
This is a strange program. It’s interesting, for sure, and very well sung by one of the world’s finest English choirs (ah, those sopranos!)–but it
This new Christmas recording from the male vocal quartet New York Polyphony treads a traditional path–organizing the program sequentially according to the Christian church calendar
There is no musical genre more blissfully bound by tradition than that of Christmas music. The reasons for this are many and debatable, but suffice
This cozy, gentle, and varied collection of Christmas music from Hereford Cathedral is broken into three sections: Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. The music ranges from
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
If you don’t already have enough documentation of the yearly Christmas celebration of the Nine Lessons and Carols by the famed and beloved Choir of
In 1983 The Sixteen recorded a Messiah, a live production
This is simply one of the great Christmas Oratorio recordings,
Benjamin Britten’s cantata Saint Nicolas is one of the more remarkable creations in 20th century music–for its subject (stories of the 4th-century Bishop’s life), its
No matter which group he’s conducting (Ars Nova Copenhagen, Theatre of Voices, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, National Chamber Choir of Ireland), or what kind of