Tag Archives: Renaissance Music

With all its art, Matthew Martin's new piece creates an impression of voices speaking directly to the listener. The subject may be the Virgin Mary, but what we hear seems devilishly knowing.

The eight singers of the a cappella ensemble brought out every part in a selection complex contrapuntal music written or compiled in 16th-century Scotland.

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.

The concert featured a closetful of varied recorders, most copied from original instruments of the Renaissance and Baroque periods.

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.

Two recent albums that do new things with very old music.

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.

Annalisa Ewald’s Live at The Factory Underground is classical guitar in an unlikely setting.

Candice Night steps out of Blackmore's Night's shadow with a solo release.

A new live album from Blackmore's Night brings their career up to date.