Hometeam Effort in Erfurt

A nicely balanced oratorio.

Wagner, and Liszt, and Humperdinck, Oh My...

I've mentioned this before, but I love exploring Christmas oratorios. I make sure to add a couple each year to continue discovering these works.

Decadents and Melancholics

'This is not a work for a wide public, but rather for a smallish band of musical isolates who are born decadents and life's melancholics at the same time.'

Singular Symphony indeed

Only Berwald's Third Symphony, the nicknamed Singulière, seems to reach ahead of its time.

A Connoisseur

 

That what Bryden Thomson was in Vaughan Williams.

Which is Your Favorite Season of the Year?

 

Autumn for me!

What are The Heavens Telling?

 

The Glory of God, of course!

A Set of Choral Mozart

 

To set with the best.

The Best of Marriner's Choral Mozart

 

No doubt aided by the Andrew Parrott-led Schola Cantorum of Oxford.

Vaughan Williams Masterpiece

 

Dona Nobis Pacem.

Old Men Having Fun

 

That is essentially the plot of The Wasps.

Get a Job!

 

Handley gets the job done, for sure.

What Makes Mountains Delectable?

 

I wonder if Delectable is a poetic or translated choice?

Or perhaps, they actually were tasty...?

Enjoy Concertos? Enjoy Vaughan Williams?

 

Well, here they are!

So Many Versions!

 

This buy was a mistake.

Extra Cushion

 

All to our benefit!

A Lean, Mean Mahler 8

 

Grand Choral Architecture

 

In small packages.

The Better of Marriner's Requiems

 

Just look at the team of soloists!

The Choice from a Conductor

 

This one didn't agree with me.

Does visual art equal musical art?

I am no expert of Visual Art, certainly not of Musical Art either, but this cover image certainly gets my mind gears spinning.

A Love Letter to Horowitz

 

And Mozart.