At On an Overgrown Path, blogger Pliable ruminates on the Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and the glorious music the order has inspired.
There's Poulenc's searing, glorious opera, of course, but did you know the sisters commissioned a piece by Handel?
Me neither, but that's because the work was either never produced (unlikely, given Handel's ability to rip 'em out to order) or hasn't survived. Andrew Parrott to the rescue, with a "hypothetical reconstruction," performed by the Taverner Consort and Players. Pliable—who sounds like one of us, based on his praise for balance engineer Mike Clement and the disc's "wonderfully airy sound"—recommends Virgin's mid-priced reissue.
