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
Choral Parry's Songs of Farewell from Westminster As we say goodbye to 2020, it seems only right to bring in the Songs of Farewell by Hubert Parry in this wonderful release from the Choir of Westminster Abbey and James O'Donnell. I well remember attending the recording sessions for this disc, held at All Hallows, Gospel
Christmas Puer natus est ... The Choir of Buckfast Abbey One of the most beautifully produced of Christmas discs to have come Classical Explorer's way this year, this is a disc full of surprises. Buckfast Abbey founded their own record label, Ad Fontes: memorable previous releases have included Messe da Pacem (music by Pierre Villette, Yves Castagnet and
Christmas A Winter's Night: Christmas music for Choir and Organ Released back in August 2020, when snow and the suchlike were the last things on anyone's mind, this Signum release brings together the time-honoured combo of choir, brass and organ. And what brass! Onyx Brass is a motley selection of principal brass players from major orchestras that positively
Christmas Yulefest! Christmas from King's, Cambridge Five years since its release, Yulefest! remains one of the finest Christmas discs out there