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Article: Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas. (The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips, The Sixteen, Harry Christophers)
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- The Nation
- Article date:
- August 2, 1986
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Taverner: Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas. The Tallis Scholars, directed by Peter Phillips. Gimell CDGIM-004 (CD). The Sixteen, conducted by Harry Christophers. Hyperion A-66134 (LP).
The recordings listed above are a small sample of current output. All were recorded in London, currently the world capital of early music. Despite the variety of group names, all have personnel in common, save perhaps. The Sixteen, whose members are unidentified. The level of tonal perfection in choral singing attained by both groups in Taverner's substantial (35 to 40 minutes), richly scored, abstractly rhapsodic ...