Classical Reviews/Choral

17 interviews, and over 300 reviews of classical CDs, SACDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, and downloads in this 480-page issue!

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The Tower of London actually contains two chapels, one to St. John the Evangelist and the other the grimly appropriate St. Peter in Chains. They have...

The subtitle is “A sequence of music for Lent, St. Joseph, and the Annunciation.” St. Joseph (March 19) and the Annunciation (March 25) are feast days...


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One can hardly assert that the music of Iceland, of any period, is much known. I suppose it would be hard even to name an Icelandic...

This chant schola, made up of members of the choir on Cape Cod, has recorded chant under Mary Berry and Richard Pugsley. For their two latest...

Available from: clearcreekmonks.org/_product/annunciation-ecce-fiat-gregorian-chant-cd.html This monastery was established in Oklahoma in 1999 as a foundation of Fontgombault, the leading traditional monastery in France. It is already an...

Passion as it is meant in this context is not a modern term, but appropriate for the album’s title even considering its musical vintage: the 14th...


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“Children and the common people are accustomed to transform the great and sublime into a sport, and even a farce,” writes Goethe. This observation might serve...

This is the first volume of a survey of French sacred music in a very generous sampling of mostly 15th- and 16th-century pieces. The largest work...

The subtitle of this disc is “American Inspiration and the Modern Madrigal,” and one listen to the opening selection will clue you in as to what’s...