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choral music

  • Porfeti della Quinta perfectly perform Philippe Verdelot

    Jan 11th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, choral music, Classical music, Elam Rotem, Pan Classics, Philippe Verdelot, Porfeti della Qunta, renaissance music

    Philippe Verdelot one of the composers credited with developing the Italian madrigal. Though French, he spent most of his professional life in Florence. His publications spread throughout Europe and set the model for this Renaissance vocal form. Verdelot wrote mostly five- and six-voice madrigals. This release features some of his less-common four-voice madrigals. They were […]

  • Christian Friedrich Ruppe cantatas have broad appeal

    Dec 24th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, choral music, Christian Friedrich Ruppe, Classical music, Ensemble Bouzignac, Francine van der Heyden, Holiday music, Jed Wentz, Karin van der Poel, Mitchel Sandler, Musica ad Rhemm, Otto Bouwknegt

    Handel wrote “Messiah” to benefit the London Foundlings Hospital and it’s now a holiday standard. Christian Friedrich Ruppe wrote his cantatas to benefit an orphan’s home in Leiden. After their initial performances, they remained unheard for 250 years. Ruppe wrote the Christmas and Easter cantatas on this release for the Holy Spirit of Poor Orphans […]

  • Seasonal Serenity from Brian Galante and Stephen Paulus

    Dec 21st, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Brian Galante, CD Review, choral music, Classical music, Delos, Holiday music, Robert Taylor, Stephen Paulus, Taylor Festival Choir

    This release features two world premiere recordings: Brian Galante’s “So Hallow’d the Time,”  and Stephen Paulus’ “Christmas Dances.” They couldn’t be in better hands. Robert Taylor’s ensemble, the Taylor Festival Choir sings with a clean, translucent sound that resonates with the deep spirituality of these works. “So Hallow’d the Time” is a quiet contemplation on […]

  • Mirabile Mysterium spans centuries of choral Christmas music

    Dec 17th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, choral music, Classical music, Holiday music, Matthias Jung, Sächsisches Vocalensemble

    I love Christmas music. But I don’t love hearing the same old tunes trotted out year after year. We have over two millennia of sacred music written for this season, variety shouldn’t be difficult. That’s what I like about Mirabile Mysterium. Matthias Jung conducts the Sächsisches Vocalensemble in a wide-ranging program of seasonal sacred music. […]

  • Christmas Music at Thomaskirche a fine tradition

    Dec 9th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, choral music, Christophorus, Florian Cramer, Hansjörg Mammel, Holiday music, Johann Kuhnau, Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble;, Johanne Schelle, Kamemrchor der Erlöserkirche Bad Hamburg, Kohanna Krell, Markus Flaig, Sebastian Knüpfer, Simone Schwark, Susanne Rohn, Tobias Michael

    Machet die Tore weilt, Weihnachtmusik an der Thomaskirche (Christmas Music at Thomaskirche) is the second such collection of music I’ve reviewed this year. That is seasonal sacred music by the composers who preceded Johann Sebastian Bach at Thomaskirche, Leipzig. I’m not sure if this is some kind of trend, but I’d be happy if it was. […]

  • Sarah Connolly shines in Arthur Bliss cantatas

    Oct 22nd, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, CD Review, Chandos, choral music, Classical music, contemporary classical music, James Platt, SACD, Sarah Connolly

    This outstanding release presents three relatively late works by Arthur Bliss. At the time, they were considered a little old-fashioned. Heard now, though, I think they show the originality of Bliss’ vision — and his skill at orchestral writing. Mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly shines in “The Enchantress” and “Mary of Magdala.” Her voice can sound warm, […]

  • Cantica Symphonia masterfully perform Josquin Desprez

    Oct 20th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Cantica Symphonia, CD Review, choral music, Classical music, early music, Giuseppe Maletto, Glossa, Josquin Desprez, renaissance music

    This is the fourth volume of music by Josquin Desprez that Cantica Symphonia has released on Glossa. Giuseppe Maletto and the ensemble released two volumes of Josquin’s motets, plus one of chansons. Their next release was a collection of Marian motets (compositions in praise of the Virgin Mary) by various Renaissance composers. This recording seems […]

  • Alexander Kastalsky Requiem a major — and important — release

    Oct 14th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Alexander Kastalsky, Anna Dennis, Cathedral Choral Society, CD Review, choral music, Clarion Choir, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Joseph Beutel, Kansas City Chorale, Leonard Slatkin, Naxos, Orchestra of St. Luke's, Saint Tikhoh Choir

    To me, this is the epitome of a major release. It’s a world premiere recording of a major work with an assemblage of all-stars. Alexander Kastalsky’s Commemoration for Fallen Brothers honors the casualties of the First World Way with a universal message. Kastalsky began work on this massive work in 1914 and completed it in […]

  • Beethoven Cantatas Show Early Promise

    Sep 28th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, choral music, Chorus Cathedralis Aboensis, Classical music, Johann Lehesvuori, Juha Kotilainen, Key Ensemble, Leif Segerstam, Ludwig van Beethoven, Naxos, Niklas Spångberg, Reetta Haavisto, Thomas Katajala, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra

    Leif Segerstam’s cycle of Beethoven choral works continues with some of his earliest compositions. In 1790, the nineteen-year-old Beethoven was a court musician in Bonn. He was commissioned to write two cantatas. Basically, it was “the king is dead, long live the king.” The first cantata was to mourn the death of the recently deceased […]

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