SA-CD.net Review: Dvořák and Janáček

This is an absolutely marvelous release both in terms of its thrilling performances and wonderful sound quality. Manfred Honeck, as on his first disc for Reference Recordings of Strauss tone poems, Strauss: Don Juan, Tod und Verklarung, Till Eulenspiegel –...

Florentine to Record Floyd

Opera America Magazine, Summer 2014 Milwaukee’s Florentine Opera will initiate a series of concert productions and recordings of the works of Carlisle Floyd beginning in the 2014-2015 season. The project launches with Floyd’s Wuthering Heights, sponsored...

Houston Chamber Choir recording

John and Blanton are recording with Robert Simpson and the Houston Chamber Choir this week at St. John the Divine Church in Houston. The pieces to be recorded are “A dome of many-coloured glass…” by Dominick DiOrio; “soft blink of amber...

“Lent at Ephesus” on PBS

Check your local PBS channels for “Lent at Ephesus” which features the recording we did with the chart-topping Benedictines of Mary. Blanton produced the recording and was interviewed for the program.