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Josquin Desprez: Motets & Chansons
Josquin Desprez, Paul Hillier, The Hilliard Ensemble
EMI Classics
EMI Classics
The Hilliard Ensemble bathes these vital vocal works by Josquin in a Mediterranean light: clear, warm, and brilliant. Josquin was a northerner who, like so many other composers of the Renaissance, descended to Italy to pursue his career. The singers...
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Verdi: Requiem & Operatic Choruses
Telarc
Telarc
Robert Shaw learned from Arturo Toscanini, and in his stupendous 1987 recording for Telarc he managed to surpass the master on some points. He is unerring in his pacing and staging of climaxes, and draws phrasing and dynamics from the chorus that...
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Sing We Christmas
Chanticleer
Teldec
Teldec
Christmas is the season for whipping out those holiday-specific standard recordings. This splendid gift by Chanticleer should top the list, for one will never tire of this a cappella choir's interpretations. With selections spanning the last five...
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Classic Yo-Yo
Sony
Sony
Except for one "previously unreleased" recording and two new ones, this is a compilation of segments taken from older Yo-Yo Ma CDs, perhaps to whet listeners' appetite to hear the entire records. The disc represents a triumph of performance over...
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Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli, Missa Aeterna
Naxos
Naxos
There's a wonderful legend, retold by (among others) Pfitzner's opera Palestrina , attached to the "Pope Marcellus" Mass: the Council of Trent, ground zero of the Counter Reformation, was about to ban all music but chant from the liturgy when...
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Faure: Requiem and other choral music
Collegium
Collegium
John Rutter's groundbreaking research and subsequent performing edition of Fauré's beloved Requiem has enabled us to hear the work as the composer originally intended. His first version of the piece included only a chamber orchestra with lower...
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Grieg: Lyric Pieces / Emil Gilels
Deutsche Grammophon
Deutsche Grammophon
Emil Gilels' personal selection of favorite lyric pieces is one of his most praised and best recordings. The pianist obviously selected the pieces with which he felt the strongest identification, and he plays them lovingly, with sprightly rhythms...
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