PRIEST ON THE RUN

Piers Adams is the Andrew Manze of the recorder. And not only that–he’s the Paganini too, a consummate artistic interpreter and unabashed virtuoso showoff all

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CANTIGAS DE AMIGO

The disc’s subtitle is “13th-century Galician-Portuguese Songs & Dances of Love, Longing, & Devotion”. My subtitle is, “this is one of the finest discs of

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ESPAÑOLETA

A vital and beguiling CD, this disc presents music from 17th century Spain, realized for small ensemble by the virtuoso musicians of Chatham Baroque, artists-in-residence

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BOLDER BAROQUE

Inspired by pioneering recordings made with the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Michael Allen, principal tuba player of the Boulder Philharmonic, founded the Boulder Brass in

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Dorian Goldbergs

Bernard Labadie’s excellent transcription of the Goldberg Variations makes fascinating listening. In arranging the work for strings and continuo (including harpsichord and theorbo), the variations

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SEPHARDIC JOURNEY

This is La Rondinella’s third musical journey into the music of late-15th century Spain. To catch you up on history: as soon as the Moors

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