Josquin enjoys a brilliant finale
Recording of the Year and Choral Award
Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips
Josquin Masses – Missa Hercules Dux Ferrarie; Missa D’ung aultre amer; Missa Faysant regretz The Tallis Scholars/Peter Phillips Gimell CDGIM051
In an increasingly secular age, a recording of Mass settings composed over 500 years ago might not have seemed an immediate front runner for a Recording of the Year. But Peter Phillips isn’t complaining. His Tallis Scholars have been purveyorsRecord of the Year in 1987 and Josquin, a composer addicted to intricate patterns and symmetries, would surely have relished the circularity.
