classical music: unaccompanied

classical music: unaccompanied

classical music:

Unaccompanied

A Robert Shaw Christmas - Angels on High

Charles Sprawls, Johann Sebastian Bach, ...

Telarc, 1997

Inspiring!
You simply cannot go wrong with this wonderful collection from a disciplined and masterfully-led chorus. If you want to hear Christmas choral standards in all their glory, no disappointment here - beautiful men's chorus version (original) of Beibl's Ave Maria, and the ...

Music for the Spanish Kings

Anonymous, Canciero de Montecassino Anonymous, ...

EMI Classics, 2001

Great Addition to My Collection
Jordie Savall and Hesprion XX do it again. I've yet to hear a CD of his that I didn't love. Most of my collection of 15th-17th Century music is English, French, German, and Italian, and I am happy to see the Spanish masters taking their place alongside them.

John Rutter Collection

Rutter, Cambridge Singers, ...

Decca, 2002

Smooth As Silk
This is a potpourri of Mr. Rutter's compositions, sung by the peerless Cambridge Singers. Buy it only if you want outstanding music that cures the senses.

Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites: Performed on Double Bass

Johann Sebastian Bach, Edgar Meyer

Sony, 2000

Still my favorite bass cd
Without the tone of the instrument, you would never guess that a bass was playing at this level of precision. The pharisees of classical music who critique Meyer's performance for not sounding enough like a cello or not being Baroque enough is the equivalent of ...

Gloria: The Sacred Music of John Rutter

John Rutter, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, ...

Collegium, 2005

Gloria
BEAUTIFUL music- classic Rutter with outstanding harmonies, relaxing as well as inspirational lyrics and melodies.

Thomas Tallis: Complete Works

William Byrd, Gregorian Chant, ...

Brilliant Classics, 2008

Another Superb Set from Brilliant Classics
I can't praise highly enough the service to the music world that Brilliant Classics is doing by issuing the complete works of both well-known and lesser-known masters. Brilliant is perhaps best known for its complete sets of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven, each priced at ...

Bach: Sonatas for Unaccompanied Violin

Johann Sebastian Bach, Nathan Milstein

EMI Classics, 2001

The deepest insights into Bach
Bach is my favorite composer, and of all Bach's works, the Goldberg Variations, and these solo violin sonatas/partitas, are my "desert island" works. I've listened to many recordings of these sonatas/partitas, from Yehudi Menuhin to Jascha Heifetz, Grumiaux, Perlman, ...

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vespers (Mass for Unaccompanied Chorus)

Sergey Rachmaninoff, Robert Shaw Festival Singers, ...

Telarc, 1990

This is a GREAT recording!
I like this recording very much... as does everyone I know that owns it. I would not hesitate to purchase it again should the need arise.

Music for Compline

Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, ...

Harmonia Mundi USA, 2007

An exceptional and Moving Experience
This first offering from British vocal group stile antico is an exceptional listening experience. Beautiful and soothing, the vocals on this CD are ouststanding. This is a 5-star listen through and through. Also enjoyable is the booklet that comes with the CD ...

Bach: The 6 Unaccompanied Cello Suites

Yo-Yo Ma, Johann Sebastian Bach

Sony, 2006

JS Bach & YoYoMa - The Master played by a Master
YoYo Ma awoke an entire generation to Bach with this recording. Listening to Ma play these works is truly a stunning thing. Bach is THE master who demands attention and requires another master to play his work correctly and with emotion. In the hands of a ...

John Rutter: Requiem

John Rutter, Stephen Cleobury, ...

EMI Classics, 1998

SIMPLY EXQUISITE
We had heard of neither Rutter nor Cleobury until a chance airing of "Te Deum" on the local classical station's sacred music concert had us scrambling madly for pen and paper and thence directly to the music store. This CD contains a stellar cross-section of Rutter's ...

The King's Singers Greatest Hits

Christopher van Kampen, Bill Jackman, ...

EMI Classics, 2008

Like a musical buffet
Everything from madrigals to the Beatles with a little Christmas music for color. Even if you're not a big fan of madrigals or folk songs, the King's have a way of making them thoroughly enjoyable and very easy to listen to. The track "You Are the New Day" will bring ...

Audivi Vocem
Thomas Tallis, Christopher Tye, ...

ECM Records, 2008

CD-package includes 28-page booklet with an introduction by David Skinner in English and German and all sung texts. "If clarity is a virtue, these people are saints", wrote France's Nouvel Oberservateur about the Hilliard Ensemble when their interpretation of Bach's motets was released in spring 2007. "Never have these shining works sounded more ...

Officium - Jan Gabarek & The Hilliard Ensemble

Cristobal de Morales, Pierre de LaRue, ...

ECM Records, 1994

Original, Brilliant, but Flawed
I'm a big fan both of Garbarek and of "early music", so I bought this album with enthusiasm when it first came out a decade ago. I wasn't disappointed, but I do find it uneven. Garbarek was experimenting throughout the process of recording this work, and some of his ...

Allegri: Miserere

Gregorio Allegri, William Mundy, ...

Gimell UK, 2001

Ertherial Music
Unlike other reviewers of the Miserere on this site, I have neither the credentials nor the eloquence to prove why you should purchase this recording for your collection. I can only say that you will be thrilled by the beauty and depth of the music. When I've been ...