Last evening I watched Terrence Malick’s philosophical film with my wife.  The visual images and background music are stunning.  Here is a link to the music from the film.  Much of this music was familiar, but there were many pieces new to me, or at least I do not

What I consider to be good Christmas music is somewhat limited.  Christmas “musac” played in many department stores this time of year are definitely second tier selections in my book.  I was looking over some of my past recommendations and I see where those blog posts were not widely read. 

Chopin Preludes is the recommendation for this week.  I have two suggestions. Grigory Sokolov performing 24 Chopin Preludes Martha Argerich Plays Chopin Here is one five star Amazon review of the second recommendation. “Five BRILLIANT Stars! True Argerich Chopin treasures from the Deutsche Grammophon vault celebrating The Frédéric Chopin

In no particular order, here are a few of my top female singers.  These women were selected for both the quality of their voice and the type of music they sing.  As you can see, the range is from opera to country to popular to broadway. Katherine Jenkins Sarah Brightman

Mendelssohn’s Elijah is my primary classical music recommendation for this week.  Normally, I’m not a stickler for a particular rendition, but in this case I highly recommend you go with Robert Shaw.  In my mind, it is an outstanding recording of this melodious oratorio. If you are not a fan

Sing O Ye Heavens is Moravian music.  It is rare to find a CD where I rate 5 stars to nine (9) songs.  The artists are the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park.  Not only is the singing beautiful, but the under-girding orchestra will give

Easter Music Selections St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion are two pieces of music that quickly come to mind during this Easter season.  While the St. Matthew is the more popular with many listeners, my favorite is the St. John, as there are several familiar choruses. Most compositions of

September Music Recommendation The September music recommendation comes after several months of neglect so I need to make this a good one.  After looking down a list of five (5) star selections I decided to recommend A Company of Voices, Conspirare in Concert. My top four selections from the