LA QUINTA ESSENTIA

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

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Bright Day Star

One of the finest Christmas recordings ever made, this 1994 production by the Baltimore Consort makes a welcome return (complete with a new cover) along

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Byrd: The three masses

In 1992, Paul Hillier and his Theatre of Voices recorded the Byrd four-part mass with literally four voices–soprano Judith Nelson, countertenor Drew Minter, tenor Paul

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Gut, Wind, & Wire

If you were a Baltimore Consort fan during the ensemble’s long run of recordings for Dorian during the 1980s and ’90s, you will recognize many

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MUSIC FOR COMPLINE

This outstanding release comes on the heels of another fine recording whose program just happens to concern the same subject: music for Compline, the last

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STAR OF THE MAGI

As many times as I’ve heard the medieval carol “There is no rose”, it still works its mysterious magic–and especially so when performed as beautifully

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