Blog: ChordStrike

In a few days, the wait is over for fans of Stile Antico, the phenomenal vocal ensemble who specialize in Tudor and Renaissance choral music (and high-profile side projects with Sting .) They release " Media Vita ," a selection of works by the sixteenth century composer John Sheppard. Less well-known than Thomas Tallis , Sheppard's fame has spread slowly, because his compositions only made it to the twentieth century in manuscript form and many of them are incomplete. What survives bears all the hallmarks of greatness. This recording [...]