Choral/Vocal Ensemble

Kodaly/Vaughan Williams/Masses

David Vernier

Zoltán Kodály’s Missa Brevis, for chorus and organ, is an ambitious, starkly beautiful, and functionally liturgical work that serves equally well as a concert piece.

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Berlioz Requiem/Beecham/BBC

Jed Distler

The unpredictable Sir Thomas Beecham triumphs with one of the most cohesively satisfying versions of this ambitious opus on record, recorded live in 1959. Abetted

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Sweelinck vol. 1/Hyperion

David Vernier

Why has the choral music of 16th century Dutch composer Jan Sweelinck been so conspicuously ignored by choirs and record companies? Except for a now

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Sweelinck vol. 2/Hyperion

David Vernier

This second volume from the Trinity College Choir containing the motets of 16th century Dutch composer Jan Sweelinck is every bit as musically worthy, well-performed,

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Ruth Slenczynska’s Later (And Better) Chopin Op. 10 Etudes

Jed Distler December 1, 2022

Fantasía Chilena

Jed Distler November 29, 2022

Insider

Sviatoslav Richter’s 10 Best Recordings (video review)

David Hurwitz November 28, 2022

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RIP David Vernier, Editor-in-Chief
by David Hurwitz
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Finally, It’s SIR John
by ClassicsToday
June 24, 2024
He’d received many honors before, but it wasn’t until last week that John Rutter, best known for his choral compositions and arrangements, especially works related