Spem in alium the 40-part motet and other music / Thomas Tallis.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tallis, Thomas, approximately 1505-1585
Corporate Authors: Winchester Cathedral. Choir (Performer), Winchester College. Quiristers (Performer), Vocal Arts (Musical group) (Performer)
Other Authors: Byram-Wigfield, Timothy (Performer), Hill, David, 1957- (Conductor)
Format: CD Audio
Language:Latin
Published: London : Hyperion, p1990.
Subjects:
Uniform Title:Vocal music.
Description
Item Description:Hyperion: CDA66400.
Title from container.
Motets except for two settings of Lamentations of Jeremiah and the hymns O nata lux de lumine and Te lucis ante terminum.
Te lucis ante terminum is the composer's 1st setting (cf. N. Grove) of the Compline hymn beginning with the words Procul recedant somnia; the two verses not set by Tallis are chanted.
All are for 5 unacc. voices except Spem in alium, which is performed with organ acc.
Sung in Latin.
Compact disc.
Program notes include the texts with English translations.
Physical Description:1 sound disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Participant or Performer:Winchester Cathedral Choir ; Winchester College Quiristers (Spem in alium) ; Vocal Arts (Spem in alium) ; David Hill, conductor ; with, Timothy Byram-Wigfield, organ.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:Recorded in Winchester Cathedral, July 5-7, 1989.