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John Taverner (c1490-1545)

Missa Mater Christi sanctissima & other sacred music

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers (conductor)
Previously issued on CDA66639
Label: Helios
Recording details: December 1992
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: April 2000
Total duration: 65 minutes 9 seconds

Cover artwork: The Virgin and the Fountain by Jan van Eyck (c1389-1441)
 

All of the music on this album is also available as part of the specially priced box set The Golden Age of English Polyphony: 'English choral music at its finest: 11 hours 25 minutes of Tudor polyphony' (The Observer).

Reviews

‘These reissues epitomise the qualities that make The Sixteen one of Britain's outstanding choral groups: distilled purity of sound: impeccable ensemble and intonation; long-breathed lines. Harry Christophers takes an introspective view of Taverner's monumental Missa Gloria tibi Trinitas, producing a performance of untrammelled serenity’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Marvellous music … well worth reissuing’ (Early Music Review)

‘For the most important English composer of his generation, this series of Masses is long overdue, and we are fortunate that it is being completed with such a high level of success’ (Fanfare, USA)
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