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The Huelgas-Ensemble presents another superbly sung, thoughtfully programmed recording that offers for our consideration what conductor Paul Van Nevel describes as “the three major styles
If you love Tallis’ 40-voice motet Spem in alium, or any of the more refulgent polychoral works of Gabrieli (represented here by the 16-voice Exaudi
Who is Jacobus de Kerle and why should we care? The short–and most persuasive–answer is to just get this disc and hear for yourself. Begin
You have to wonder why it’s taken so long for a world-class ensemble to devote a recording to the choral music of Alfonso Ferrabosco (1543-1588).
As we usually experience with a perfectly matched ensemble of viols, the mixed voices of Paul Van Nevel’s Huelgas-Ensemble roll out Cipriano de Rore’s eight-part
While this first recording of 32 of Costanzo Festa’s 125 variations on the popular cantus firmus melody La Spagna is expertly performed and sounds terrific,
Who knows what creative force drove 16th-century French composer Jean Richafort (c.1480-c.1547) to write music of such sublime power and soothing sensuality. But the fact
Sometimes a disc’s title can be just a bit too clever for its own good. From a glance at this disc’s cover, with its title
Modern ears have been subjected to a sound world so complex and chaotic–and just plain noisy–that it’s impossible for us now to really appreciate the
