Showing posts with label Vocal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vocal. Show all posts

Monday, July 7, 2025

How to do Original Jackets

 

Many like these original jacket series, and I count among them.

Friday, June 20, 2025

Saturday, May 24, 2025

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Shake, Rattle, and Roll

 

CD cover of Rattle Conducts Britten on EMI

Even Sir Simon's detractors identify this set of Britten works as one of his very best.

Friday, May 16, 2025

Sunday, May 11, 2025

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Monday, April 28, 2025

Saturday, April 19, 2025

The Horrors of Poetic Translations

 

Here, Edward Fitzgerald tackles the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

Sunday, April 13, 2025

The Prize of Hyperion's Liner Notes

 

CD cover for Song of Songs by Bantock on Hyperion
Too bad the label was recently sold off to Universal.

Monday, March 31, 2025

Friday, March 14, 2025

Unusually Moving

 


Music is at its best when it finds you unprepared for its greatness...

Saturday, February 1, 2025

The 20th-Century Art Song

 

Barber was one of the greats in the genre, for sure.