New recordings of Renaissance choral music for the holiday season include Christmas Masses by Josquin and never-before-recorded works by Portuguese composer Duarte Lobo.
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Concert Review: Boreas Quartett Bremen and Han Tol – ‘Il flauto magico’ (NYC, 27 January 2019)
The concert featured a closetful of varied recorders, most copied from original instruments of the Renaissance and Baroque periods.
Read More »Concert Review: The Tallis Scholars – ‘A Renaissance Christmas’ (NYC, 12/10/2016)
One of the world's greatest early music ensembles graced the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Times Square with Christmas-themed music by Palestrina, Taverner, and other great composers of the Renaissance.
Read More »Music Reviews: Meridian Arts Ensemble – ‘Alchemy’ and Matt Herskowitz Trio with Philippe Quint – ‘Bach XXI’
Two recent albums that do new things with very old music.
Read More »Concert Review: From Ghetto to Palazzo: The Worlds of Salomone Rossi (NYC, 1/26/14)
Rossi was so talented a composer and such a favorite of the Duke of Mantua that he was excused from wearing the yellow marker other Jews were forced to wear in public.
Read More »Music Review: Annalisa Ewald – Live at The Factory Underground
Annalisa Ewald’s Live at The Factory Underground is classical guitar in an unlikely setting.
Read More »Music Review: Candice Night: Reflections
Candice Night steps out of Blackmore's Night's shadow with a solo release.
Read More »Music Review: Blackmore’s Night – A Knight in York
A new live album from Blackmore's Night brings their career up to date.
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