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Article: Choral. (Classical music).(Die Schopfung (The Creation))(The Best of the Renaissance. Choral works of Allegri, Tallis, Byrd, Josquin, Lobo, Gesualdo, Palestrina, Lassus, Taverner, Cardoso)(De Profundis)(The Dream of Gerontius)(Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1656)(Vespro per la Salute, 1650)(Venetian Church Music)(Requiem (and Cesar Franck's Symphony in D Minor))(Tehillim and The Desert Music)(Sound Recording Review)
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- The Christian Century
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- February 8, 2003
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Franz Josef Haydn. Die Schopfung (The Creation). Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists. John Eliot Gardiner. Archiv 449217, $32.00.
Hearing Handel's oratorios (including Messiah), Haydn at age 65 was inspired to respond with this masterpiece about the creation of the world. He invested it with dramatic fire, stunning craftsmanship and some of his best tunes. This performance is bright, exciting, warm, clear--and it dances.
The Best of the Renaissance. Choral works of Allegri, Tallis, Byrd, Josquin, Lobo, Gesualdo, Palestrina, Lassus, Taverner, Cardoso. Tallis Scholars. Peter Phillips. Philips 462862, $14.00.
This is a two-disc survey of the ...