Composers: Josquin, Bauldeweyn Compositions: Missa Mater Patris, Missa Da pacem Performers: The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips Catalogue Number: Gimell CDGIM052

It’s been an epic journey, but one that is drawing to a close. Peter Phillips and The Tallis Scholars’ traversal of Josquin’s Masses has now hit some conundrums. The Missa Mater Patris (based on a motet by Brumel) exhibits a stark simplicity that led scholars to believe it was an early work, but now its simplicity is thought to be more a display of masterly technical refinement rather than an expression of emerging talent. More quizzical still is the Missa Da Pacem, thought...