A selection of M&V 'sacred music' articles

CD Spotlight. Quite Sublime - Sacred music by Antonio Maria Bononcini, recommended by Gerald Fenech. '... an issue that oozes beauty ...'

Ensemble. Exotic Soundscapes - Two London concerts featuring music from the opera to the orient, attended by Malcolm Miller

Ensemble. Artistic Magic - Seraphic Fire's Rachmaninov Vespers, reviewed by Lawrence Budmen

Ensemble. Pilgrimages of the Soul - Giuseppe Pennisi visits Italy's Sagra Musicale Umbra

CD Spotlight. Ready to Oblige - Music by Beethoven?, reviewed favourably by Robert Anderson. '... the pleasure of unfamiliar music and fine performances.'

CD Spotlight. Airy Textures - Handel's 'Judas Maccabaeus', heard by Robert Anderson. '... the choral mood is everything.'

CD Spotlight. Nearly Unknown - Bologna's Renaissance music, heard by Giuseppe Pennisi. '... an efficient and effective local ensemble ...'

Imaginative Heights - Gordon Rumson looks forward to the Calgary Art Song Competition

Record box. Occasionally beautiful - The sacred choral music of Robert Evett, explored by Ron Bierman

Record box. Dvorák on the edge - His Stabat Mater reconsidered, by Basil Ramsey

Record box. Cathedral setting - Howells in ecclesiastical mode, by Basil Ramsey

Subtle Celebration - James MacMillan talks to Roderic Dunnett about composing sacred and liturgical music.