

The programming may or may not have been a good idea, but for about six bucks you can have this 20-minute-long recording that pairs Thomas

It’s certainly not news that Elizabethan England produced some profoundly enduring music. But here’s yet another entry to the huge anthology of recordings that variously

This is a real “hometown team” disc that revolves around musicmaking at Oxford’s Magadalen College. Not only did the college’s choir record this collection at

There’s some terrific choral music on this disc! Beginning with Jonathan Dove’s (b. 1959) Seek him that maketh the seven stars, listeners are in for

In 1992 Gail Hennessy joined Paul Goodwin in a performance of Vivaldi’s lone sonata for two oboes and continuo RV 81 on his recording of

Though primarily remembered today for his stunning oratorio Jeptha, the highly influential and prolific 17th century composer Giacomo Carissimi was regarded more in his own

The world may not need another harpsichord recording of Bach’s Italian Concerto or Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, but Lucy Carolan’s solid musicianship and first class

Carl Reinecke’s symphonies contain much strikingly dull music, and the Third (recently released on Chandos in better sound) is no exception. The finale, in which

Although the music of Dufay is no stranger to CD–groups such as Pomerium, the Binchois Consort, Gothic Voices, and Orlando Consort all have devoted discs

The four movements of Alexandre Guilmant’s Symphonie tirée were transcribed by the composer for piano and harmonium from his eight-movement Araine, a “Symphonie-Cantata” for soloists,
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