"Because the music's quality is very ambient and the music is kind of objective, it allows the listener to project whatever they need onto it. So, I won't say it's a blank canvas, but it does give ...

Featuring guest performances by LeStrange Viols, the expansive recording encompasses selections from Renaissance composers William Byrd and Orlando Gibbons through 20th and 21st century works by Ivan ...

For a demonstration of how sumptuously beautiful the music of the English Renaissance can sound, you could scarcely do better than this superb new release by the vocal quartet New York Polyphony. The ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. GRAMMY-nominated vocal quartet New York Polyphony today announced the release of ...

The repertoire of the excellent vocal quartet New York Polyphony extends through the present day, but this first-rate new release is a reminder that the music of the Renaissance remains central to the ...

We have all heard it, yet most of us would not be able to name it. The term polyphony (from the Greek for “many sounds”) is used to describe music that employs simultaneous yet independent melodies.

Having come together for a one-off project in 2014, singing Carlo Gesualdo’s Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday, this young, all-male ensemble found their vocal chemistry worked so well they ...

Layton (pictured below), however, rung unexpected changes by giving us Parts 1, 2 and 3 of the Oratorio intercut with another festive favourite: Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, performed after the first ...

The Ryedale Festival just keeps on offering us perfection in terms of setting and performers, and this concert in Ampleforth Abbey featuring the a capella ensemble VOCES8, was the finest of the lot.

Les Arts Florissants and Amala Dianor Company present the Passion story through a challenging fusion of music and dance. An empty stage with just a raised platform at the back conjured not only the ...

There are dozens (and frankly probably hundreds) of excellent recordings in the catalogue that revolve around two staple subjects: romantic love and religious devotion. But for their latest album, New ...