There Are Many Other Legends, a CD of choral works by American Prize in Choral Composition winner Jonathan Santore, is now available on Navona Records. This collection features works premiered by the New Hampshire Master Chorale and Manchester Choral Society, and conducted by Dan Perkins, Music Director of both ensembles and Director of Choral Activities […]
New Recordings
New Women’s Choir CD Available
The award-winning Saint Mary’s College Women’s Choir has just released their newest CD on the ProOrgano label. O Lux! features new music for women’s voices by American, Canadian, and Basque composers, plus Francis Poulenc’s haunting Litanies a la Vierge Noire by French composer Francis Poulenc. David Eicher accompanies on both piano and organ. The CD […]
New Gloria Video from Dan Locklair
In case you haven’t seen it, there’s a lovely new Convivium Records video from the recording sessions of Dan Locklair’s Gloria CD at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHG2QKCjtlY. More about the CD at https://conviviumrecords.co.uk/releases/dan-locklair-gloria-sacred-choral-works/ and more about Gloria and other compositions from the collection at http://www.subitomusic.com/. Visit Dan at http://www.locklair.com/.
O quam suavis est
Dear conductors and ChoralNet users, I wanted to wish you all a special and relaxing Summer with this video that I did with my brand new piece “O QUAM SUAVIS EST”. Enjoy!
Berlioz ‘Requiem’ Historic Recording
Colleagues, the Rochester Oratorio Society (NY) has re-mastered its historic 1954 recording of the Berlioz Requiem, the first American commercial recording of this masterwork, now available for the first time on CD. The source recording, a pristine vinyl master, has been professionally restored and beautifully produced for distribution in a two-CD set with original graphics […]
Olli Kortekangas’s Migrations touches the heart
The recent BIS CD including Olli Kortekangas’s Migrations (a commission from the Minnesota Orchestra and Osmo Vänskä) has received enthusiastic reviews. The FMQ magazine writes that “Migrations is a deeply impressive cantata… There’s a strong Finnish presence in the Minnesota area, and for his texts Kortekangas turned to the poetry of Sheila Packa, a Minnesotan […]