Ryan Smith - The Night Creeps Slowly (Parker Symphony Orchestra)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvGXqeVt4J4

Already posted, but good for today:

Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre (National Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Leopold Stokowski)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyknBTm_YyM

The Best of Tallis

Oxford Camerata

Conductor: Jeremy Summerly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5fYXDsh_YU

Anton Bruckner - Os Justi

Tenebrae Choir 

Conductor: Nigel Short

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXYbEyvVXUk

Anton Bruckner - Locus Iste

Tenebrae Choir 

Conductor: Nigel Short

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQRYwe4KDDQ

Gustav Mahler - Adagietto from Symphony No. 5

Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Les39aIKbzE

One of my favourite recordings is Buxtehude: Sacred Cantatas, with the Purcell Quartet joined by singers Emma Kirkby, Suzie LeBlanc, and Peter Harvey. The whole thing is of surpassing beauty.

I recently found the whole thing on YouTube as well, so I can link to it as a playlist for you to enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0nUX3xbQ_o&list=OLAK5uy_kFkItekN_Xq3jAS_AcAGtSuEPIjI6bF48

Of the tracks, I particularly love the duet work between the two sopranos (although don't get me wrong; the bass is also excellent).

The piece Herr, wenn ich nur dich hab, BuxWV 38, is most exquisitely sung by Suzie LeBlanc (https://youtu.be/LOfHb50pTLk). It's truly one of the most beautiful things i've heard. Interestingly, Emma Kirkby also sings this piece in another recording (https://youtu.be/hjFtArvLVh4), and that is also gorgeous. The difference between the two is that Kirkby's interpretation is of inner contemplative joy, whereas LeBlanc is bubbling with joy outwardly expressed.

Also... I'm so sorry, I kept forgetting to post links of the pieces performed in the Tallis Scholars performance.

• Cristóbal de Morales: Regina coeli. Perf. by Quondam (LIVE video)
  https://youtu.be/hjFtArvLVh4
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli. Perf. by Tallis Scholars
  https://youtu.be/BRfF7W4El60
• Gregorio Allegri: Miserere mei, Deus. Perf. by Tallis Scholars (LIVE video)
  https://youtu.be/Hm2x22I_CPE
• Costanzo Festa: Quam pulchra es. Perf. by Coro femminile Eos (with director Fabrizio Barchi)
  https://youtu.be/e8GvsnQSvsY
• Elzéar Genet (Carpentras): Lamentations. Perf. by Pomerium Choral Ensemble
  https://youtu.be/Zv3q6QVhoIs
• Josquin des Prez: Inter natos mulierum - I can't find a YouTube video of this, so I offer instead a live performance by Tallis Scholars of des Prez's Agnus Dei.
  https://youtu.be/rslwYr_mVo8
  (However, I did find a recording of it, on Hyperion: https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/7929406--josquin-des-pres-and-his-contemporaries)
• Tomás Luis de Victoria: Magnificat primi toni (a 8). Perf. by Cantica Beatae Virginis, directed by Jordi Savall
  https://youtu.be/1YHK5UwLU2A

I can hardly describe the sensation of listening to the Tallis Scholars live. It was of such purity of sound, with the most perfect blend imaginable. No one was unmoved. The Allegri was OF COURSE a highlight, and I don't think I will ever forget the exquisiteness of those top Cs sung by the section of the group placed behind us on the balcony. The different placement of the three sections gave a wonderful sensation of antiphonal rapture.

Ohhhhh!!!!!

https://operatoday.com/2023/03/opera-rara-announces-2023-24-season-including-a-major-multi-year-proj...

I want these.