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This Whitacre piece, inspired by a Parisian chapel, was written for The Tallis Scholars' 40th anniversary, and is stunningly effective. Available on iTunes just days after its premiere, this is modern technology at its finest.
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Any description of the magnificent concert I attended on Saturday will fall short. I lack sufficient superlatives to describe either the ensemble’s astonishing clarity of tone — bright, sometimes steely, but never sharp and with little or no vibrato — or the impeccable way in which the voices blend, perfectly tuned, ...
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... it is hard not to wonder whether Whitacre's increasingly subtle writing and imagery has found its true home in The Tallis Scholars’ unique sound
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Sainte-Chapelle is a significant achievement by Eric Whitacre
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sung with the grace, precision and authority that we have come to expect from an ensemble that has done so much to re-establish the music of the Renaissance. Phillips has the uncanny ability to select just the right voices to fashion a perfect, vibrato-less single instrument.
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If they are somewhere near you, don’t hesitate to hear them. Two-score years it may be, but this is a group that just seems to get better with age.
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a splendid representation of the art of The Tallis Scholars
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The Apollonian art of the Tallis Scholars seems to have found in Mouton's balanced and masterly counterpoint a language which exactly suits them. As in the past with Palestrina - and perhaps even more with Josquin - their singing thrills; and makes thrilling the rediscovery of a master of masters.
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The Tallis Scholars and their perfect phrasing have caused a forgotten composer from the Renaissance, Jean Mouton, to be born again.
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... there was ample sensuality in the Tallis Scholars’ concert of unaccompanied sacred vocal music all sung with unearthly precision
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By using a choir of mixed voices which are so well balanced, Peter Phillips is able to bring to light inflections of sound which are not available to ensembles formed only of male voices.
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Musically, vocally, and sonically, this (new) Tallis Scholars recording stands with the best the group has ever made.
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The latest Chan Centre performance of the Tallis Scholars for Early Music Vancouver proved both a pleasure and something of a reality check: a demonstration of truly fine singing, a selection of wonderful repertoire, and that elusive extra quality that defines real excellence.
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There is no doubting the quality of these singers.
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Peter Phillips proves conclusively that the music of Jean Mouton is worthy of a wide audience.
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quality that's brought out superbly by the Tallis Scholars and by the excellent recording
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The Tallis Scholars are hands down the most difficult performing ensemble in the world to review. The reason is simple—they have been around for so many years and have produced such a consistent and high quality product
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one of the precious few creators whose output never falls short of the extraordinary
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These a cappella meditations, interweaving plainchant and polyphony, sober canon and rhythmic surprise, take the listener as near extraterrestrial as you can get sitting in a concert hall.
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a marvel of tone and temperament and choral singing at its most artful and stylistically informed
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