
Silence is a highly underrated component of music. But to fully appreciate and understand–especially in the world of a cappella music–it’s necessary to focus on
The Elora Singers (previously known by its original name, The Elora Festival Singers) has been making beautiful music since the 1980s, and first-rate recordings for
Theeeyyyyrrre Back! After some strangely wayward recordings of Beethoven’s Ninth and Tchaikovsky Fourth, Manfred Honeck is back on form in this new release of Brahms’
Recordings of Arvo Pärt’s music continue to flourish, and no one seems to tire of hearing (or performing) Magnificat or The Woman with the Alabaster
Good as Credo, Hélène Grimaud’s first album for DG was,
The trumpet is not a particularly ingratiating solo instrument in classical repertoire. For extended works, such as concertos, its sound can be fatiguing, owing to
James MacMillan is a man of conviction, and his most constantly felt musical message is his Catholicism. The liner-note writer claims that MacMillan “knows that
The title of James MacMillan’s String Quartet No. 2, “Why is this night different”, comes from the Seder, wherein the tale is retold of the
Nearly two-thirds of this program of music by Scottish composers was previously released by The Sixteen on the now-defunct Collins label. Robert Carver’s “Credo” from
The music of Scottish composer James MacMillan (b. 1959) is very much of the hit-or-miss variety. When his ideas work, they work spectacularly. (See for
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