
The Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge has perhaps the sweetest, most mellifluous boy treble sound of all the British cathedral choirs (rivaled only by
This celebrated recording of Saint-Saëns’ Third stands as one of the very few performances to challenge the acclaimed Munch/Boston version on RCA. It features playing
Let’s not waste time: get this for soprano Lucy Crowe’s voice, for her performance of “What passion cannot Music raise”, for her “The soft complaining
The first four discs of EMI’s 10-CD Liszt anniversary collection feature Aldo Ciccolini in the complete Années de pèlerinage (his superb stereo remakes), Harmonies poétiques
One of the biggest questions regarding multichannel recording as it applies to classical music–and orchestral music in particular–is what to do with the rear speakers.
There is no finer conductor of Ives or Copland today than Michael Tilson Thomas, and it’s so fulfilling to see him doing what he does
Anyone who’s sung a Healey Willan anthem or motet or Mass knows and appreciates this composer’s consummate mastery of vocal writing and, most importantly, his
Richard Hickox’s celebrated 1991 recording of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem remains one of the best in the catalog and it now makes its re-appearance in
John Rutter’s Gloria has been enormously–and justifiably–popular ever since its premiere in the now-ancient year 1974 (it was commissioned by the Voices of Mel Olson,
If you love Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony or Poulenc’s Organ Concerto, then you’re really going to love this piece, which was composed in 1954. Scored for