
In case you are sifting through your residual Spanish from college, your rough translation is correct: This early music group calls itself Rats of the
You wouldn’t expect a disc of Funeral Motets & Deplorations to be as uplifting, looking at this release from Cappella Amsterdam with Josquin Des Prez’s
Despite being a relatively knowledgeable music lover and critic, I had never given much thought to the viola da gamba until 1991 when a film
During a relatively long career in music, I’ve noticed that most people–listeners and performers–claim to prefer “happy” music to what they consider “sad” or “melancholy”.
The music on this program comes from the 14th century
This recording features Marian settings from various composers ranging from the 14th to the 18th centuries. The two largest pieces are Machaut’s Messe de Nostre
Never let it be said that the folks at Naxos
Before New York Polyphony there was the Hilliard Ensemble, a male vocal quartet that performed similar repertoire, from early music to modern; in fact, this
In 2013 a 55-CD collection from Archiv Produktion surveyed the
Certainly the disc’s title is intriguing. But based on past