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choral music

  • La Compagnia del Madrigale completes Gesualdo cycle

    Jun 15th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Carlo Gesualdo, CD Review, choral music, Classical music, early music, Glossa, La Compagnia del Madrigale, renaissance music

    Carlo Gesualdo murdered his wife and her lover. That’s pretty much all most people know about this Renaissance composer — if anything. This release presents Gesualdo’s first book of madrigals. It was published around the time of the murders. There’s no question Gesualdo was a tortured soul. He abused both his first and second wives. […]

  • Johann Heinichen Dresden Vespers hit a sweet spot

    May 31st, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Accent, Baroque music, CD Review, choral music, Classical music, Ensemble Polyharmonique, Jarosław Thiel, Johann David Heinichen, Wrocław Baroque Orchestra

    In 1720, Johann David Heinichen was rehearsing his latest opera in Dresden. The lead castrato pitched a fit. He tore up the music and hurled the pieces at Heinichen’s feet. That incident was all the excuse King Augustus the Strong needed. He dismissed his temperamental — and very expensive — singers. It effectively ended Italian […]

  • Johann Mattheson “Joseph” — contemplative masterwork

    May 18th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Baroque music, Capriccio, CD Review, choral music, Christian Bonath, Classical music, Ensemble Paulinum, Joseph Mattheson, Noteworthy Release, Pulchra Musica Baroque Orchestra

    Joseph Mattheson was a close friend of Georg Fredrich Handel. In part because the two shared an affinity for vocal writing. Mattheson was director of the Hamburg Cathedral. His operas were performed at the famed Oper am Gänsemarkt. Because of these connections, Mattheson had access to the best singers in the city. And that’s who […]

  • Kölner Akademie’s Telemann Easter Cantatas Highly Recommended

    Apr 14th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Baroque music, CD Review, choral music, Classical music, CPO, Georg Philipp Telemann, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens

    Let’s be clear. This is a mere sampling of Georg Philipp Telemann’s output for Easter. After all, he composed Easter cantatas and oratorios for about sixty years.  And often more than one for a specific date. This release focuses on works composed during the 1720s. Telemann was in his 30s, working in Frankfurt. He was the city’s […]

  • Classical Interviews – Choral Evensong: Music of Heinrich Schütz, a Zephyrus service

    Feb 23rd, 2022 | By WTJU
    Tags: choral music, Classical music, early music, interview, Zepherus

    WTJU’s Chelsea Holt spoke with Music Director Megan Sharp about Zephyrus’ upcoming service, Choral Evensong: Music of Heinrich Schütz. The service will take place at St. Paul’s Memorial Church at 7:30pm on Sunday, February 27. It will be free and open to the public. More from Zephyrus’ website: The evening prayer service is one of the […]

  • Xiaogang Ye – Road to the Republic truly epic

    Feb 16th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, China National Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Beijing Philharmonic Choir;, choral music, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Franck Ollu, Jia Lu, Naxos, Noteworthy Release, Xiaogang Ye

    Xiaogang Ye is an important composer both in China and in the world. He does more than just blend Chinese traditional music with Western classical forms. He’s also an innovator, pushing past the limits of tonality. But doing so in a way that sounds both natural and logical. This is the third release of Ye’s […]

  • Marianna Martines Dixit Dominus has something to say

    Jan 12th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, choral music, Classical music, CPO, Marianna Martines, Noteworthy Release, Salzburger Hofmusik, Wolfgang Brunner

    Musically, Marianna Martines was always in good company. She took keyboard lessons from Haydn. Metastasio — opera librettist and Poet Laureate of the Austrian Empire — was a close family friend. She played four-hand piano sonatas with Mozart. In her lifetime, she was highly regarded as a pianist, a singer, and a composer. This release […]

  • Georg Philipp Telemann Sings of Love

    Jan 4th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Baroque music, CD Review, choral music, Classical music, Georg Philipp Telemann, Georg Poplutz, Julia Kirchner, La Stagione Frankfurt, Michael Schneider

    This release is all about love. Rest assured, these three secular cantatas are but a fraction of those Telemann wrote. The program is well-planned.   The three cantatas come from three different sources. They were written for different occasions and presented different views of love. Julia Kirchner and Georg Poplutz each perform a solo cantata, […]

  • Rheinberger’s Der Stern von Bethlehem shines in reissue

    Dec 13th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Ars Produktion, CD Review, choral music, Classical music, Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger, Maja Sequeria, Noteworthy Release, Romantic period, Universitatschor Dresden, Vogtland Philharmie Greiz/Reichenbach

    Why isn’t “Der Stern von Bethlehem” a holiday staple, like that Handel joint? I have a theory. Joseph Rheinberger composed his cantata in 1890. During his lifetime it was one of his most-performed choral works. After his death in 1901, though, it lapsed into obscurity. Rheinberger’s style was influenced by the German greats: Brahms, Mendelssohn, […]

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