Robert #Fairfax
Maria plena virtute
#TallisScholars /PeterPhillips

Robert Fayrfax (1464-1521) bridges the gap between the EtonChoirbook and ThomasTallis. No one before him had achieved the kind of expressive power he managed in these four #antiphons ...

People who think they know Fayrfax, and all the other music of that period, don't expect this clarity of thought, directness of expression through the texts and the holding of a deeply emotive atmosphere... - PP

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