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To mark the 400th anniversary year of William Byrd’s death in 1623, Brilliant Classics has brought out the composer’s complete My Ladye Nevells Booke, splendidly
The ten best recordings of 2021 represent an eclectic mix of new recordings and boxed set reissues. Regarding the former, the emphasis for the most
A good number of pianists have been taking up works of Tudor virginal composers like William Byrd and John Bull on the modern concert grand.
Working in a record store (remember those?) you could learn about some intriguing couplings of taste–some more, some less obvious. Hard rock and romantic music
An entire program of English music recorded by a German choir doesn’t happen all that often, and a disc of “very English” Christmas repertoire may
The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book is essentially a collection of late
Have you noticed the growing trend of pianists taking up 17th-century keyboard works on the modern concert grand? Perhaps it has to do with the
This recording features first rate performances of, on the “modern” side, Eriks Ešenvalds’ Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, Arvo Pärt’s The Woman with the Alabaster Box,
There are dozens (hundreds?) of recordings similar to this one: compilations of Renaissance motets. One reason is the sheer quantity of repertoire–so much to choose
It’s so easy to immediately warm to well-written, well-played, and well-recorded music for viols–and why would you even think about resisting its reedy, rich, resonant
