The Sixteen at St. Mary’s (Concert Review)
The Sixteen, conducted by Harry Christophers The Deer’s Cry Miller Theatre Early Music Series at Church of St. Mary the Virgin Saturday, October 26, 2024 NEW YORK – This…
Gesualdo Six – Queen of Hearts (CD Review)
Queen of Hearts Gesualdo Six, Owain Park, director Alasdair Austin, countertenor (final track only) Hyperion Records, 2024 On Queen of Hearts, the low male vocal ensemble Gesualdo Six explores…
C.P.E. Bach Symphonies on Harmonia Mundi
Carl Philip Emanuel Bach Symphonies from Berlin to Hamburg Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin Mayumi Hirasaki and Georg Kallweit, concertmasters Harmonia Mundi Carl Philip Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) was the…
The Chevalier: New York Premiere
The Chevalier: The Life & Music of Joseph Bologne brings together two concepts that are hot today: music theater (or, theater with music), and recognition of figures in classical music…
The Tallis Scholars at St. Mary the Virgin (Concert Review)
Photo: Rodrigo Pérez Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips, director Church of St. Mary the Virgin December 9, 2023 NEW YORK – It is the fiftieth anniversary of the renaissance…
Brabant Ensemble Sings Guerrero (CD Review)
Guerrero: Missa Ecce Sacerdos Magnus, Magnificat, and Motets Brabant Ensemble, directed by Stephen Rice Hyperion The Spanish Renaissance composer Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599) does not have the profile or deep…
Fabio Biondi plays Vivaldi Concertos “Per Anna Maria”
Concerto per Violino XI, “Per Anna Maria” Fabio Biondi, violin; Europa Galante Naive Records Anna Maria (1696-1782) was one of Antonio Vivaldi’s principal muses. She was a pupil of…
Orlando Consort Continues Their Machaut Edition (CD Review)
Orlando Consort Machaut: The Fount of Grace Hyperion Records Matthew Venner, countertenor; Mark Dobell and Angus Smith, tenors; Donald Greig, baritone Guilliame de Machaut (1300-1377) was a supremely talented…
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…