Rossini orchestrated his Petite messe solennelle of 1864 in order, he wrote, to stop "Mr. Sax and his saxophones" and "Mr. Berlioz with other giants from the modern orchestra" from stepping in. Nevertheless, he is said to have preferred the work's original version, for eight choral singers, four soloists, two pianos, and a harmonium. Various ...
This set of choral pieces by Mendelssohn, all either unaccompanied or with organ (whose presence is too retiring here), shows the variety in his sacred output. Languages represented are German, Latin, and English; religions Catholic, Lutheran, and Anglican. Some of the music reflects his encounter with Bach, not in the imposing mode of the ...
This box set is a compilation of compilations, an assembly of Rutter anthology discs featuring performances going back as far as 1983. Each CD is marked "This album is part of a box set. Not to be sold separately." But at least some of them appear to simply reproduce the booklet text and artwork of the original releases. The upside is that nothing ...
This disc of Elgar's choral music recorded in 1997 and 1999 is one of the last recordings conductor Richard Marlow made with the Trinity College Choir, Cambridge, before retiring, and, thankfully, it's as sweet as honey and even more nourishing. With the glaring exception of his well-loved oratorio The Dream of Gerontius and, of course, Land of ...
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