Peter Phillips, The Tallis Scholars - John Taverner: Missa Corona Spinea (2015)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 265 Mb | Total time: 62:07 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Gimell | CDGIM 046 | Recorded: 2015
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 265 Mb | Total time: 62:07 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Gimell | CDGIM 046 | Recorded: 2015
The Missa Corona spinea is a kind of treble concerto, packed with mind-blowing sonorities. If ever there was music to exemplify Shakespeare's 'Music of the Spheres', it is here, and especially in the two ecstatic treble gimells. The first performance, probably in front of Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsey, must have been an astonishing occasion.