John Browne - Stabat Mater

The Tallis Scholars
score www1.cpdl.org/w...)

[@mattyregelmaessig8654]

Beautiful. A masterclass in juxtaposing different subchoirs, with varying numbers of voices in contrasting ranges. When the full six voices do finally enter, the result is glorious.

[@ericbenjamin2908]

Wow. A masterpiece of rhythmic and contrapuntal complexity, all the while breathing a gorgeous air of expressivity and devotion.

[@michelbesnier1]

Ce bijou de la musique polyphonique anglaise de la période TUDOR est saisissant d'expressivité .Le tempo offre un aperçu dramatique de l'angoisse de Marie face à Jésus sur la Croix.

[@jsleith]

I love the *cross*-relation on "crucifige" at 8:48 :)

[@gervaisfrykman266]

I love this performance and the score.

[@Vincello1]

beautful!

[@rogerpowe1748]

eton choirbook, of which this is a part, represents the glories of English church music of that period

[@antoninopirrone2541]

❤❤

[@nicholashewlett5834]

This recording is a semitone higher than the score in the video, and the score is a major second higher than the original. The recording is thus a minor third higher than the original, which makes the Treble part piercingly intense on the highest notes, and possibly a little unnatural. It certainly emphasizes the mystical evocation of the music.

[@chantegrave]

I am not the choir director of The Taillis Scholar, unfortunately or fortunately depending on the point of view (;^_^) but perhaps the pitch is chosen according to the tessitura and the capacities of each voice of the whoole choir and not just the upper voice. The oscilloscope is a recent invention which does not correspond to the reality of the tuning during past centuries.

[@el7284]

​@chantegraveknowing Peter Phillips, he probably picked the most dazzling pitch he could manage

[@TheSutov]

whow, what is the intonation about? Almost half tone higer and so very bright - is this renaissance temperation?

[@chantegrave]

The perfect tuning fork is a false problem and a modern problem! Real instrument measured as a function of temperature 10°c 433hz 15°c 436hz 20°c 440hz 25°c 444hz and... 392 Hz: French Baroque. 392Hz to 460Hz: Baroque Italian! 392Hz to 440Hz: English Baroque. 415Hz: German baroque. 422Hz: other classical music. 432Hz "The Earth" for lovers of alternative sciences. 435Hz: Romantic tuning fork, international standard in the 19th century (at 15°C ...) 440Hz current pitch (at 20°C ...). 442Hz modern tuning fork of the wood bill (to give a little flexibility in low temperature) compromises are necessary!

[@el7284]

The pitch for this group is chosen not for academic reasons, but for aesthetic ones.

[@Baltie3]

2:08-2:24