

This is a puzzling release. Joseph James, the arranger, isn’t a person but a duo: Stanley Joseph Seeger and Francis James Brown. What they have

John Mark Ainsley is a very fine tenor, especially adept and engaging in English song repertoire. His performances here exemplify technical mastery combined with a

Although this won’t be for everyone, the music on this program offers an unusual opportunity to hear what some of today’s most capable and interesting

The liner notes explain this program’s premise, which at the very least is a novel way of presenting some excellent works of Byrd, Dowland, Weelkes,

The performances on this disc were recorded in 1996 but appear to have gained their first release only in 2005. For all of Robert Saxton’s

The same solid musicianship, stylistic authority, and clearly detailed vocal textures that informed earlier volumes in this fine series also defines these performances. For this

Along with Volumes 3 and 5 (which include the antiphon Gaude gloriosa Dei Mater and the mass Puer natus est nobis, along with Gloria tibi

When you undertake to present a composer’s “complete works”–especially a composer as prolific and long-lived as Thomas Tallis (c.1505-85)–it’s inevitable that not all of the

This program purports to bring together music that “spans the life and reign” of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, written by composers who either were

If you’re familiar with Anonymous 4 and Trio Medieval, you’ll know what to expect from this very fine British trio of women who sing the
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