There are many occasions when professional choral singers have the opportunity to sing the great liturgical works of classical composers like Mozart, Schubert, and Haydn. However it is rare to find yourself in a scenario where you’re surrounded by the best musicians you know, as far as the eye can see. This is always the […]
Haydn: “Harmoniemesse” Credo: Et resurrexit Read More »
It is a joyful song, Henry Purcell is one of my favorite composers, and what the world needs now is Musick, Musick Musick! I was very much looking forward to the joyous occasion of singing Easter services, a recital in May, two festivals in Europe in June, and a recording project in July, which may
Purcell: If Musick Be the Food of Love Read More »
Matthias Maute’s successful reconstruction of the ‘Motezuma’ fragments depended heavily on his skill as a composer to “channel” Vivaldi while at the same time imagining a new dramatic framework for the story.
Vivaldi’s 1733 ‘Motezuma’ Receives 21st-Century Completion Read More »
“I am very fond of Dario Castello. Is it the obscurity surrounding is life? the tension and drama, but also the mystery, we hear and feel in his music? He certainly was a composer of great personality and his music one of the great expressions of Stylus Fantasticus. This is a recording I had the
Castello: Sonata Prima from Sonate Concertate in Stil Moderno Read More »
The piece is from my debut recording, which was made at Chapelle de l’hôpital Notre-Dame de Bon Secours in Paris. It was played on the “Nicholas Lefebvre 1755 / Martin Skowroneck 1984”: the harpsichord Gustav Leonhardt owned until his death in 2012. “All my recitals (which includes the one for Music Before 1800 and Harpsichord
Duphly: Les Grâces, tendrement (Troisième Livre de Pièces de Clavecin 1756) Read More »
