Spem in alium (40-part Motet)

Album by Thomas Tallis & Cambridge Choir of King’s College & Sir David Willcocks

Spem in alium is a 40-part motet by Thomas Tallis, written circa 1570. The sacred Renaissance work is scored for forty individual vocal parts arranged in antiphonal choirs and employs dense, imitative polyphony and pronounced spatial effects, making it a distinctive example of late-16th-century English polyphonic practice and a notable work within Tallis's oeuvre.
First released: 1984

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Spem In Alium
    11:32
  2. 2.
    In Manus Tuas
    2:09
  3. 3.
    In Ieiunio Et Fletu
    5:12
  4. 4.
    Te Lucis Ante Terminum (I)
    1:36
  5. 5.
    Te Lucis Ante Terminum (II)
    2:07
  6. 6.
    Ecce Tempus Idoneum
    4:08
  7. 7.
    Veni Redemptor Gentium
    2:44
  8. 8.
    O Nata Lux De Lumine
    1:57
  9. 9.
    Salvator Mundi
    2:59
  10. 10.
    Derelinquat Impius
    4:26
  11. 11.
    Videte Miraculum
    11:03
  12. 12.
    Organ Lesson
    4:30
  13. 13.
    Sancte Deus
    5:54

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