time to take a healthy step back from the usual run of clamor that i feature on this site. instead, i give you a taste of 16th century choral music, written during the reign of henry viii. i’m quite sure this cd – with its big, bold THOMAS TALLIS on the front cover – is trying to cash in as much as a classical release can on the success of the tudors. but if it gets this beautiful music into the hands of some unsuspecting middle americans, i’m all for it.
Canterbury Cathedral Choir
“Ave Dei patris” (mp3)
from “Tallis: Salve Intemerata”
(Metronome)
