by Barry Lenson | Apr 3, 2023 | Choral Music, Opera, Orchestral Music
PARMA Recordings is a highly adventurous and innovative music company headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. PARMA, which issues recordings on the Navona, Ravello, Ansonica, and Big Round Records labels, has very big plans for you and your listening ears. Thanks...
by Barry Lenson | Aug 4, 2021 | Choral Music, Film Music, Sergei Prokofiev
New Release for Our Members’ Listening Pleasure: Sergei Prokofiev’s cantata Alexander Nevsky. I have had a deep affection for Sergei Prokofiev’s cantata Alexander Nevsky ever since I stepped in as an extra chorister for a performance in New York about 30 years...
by Barry Lenson | Aug 12, 2016 | Choral Music, Opera, Orchestral Music, Uncategorized
Einojuhani Rautavaara, widely called the finest Finnish composer since Jean Sibelius, passed away on July 17th in Helsinki at the age of 87. If you’re not familiar with his music (and I have to admit that I have only gotten to know it in the weeks since he died), you...
by Barry Lenson | Jul 25, 2016 | Choral Music, NDR Chor, Russian Music, Sacred Music, Uncategorized
We invite you to watch this video of a performance of one of Tchaikovsky’s sublime “Cherubic Hymns” Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky has rightfully earned a place on lots of “greatest” lists. He is one of the greatest ballet composers of all time, one of the greatest...
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