Obrecht/ Beauty Farm - MassesThe music of the Renaissance appears to reflect little of the dangers, horrors and violent conflicts of it's time. Music written during the Hundred Years War or the French invasion of Italy gives hardly any impression to today's ears of the precariousness of existence of which it's composers, singers and listeners must have continually been aware. Nor do the two masses by Jacob Obrecht (1457 8 1505) on this recording betray anything of the restless

Bobby Callendar was an incredibly gifted poet and lyricist whose complex texts could only be compared to Scott Walker

showcasing the composer's command of the Classicalidiom

had to ask himself

Violanta is Korngold's second opera

Jon Appleton - Two Melodramas for Synclavier

they are dedicated to making music that is unlike any other

Willaert/ Stoltzer/ Senfl/ Praetorius/ Anonym - Stille Nacht Christmas Choir Music

And Karoline Weidt is at the start of a promising career with her voice

October 24

Marty Grosz - Remembering Louis w

the music world celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the death of Wladyslaw Zelenski

On this set