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Posted on August 19, 2019August 19, 2019

Anonymous’ Greatest Hits (well, on Spotify)

Whoever the official titleholder is, Spotify’s most prolific artist must surely be the dauntingly productive Various Artists, who emerges with a slew of new compilations and soundtracks and such every…

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Posted on July 14, 2019

Достойно есть (“Dostoyno est”/”It is Fitting”), Nine Sacred Pieces #5, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, sung by The Cambridge Singers

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Posted on May 29, 2019

Great moments in stage names: from Angus Murdo McKenzie to Karl Denver

If ever a name sounded like a Hollywood Scotsman, it was Angus Murdo McKenzie. And if ever a name sounded like a Scottish fantasy of a Wild West cowboy, it…

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Posted on May 21, 2019

#MarianMay – “Ave Generosa” , composed Margaret Rizza, performed by The Sixteen

One of the interesting things about this occasional #MarianMay series has been how many living, contemporary composers continue to create works setting classic texts of Marian piety. From Arvo Pärt to Stefano…

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Posted on May 18, 2019May 18, 2019

#MarianMay – Tota Pulchra Es Maria, Anton Bruckner , performed by The Sixteen

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Posted on May 18, 2019

#MarianMay , “Monstra Te Esse Matrem”, Henri Dallier, performed on the organ of La Madeleine, Paris

Henri Dallier succeeded Gabriel Faure as organist of La Madeleine in Paris. This composition is performed by the current organist, Francois-Henri Houbart, who has been in post since 1979 – one of the…

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Posted on May 11, 2019May 11, 2019

#MarianMay “A Mhuire Mhathair”

Interestingly, “A Mhuire Mhathair” is not a traditional Irish hymn, but the result in the 1970s of setting an Irish text to the Maori tune Pokarekare Ana :

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Posted on April 30, 2019April 29, 2019

#AprilCountry , April 30th, “Spiritual”, Johnny Cash / Spain

From “Unchained”, this is a cover of a song written by Josh Haden of the band Spain:

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