Search - Peter [composer] Philips, Peter Walls :: Peter Philips: Cantiones Sacrae Quinis Vocibus

Sounds from Exile

Guntram | PR,Brazil | 04/19/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Peter Philips was an unusual inspired catholic composer in the
sixteenth-century protestant England.Because of his religious
convictions,he chose to live in exile on Rome,then Belgium.
This recording is a fine Philips' beauties showcaise;all motets
here reveals originality,emotionality and striking instances of
counterpoint.I feel a very inspired performance by Peter Walls
and the Tudor Consort in spite of few inaccurate tuning("Salve,
Salutaris Victima",for instance)and a formidable CD engineering
by Roy Carr(one of the best "choral"I ever heard)on Erskine Chapel,New Zealand.I would like to mark five stars(translucent
CD sound,a sensitive conductor,repertoire selection).This is
an admirable recording;however female voices quivering tuning is
an inconvenience;the only fault here."