De Profundis Sings Morales (CD Review)
Morales: Missa Desilde al cavallero, Missa Mille Regretz, Magnificat Primi Toni De Profundis, directed by Eamonn Dougan and Robert Hollingsworth Hyperion Records Cambridge’s De Profundis has quickly become a…
love & light – iSing Silicon Valley (CD Review)
love & light iSing Silicon Valley, conducted by Jennah Delp Somers Esteli Gomez, soprano; Cheryl Ann Fulton, harp Avie Records On love & light, the girl’s choir iSing Silicon…
Marian Consort Sings Motets by Lusitano (CD Review)
Vicente Lusitano Motets The Marian Consort Rory McCleery, director Linn Records Congratulations to Sequenza 21 contributor Garrett Schumann for his first article in the New York Times, about sixteenth…
András Schiff – Clavichord on ECM (CD Review)
J.S. Bach András Schiff Clavichord He was the best organist in Europe and a mean harpsichordist too, but Johann Sebastian Bach loved playing the clavichord. The intimacy of its…
Mother, Sister, Daughter: Musica Secreta Sings the Stories of Women (CD Review)
Mother, Sister, Daughter Musica Secreta, directed by Laurie Stras Lucky Music Over a career that spans thirty years, Musica Secreta has established themselves as one of the premiere all-female…
File Under Favorites 2022 – Cupertinos Perform Pedro de Cristo
Pedro de Cristo Magnificat Cupertinos, Luís Toscano, director https://www.cupertinos.pt/en/presentation/ Hyperion Records During the “Golden Age” of Portuguese Polyphony, the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, composers on the…
Sandrine Piau – Handel Enchantresses (CD Review_
Handel: Enchantresses Sandrine Piau, soprano Les Paladins, Jérôme Correas, director Alpha Classics Soprano Sandrine Piau is a versatile artist who has compellingly performed a wide range of repertoire.…
Best of 2021: Holiday Music
Hodie Christus Natus Est Boston Camerata, Anne Azéma Harmonia Mundi CD A trio of female singers accompanied by hurdy gurdy, harp, rebec, and bells present a diverse program of…
Josquin 500 Part Two
Josquin 500 Part Two The Josquin Legacy Gesualdo Six Harmonia Mundi CD In Principio De Labyrintho, Walter Tesolin Baryton CD Josquin Desprez The Renaissance Master – Sacred Music and Chansons…
Kate Lindsey and Arcangelo Record Nero
Tiranno Kate Lindsey, mezzo-soprano Arcangelo, Jonathan Cohen, director Alpha Records – Alpha 736 Nero, Emperor of Rome from AD 54-68, is the subject of a set of baroque arias…