
There are remarkably few differences, almost none of substance, between the performances on two recently released recordings–this one and another with Lucy van Dael and
Before you decide from the disc’s title that this is yet another Anonymous 4 clone, believe me, it couldn’t be further from it. Although we
If you’re going to base the success of your performance on solo voices, then it goes without saying that you’d better have some exceptional solo
Handel treated the story of Acis and Galatea in two different works, the first a “serenata a tre” written while in Italy in 1708, and
We’ve trod this territory before–many times–with this group and others, most notably the Baltimore Consort (also on Dorian). Part of the reason is that this
Did Domenico Scarlatti, who is most famous for his collection of more than 500 keyboard sonatas, actually write similar works for guitar duo? Unless you
You certainly may be forgiven for not knowing the works of 18th century French composer/violoncellist Jean Baptiste Masse, but you may be suspected of faulty
Well, this disc scored points with me within the first two seconds of the first track–a lively instrumental version of my favorite tune from the
It probably was inevitable that Canadian countertenor Daniel Taylor at some point would undertake such repertoire, form-fitted to the sweet, lyrical timbre and tone of
Slavyanka is not a Russian chorus but a chorus that sings Russian music. One difference is the decidedly American sound–comparatively lighter vocal quality, more forward