Olivier Messiaen's 1936 song cycle Poèmes pour mi is regarded as a key early work in the output of the eminent French composer, as it touches upon most of the hallmarks of his mature style. But the extent to which it has been recorded until now in no way reflects its importance. Sanctuary Classics' Black Box subsidiary enters into the vacuum with ...
What the listener will think of this CD will depend partly on what he or she thinks of Rutter's musical rendition of sentimentalist religion. It's nicely executed here -- as nicely as on Rutter's own recordings with his handpicked choir -- by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, under Timothy Brown. And the two outer works on the album are ...
The songs of Peter Warlock (pseudonym of Philip Heseltine) are acknowledged gems of the vocal repertoire, yet they are still underperformed and underappreciated many decades after their composition. No doubt at one time Warlock's dubious personality and shocking suicide caused some people to regard him and his music with some suspicion or distaste ...
If there were not already so many other superb recorded performances of Berlioz's L'Enfance du Christ, this 1994 Hyperion set with Matthew Best leading the Corydon Singers and Orchestra would be perfectly acceptable. It features strong solo singing by an array of better than average English soloists with mezzo-soprano Jean Rigby as warm-toned ...
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