The music of John Dunstable embodies many of the characteristics that so dramatically set the music of the emerging Renaissance apart from its Medieval forebears.
HANDEL: Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Sometimes an invidious comparison cannot be avoided, and such is the case with two recent DVD versions of Georg Frederic Handel’s masterpiece, Giulio Cesare.
Septembre musical de l’Orne, entre Mozart et aujourd’hui
http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/20060825.FIG000000150_septembre_musical_de_l_orne_entre_mozart_et_aujourd_hui.html
Anna Netrebko : voix large, taille fine
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3246,36-806396@51-806459,0.html
Blick auf den ganzen Mozart
http://www.merkur-online.de/nachrichten/kultur/kunstakt/art282,704266.html
An Opera That Delivered a Eureka Moment to Mozart
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/25/arts/music/25idom.html?
Edinburgh Festival Stages World Premiere of Stuart MacRae’s Opera The Assassin Tree
http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/print/5124.html
MENDELSSOHN: Sacred Choral Music
The English ìOxbridgeî choral tradition tends to be a cohesive one, most often with choirs of men and boys receiving similar training, singing a largely shared repertory in similar venues and in similar contexts.