Two esteemed ensembles, two recordings, a new double-disc set. Almost a decade in the making, Ensemble Peregrina and Ensemble Gilles Binchois team up for ‘Summa Leticia: A Survey of Nova Cantica in France, c. 1100’ — music that was radical in its day and, for us, loaded with such ambiguity that this repertoire is infrequently performed.

A music-theater cabaret — reimagining a 1970s fantasy on gay freedoms in a society not ready to accept it — premiered in Europe to acclaim and just arrived in New York. Baroque instruments help create a soundworld where, ‘paradoxically, historical instruments bring a quality of timelessness.’

The early demise of American mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson left an unfillable hole in the hearts of many listeners. A newly remastered recording captures the burnished beauty of tone, commitment to character, and intensity that made her such an unforgettable artist.

As a teacher, administrator, director, and advocate, Jody Miller makes everything in a class or workshop run smoothly. For early music, he says, ‘we expect concertizing is the way we’re going to reach everybody. I want us to think of solutions that work for the type of music we’re dealing with.’