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The program concept—settings of texts inspired by the events of Holy Week and Easter—makes sense, but even if we weren’t aware of the liturgical and
Listening to the first four measures of the prologue to Orlando di Lasso’s Prophetiae Sibyllarum, it’s understandable that one might think “Gesualdo”, given the striking,
Among the dozens of memorable Tallis Scholars recordings over the past 30 years, this one stands as one of the most purely beautiful–vocally, sonically, and
Four years ago, I last wrote about New York Polyphony, the male vocal quartet who here makes its debut on BIS. The recording was a
When you’ve got a good thing going, why mess around with it? That seems to be the philosophy that’s guided this amazing quartet to an
Sounding much like an overdubbed Anonymous 4–with a slightly brighter sound and placed in a highly resonant acoustic space–the seven women of the a cappella
In the 10th or 12th or 15th centuries, Christmas as we know it hadn’t been invented, and such things as carols were yet to be
Whatever possesses humans to refine the art of singing to such a level of sonorous purity and expressive simplicity as exemplified by the three women
As fans of Anonymous 4’s first 18 or so recordings you may remember this legendary group’s first attempt at retirement from the studio–2003’s phenomenal best-seller
The young British ensemble Stile Antico seems to be following a prodigiously promising career course reminiscent of several other highly successful specialist groups such as
