Tallis: Lamentations & Hymns

Thomas Tallis: The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet
and hymns for alternating plainsong and polyphony
The Deller Consort - Alfred Deller, dir.
Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BG-551 [LP, mono, NA]
Vanguard (Pye) « The Bach Guild » PVL 7072 [LP, mono, UK]
Vanguard SRV 287 [LP, stereo electr.]
Vanguard « The Bach Guild » HM-5 [LP]
Vanguard Classics (Arcade) « Musica Sacra » 08 5028 71 [CD, Europe]
Vanguard Classics (Arcade) «Alfred Deller Edition » 08 5062 71 [CD-Europe]

Contents:

    Thomas Tallis: The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet
  1. Part I
    1. Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae
    2. Aleph; Quomodo sedet
    3. Beth
    4. Plorans ploravit

  2. Thomas Tallis: The Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet
  3. Part II
    1. De Lamentatione Jeremiae Prophetae
    2. Ghimel
    3. Migravit Judas
    4. Daleth:
    5. Omnes persecutores
    6. Heth
    7. Facti sunt


  4. Thomas Tallis: Hymns for alternating plainsong and polyphony
  5. Jesu salvator saeculi
  6. Deus tuorum militum
  7. O nata lux de lumine
  8. Jam Christus astra ascenderat
  9. Salvator mundi Domine

Performers:
The Deller Consort
[1]-[2] Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Gerald English (tenor), Wilfred Brown (tenor), Maurice Bevan (baritone), John Frost (bass)
[3]-[7] Alfred Deller (counter-tenor), Gerald English (tenor), Wilfred Brown (tenor), Maurice Bevan (baritone), John Frost (bass), Eileen McLoughlin (soprano)
Alfred Deller, dir.

Playing time: 45' 06"

Recording site and date:
Walthamstow Hall, London, UK [1955];
Rel.: 1955

Compilation:
Musical Concepts MC 195 [CDx6 + CD-ROM] Alfred Deller « The Complete Vanguard Recordings », Volume FOUR: Music of Handel Bach and English Renaissance

Excerpts:
[1]-[2] Vanguard Classics (Omega) « The Bach Guild » OVC 2525 Thomas Tallis: The Lamentations of Jeremiah & Couperin: Leçons des Ténèbres
[1], [4] Vanguard (Silverminds Music) Classics 99 220 [CD] 50 years of The Deller Consort - The early years 1955-1963
[2.6] Vanguard « The Bach Guild » BG-606 [LP, mono, NA] Musical Panorama of Shakespearean England

Reviewed in:
Diapason (#-p.): 409-188 (november 1994 (as Vanguard Classics 08 5062 71))
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.): 36/422-67 (july 1958 (PVL)); 50/597-1561 (february 1973 (as Vanguard HM-5))

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Pierre-F. Roberge