Spem in alium

Album by Thomas Tallis & The Tallis Scholars & Peter Phillips

Spem in alium is a 40-part motet by English composer Thomas Tallis, composed circa 1570. The work is scored for forty independent voices arranged in eight choirs, employing antiphonal textures, intricate imitative polyphony and expansive harmonic sonorities, and is notable in the English Renaissance repertoire for its large-scale choral design.
First released: 1985

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Spem in alium, 40 voice motet
    9:52
  2. 2.
    Sancte Deus
    5:16
  3. 3.
    Salvator mundi, salva nos I
    2:19
  4. 4.
    Salvator mundi, salva nos II
    2:35
  5. 5.
    Gaude gloriosa
    16:41
  6. 6.
    Miserere nostri
    2:30
  7. 7.
    Loquebantur variis linguis
    3:49

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