August 2025
The end of the summer brings hints of the autumn richness to come. It is tinged with feelings around the start of a new academic year, of putting away the … Read more
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Love Divine – Renaissance and contemporary music for voices
Notes from a review Subtitled “Renaissance and Contemporary Choral Works,” this disc follows on from the choral ensemble luminatus’ O beata Virgo Maria, reviewed previously by William Kempster in Fanfare 48:1. I agree … Read more
The Renaissance composer Ippolito Baccusi
Ippolito Baccusi, also known as Hippolyti Baccusii, was an Italian composer, active during the late Renaissance. He lived from approx. 1550 to 1609, and worked in Venice, Mantua, and Verona. … Read more
Love Divine – new CD released February 2025
Love Divine features music by Phillipe de Monte, drawing on a motet by Cipriano de Rore. Musical material is embedded throughout this parody mass, which reflects a mature and assured … Read more
Messiah – an oratorio by GF Handel
Messiah remains Handel’s best-known work, with performances particularly popular during the Advent season, although also it also covers the Passion and contemplation of its significance. Handel made numerous revisions to … Read more