A whole clutch of my CD reviews has appeared this week. My review of Gaspard Corrette's Messe du 8e ton is here, a fascinating reconstruction of mass from an 18th century abbey.
Charm, vividness and vitality ...
And my review of Thomas Tallis's Secret Garden is here.
An interesting experiment, recording Tallis's pieces as if they were vocal chamber music ...
An a modern instrument account of Bach's Christmas Oratorio is here.
This intelligent modern instrument performance has much to recommend it …
And finally a disc of 17th century choral music from Poland, by a composer new to me, Mikolaj Zielinski; reviewed here. All the reviews are on MusicWeb International.
A disc that all lovers of 17th century choral music will want to have …
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