Browse: Tallis - O Lord, give thy holy spirit

Everywhere [Skinner] negotiates an ear-opening path through the changing shapes and densities of Tallis’s ever-fluid formulations; the polyphony is delineated with laser-sharp precision, and... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Tallis Scholars produce a distilled, transparent sound and the spiritual tone of their performance is one of serene contemplation through which the Requiem's ecstatic 'external light' shines. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…

In the anthems, particularly, the Cardinall's Musick pulls the listener into Tallis's splendid architecture, with perfect paragraphing and line shape. For the most part, though, it retains a... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

During periods of Protestant ascendancy, Tallis (like his contemporaries) was compelled to move with the times and write in a style that pleased the religious authorities; these periods gave... — David Smith, Presto Music, October 2014 More…

The singing of the 30-strong choir of men and women is excellent; full-blooded and well-blended and, although it can sometimes verge on the unrelenting, it is never short of energy...The performances... — Organists Review, February 2005 More…