Arvo Pärt: Live

BR Klassik collected performances of its Bavarian Radio Chorus and the Munich Radio Orchestra (the little sister of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra) from between

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IN PARADISUM

A couple of years ago I had the occasion to ask Hilliard Ensemble tenor John Potter the inevitable question–“Okay, so tell me, how do you

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THE SINGING CLUB

It’s good to have this gem from the old Hilliard Ensemble (originally issued in 1985) back in the catalog at budget price. The program–and the

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RICERCAR

What a dumb “concept” album! The placement of the Bach/Webern Ricercar from the Musical Offering at the beginning and end of this disc presupposes that

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MORIMUR

It’s important to say up front that I’m not a fan of a recording concept that takes longer to explain–and is far more tedious in

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Mnemosyne

Its title comes from a mystical poem by Friedrich Hölderlin, the liner booklet is full of pictures from Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal, and the

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