Choral Baroque Itinéraire II: Ezekiel's Eagle Let's take a second to appreciate Mouton's own achievements ... If the Missa Tua est potentia is anything to go by, there are revelations aplenty ahead
Haydn REPOST Jordi Savall conducts Haydn's Die Schöpfung Everything - recorded sound, performance standard, sheer élan - conspires to bring us a performance to overshadow all others
Rossini Rossini's Stabat Mater Gimeno's new recording sets a new standard for this piece, as well as introducing us to the wonderful Luxembourg orchestra. Unmissable - and very pertinent at this time of year ...
Choral Eastertide Evensong This is now the third album from St John's Choir under Andrew Nethsingha we've covered: Advent from St John's [https://www.classicalexplorer.com/advent-from-st-johns/] and Magnificat 2 [https://www.classicalexplorer.com/magnificat-2-the-choir-of-st-johns-cambridge-triumphs-again/] . Now it's the turn ofEastertide Evensong, their second live Evensong
Choral An invitation to the dark side: And the Sun Darkened (BIS) The perfect disc for this time of year, New York Polkphony's faultless renditions bring this music to life
Choral Bach Inspired: The Bach Choir's fabulous project Released to tie in with The Bach Choir's Easter performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday April 16 (11 am), Bach Inspired is a "passion project" that takes six chorales from the St Matthew (sung in English, hence
Choral An Old Belief: The Sixteen and Harry Christophers A superb, radiant disc, beautifully recorded and produced
French Baroque Lalande's Grands Motets from Harmonia Mundi This 80-minute disc surely represents a major stage in our admiration and understanding of Lalande
Verdi Verdi Requiem: Muti, Jessye Norman, Carreras ... This is a moment of history preserved in recording aspic, and it is one absolutely not to be missed
Christmas Christmas Carols with the King's Singers Festive cheer and warmth from "the Boys": The King's Singers at their finest!
Christmas A Belfast Christmas A beautiful Christmas programme; a splendid mix of the familiar and the unfamiliar
Renaissance Pesciolini: Il Terzo Libro di Madrigali (1581) A real discovery: musicology at its freshest, music ofthe highest standard in superb performances
Purcell Purcell Birthday Odes for Queen Mary More superb Pucell from The King's Consort and its fabulous line-up of soloists
Choral Repost: Bruckner Latin Motets from Latvia Experience the brevity and the utter devotion of Bruckner's choral music
Choral Discover Dussek: his Messe solemnelle from the Academy of Ancient Music and Richard Egarr When superior musical execution meets highest musical scholarship, angels cry with joy
Choral Magnificat 2: The Choir of St John's, Cambridge triumphs again A beautiful continuation of what one hopes will be a many-volumed series
Mahler Mahler's Song of Lamentation: Das Klagende Lied A valuable addition to Gielen's Mahler, and a valuable addiiton to to Das Klagende Lied's discography
Choral The Dead in the Square: Allan Pettersson's Twelfth Symphony If you like Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms, Orff Carmina Burana, the Nordic symphonists in general or Shostakovich's Thirteenth Symphony, 'Babi Yar,' and perhaps even Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky, you'll most likely love this
Choral Celebrating Josquin's 500th A celebration of the Mother Mary, Decca's The Golden Renaissance offers a simply gorgeous - and vocally flawless - experience
Choral Vox Clara: Late Medieval Chant Although in one sense a Christmas disc (many of the texts sing about related subjects), it would be churlish to exclude this lovely disc on the basis we're now in January. Imagining the sounds of medieval Riga, and dispelling any sense of stuffy, voice-bound-to-text performance practice, this is
