In many ways the image also seems iconic of Heinrich Biberís Missa Christi resurgentis, recorded here by the English Concert under the direction of Andrew Manze. The Mass itself is for large ...

Drawing on the tradition of operas on historic topics, the composer used the opportunity to recount the story of the sixteenth-century century painter Matthias Gr¸newald, best known today for his ...

from through all three works. Violins were antiphonally divided, double-basses placed to the extreme left, along with timpani behind them, and violas and cellos placed evenly across the centre of the ...

The composer wrote music in a broad range of genres, including four operas, only one of whichóhis 1954 opera Nelsonóis a full length work. Ruth, his third, was commissioned by Brittenís English Opera ...

said about war and its horror.

letters from Lassus to Albrecht’s son, Wilhelm, also survives. The letters move ...

The songs of Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) are some of the finest works examples of the genre and they represent the mature French mélodie in the hands of a composer who knew both the voice and the piano ...