum" is a masterpiece, taking as its inspiration the motet by his great forerunner, Nicolas Gombert, and yet looking forward in its expressive harmonies and glistening vocal texture. The motets on this disc are well chosen, the highlights being "Taedet Animam Meam" and "Heu Mihi, Domine", both settings of funeral texts. This disc is to be heartily recommended, not just to those who enjoy choral and early music, but to any who wishes to discover ... Read More:

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Cozzolani - Messa Paschale

from: Musica Omnia

August 05, 2004
Although little-known to modern listeners, in his lifetime Phillipe Rogier was known to Europe as the "Honour, Light and Glory of Flanders". Working in Spain in the Chapel Royal he produced music of passionate intensity and thrilling beauty to match, and even surpass the greatest composers of the period. The mass "Ego Sum Qui Sum" is a masterpiece, taking as its inspiration the motet by his great forerunner, Nicolas Gombert, and yet looking forward in its expressive harmonies and glistening vocal texture. The motets on this disc are well chosen, the highlights being "Taedet Animam Meam" and "Heu Mihi, Domine", both settings of funeral texts. This disc is to be heartily recommended, not just to those who enjoy choral and early music, but to any who wishes to discover ... Read More:

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The Golden Age, Vol.1

from: Linn

January 15, 2007
Although little-known to modern listeners, in his lifetime Phillipe Rogier was known to Europe as the "Honour, Light and Glory of Flanders". Working in Spain in the Chapel Royal he produced music of passionate intensity and thrilling beauty to match, and even surpass the greatest composers of the period. The mass "Ego Sum Qui Sum" is a masterpiece, taking as its inspiration the motet by his great forerunner, Nicolas Gombert, and yet looking forward in its expressive harmonies and glistening vocal texture. The motets on this disc are well chosen, the highlights being "Taedet Animam Meam" and "Heu Mihi, Domine", both settings of funeral texts. This disc is to be heartily recommended, not just to those who enjoy choral and early music, but to any who wishes to discover ... Read More:

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Industrial Monk

by: Magnificat

April 04, 2001
Although little-known to modern listeners, in his lifetime Phillipe Rogier was known to Europe as the "Honour, Light and Glory of Flanders". Working in Spain in the Chapel Royal he produced music of passionate intensity and thrilling beauty to match, and even surpass the greatest composers of the period. The mass "Ego Sum Qui Sum" is a masterpiece, taking as its inspiration the motet by his great forerunner, Nicolas Gombert, and yet looking forward in its expressive harmonies and glistening vocal texture. The motets on this disc are well chosen, the highlights being "Taedet Animam Meam" and "Heu Mihi, Domine", both settings of funeral texts. This disc is to be heartily recommended, not just to those who enjoy choral and early music, but to any who wishes to discover ... Read More:

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Ramsey - Choral Music

from: Gaudeamus

February 13, 1995
Although little-known to modern listeners, in his lifetime Phillipe Rogier was known to Europe as the "Honour, Light and Glory of Flanders". Working in Spain in the Chapel Royal he produced music of passionate intensity and thrilling beauty to match, and even surpass the greatest composers of the period. The mass "Ego Sum Qui Sum" is a masterpiece, taking as its inspiration the motet by his great forerunner, Nicolas Gombert, and yet looking forward in its expressive harmonies and glistening vocal texture. The motets on this disc are well chosen, the highlights being "Taedet Animam Meam" and "Heu Mihi, Domine", both settings of funeral texts. This disc is to be heartily recommended, not just to those who enjoy choral and early music, but to any who wishes to discover ... Read More:

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Chant in Honour of Anglo Saxon Saints

by: Magnificat/Durham Cathedral

April 10, 2001
Although little-known to modern listeners, in his lifetime Phillipe Rogier was known to Europe as the "Honour, Light and Glory of Flanders". Working in Spain in the Chapel Royal he produced music of passionate intensity and thrilling beauty to match, and even surpass the greatest composers of the period. The mass "Ego Sum Qui Sum" is a masterpiece, taking as its inspiration the motet by his great forerunner, Nicolas Gombert, and yet looking forward in its expressive harmonies and glistening vocal texture. The motets on this disc are well chosen, the highlights being "Taedet Animam Meam" and "Heu Mihi, Domine", both settings of funeral texts. This disc is to be heartily recommended, not just to those who enjoy choral and early music, but to any who wishes to discover ... Read More:

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Volume. 5

by: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis

March 19, 1996
Although little-known to modern listeners, in his lifetime Phillipe Rogier was known to Europe as the "Honour, Light and Glory of Flanders". Working in Spain in the Chapel Royal he produced music of passionate intensity and thrilling beauty to match, and even surpass the greatest composers of the period. The mass "Ego Sum Qui Sum" is a masterpiece, taking as its inspiration the motet by his great forerunner, Nicolas Gombert, and yet looking forward in its expressive harmonies and glistening vocal texture. The motets on this disc are well chosen, the highlights being "Taedet Animam Meam" and "Heu Mihi, Domine", both settings of funeral texts. This disc is to be heartily recommended, not just to those who enjoy choral and early music, but to any who wishes to discover ... Read More: