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...just a few of the leading DVD sellers. Cases in point: Levine's two-disc version of Tristan and Isoldewith the Met, featuring tenor Ben Heppner and soprano Jane Eaglen, on Deutsche Grammophon ($39.98), and Cecilia Bartoli Sings Mozart and Haydn, a two-disc set with the Concentus Musicus Wien conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, on BBC/Opus Arte...
Weiner and Tokuno two years ago founded Musicus Modus Vivendi (MMV), an ensemble of Harvard musicians dedicated to performing European music from the often-ignored period of the 14th through 17th centuries...
Like Collegium Musicum, the Latin name Musicus Modus Vivendi implies tradition. It means "music as a way of life." The name can be seen as a musical pun on the word "mode," which refers to the type of musical scales early composers used...
...Harsh IV of Kirkland House and St. Louis, Mo.; David S. Jerison of Winthrop House and Lafayette, Ind.; Robert K. Lazarsfeld of Quincy House and New York, N.Y.; John J. McCarthy III of Quincy House and Stoneham; Richard P. Mendelson of Winthrop House and Jacksonville, Fla.; Bruce R. Musicus of Eliot House and Chicago, III.; Rhesa L. Penn of North House and Midland, Texas; Mark E. Robbins of Lowell House and Toledo, Ohio; and Steven S. Rosenfeld of Leverett House and Lancaster...
...whole new world awaits you with the Harnoncourt recordings. It could easily be shocking. Though having played in the St. Matthew Passion here last spring, still I thought I had put on the wrong record when first hearing the Concentus Musicus recording of that piece. Baroque music is not musty, dense, or unreachable; it is powerful and active. The Concentus Musicus has virtually transcended their time in emotional and intellectual appreciation of the music of a different...