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For the past several decades Arvo Pärt’s music (and especially his choral works) has enjoyed a deep-rooted, enduring popularity around the world as substantial and
With the certainty of offending fans of Liszt’s choral music, I have to say that his sacred works have not aged well. Observers, both contemporaries
Gloriae Dei Cantores is one of North America’s finest non-professional choirs, an example of how a first-rate conductor and top-tier singers with “day jobs” can
This is a very ambitious program, headlined by a work that has enjoyed many fine recorded performances, and filled out with several substantial pieces that
Here’s another recording that begs the question: why don’t we hear more from this composer? During the past year, several record labels–ASV, Naxos, and Chandos–along
Fans of American sacred choral music, particularly early-American hymns and 20th-century church anthems, will find much to enjoy on this diverse and very well sung
Sometimes revisiting a composer’s work after a period of years–or decades–is just the thing to cause us to realize that, yes, the guy really was
An important anniversary year of a famous composer always brings out recording projects that purport to offer something unusual or rare or somehow different from
This compilation features 17 selections drawn from Gloriae Dei Cantores recordings made from 1991-1999. The works range from Renaissance to 20th century and include oft-recorded
Anglican chant–a harmonized form of liturgical chanting, primarily of psalms–isn’t like anything else in music. Although it’s closer in style to speech than traditional monodic
