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 CD are: Agnus Dei by Samuel […]

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 the “The Last Seven Words […]

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 your subwoofer a workout. My second recommendation this week is […]

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 of the oratory, I’m including […]

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 Sissel Judy Collins K. D. […]

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 Year! To hear Martha Argerich play […]

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.  Here are references to some […]