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Allegri: Miserere; Palestrina, Mundy / Tallis Scholars

1 CD / Gimell / 2005-11-08

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; William Mundy: Vox patris caelestis; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Gloria
Performers: Armstrong, Jane; Chance, Michael; Cornwell, Joseph; Duncan, Ruth; King, Andrew [Tenor]; Leigh, Douglas; Mason, Colin Scott; Stamp, Alison; Stell, Judith; Walker, Julian; Williams, Julia

Widely regarded as the best recording of Allegris Miserere, this landmark recording by Peter Phillips and The Tallis Scholars was made in Merton College Chapel,...continue...

Agnus Dei

1 CD / Erato / 1997-02-18

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Requiem, Op. 48; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Gloria; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Johann Sebastian...
Performers: Beale, Matthew; Dougan, Eamonn; Herford, Thomas; Hirsch, Rebecca; Petter, William
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: Capricorn (Classical); New College Choir, Oxford

"The sacred choral music in this collection is all elegiac or meditative...These are superb performances, and quite frankly, the New College Choir has never sounded...continue...

Miserere / Martin Neary, Westminster Abbey Choir

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-03-26

Works: Anonymous: Vexilla Regis prodeunt; Christus factus est; Popule meus; Christus factus est no 2; Quia eduxi te; Christus factus est no 3; Quid ultra debui; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere mei Deus; Antonio ...
Performers: Baker, Martin; Birchall, Simon; Farnsworth, Richard; Jeffrey, Robin; Lees, Michael; Martin, Alexander; Sneddon, Thomas
Conductors: Neary, Martin
Ensemble: Westminster Abbey Choir; Westminster Consort

"This strange but fascinating recording delves into one of the most mysterious stories of choral polyphony, the genesis of Allegri's Miserere...nobody with an interest in...continue...