Category: Choral Music

Two years ago, I was editing a 2020 interview with the composer David Lang about the new multi-day festival that…

J.S. Bach: St. Matthäus-Passion Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon Harmonia Mundi 2xCD   J.S. Bach: St. John Passion English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi…

Hodie Christus Natus Est Boston Camerata, Anne Azéma Harmonia Mundi CD   A trio of female singers accompanied by hurdy…

Josquin 500 Part Two The Josquin Legacy Gesualdo Six Harmonia Mundi CD In Principio De Labyrintho, Walter Tesolin Baryton CD…

Cantus Manifesto Signum Classics   The all-male vocal ensemble Cantus’s first full length recording in seven years, Manifesto, features pieces,…

Heinrich Isaac Missa Wohlauff gut Gsell von hinnen and other works Cinquecento Hyperion Records    While not as famous today…

Roland de Lassus Inferno – Motets for Six and Eight Voices Cappella Amsterdam, Daniel Reuss, director Harmonia Mundi CD Roland…

Spem in Alium. Vidi Aquam Ora Singers, Suzi Digby Harmonia Mundi, 2020 English choral group the Ora Singers, led by…

Krzysztof Penderecki St. Luke Passion BIS Records Sarah Wegener, soprano; Lucas Meachem, baritone; Matthew Rose, bass Sławomir Holland, speaker Warsaw…

A Spanish Nativity Stile Antico Harmonia Mundi 902312 The “Golden Age” of Spanish polyphony (during the sixteenth century) yielded a…