January 2013

A Time Will Tell

Donald Grieg of the Orlando Consort (and many other groups) has penned a witty take on modern early music scholarship, performance, and the time we all so earnestly try to recreate--we'll hear the author and the music from the book.

Composer: Josquin Desprez (c.1445/50-1521), Loyset Compère (c.1445-1518), JOHANNES OCKEGHEM (c.1410-1497), GUILLAUME DUFAY (1397-1474), THOMAS TALLIS (c.1505-1585)

CD Info: Brilliant CD 93939, Metronome CD 1002-01, Gimell CD 206, Metronome CD 1002-01, ASV CD GAU 143, Archiv CD 453 419-2, Harmonia Mundi CD HMU 907314, Gimell CD 207

Two from ECM

The lovely Estonian ensemble Vox Clamantis with a superb medieval program; and Arianna Savall's lovely new disc dedicated to her mother, Monterrat Figueras.

Composer: Perotinus, Hildegard von Bingen, Petrus Wilhelmi de Grudencz

CD Info: ECM CD 2244, ECM CD 2227

Tell Me All Your Thoughts

Back to France, Jean Mouton set a chanson by his remarkable older compatriot Loyset Compère, and that rare an amazing piece is the theme of the new recording by The Tallis Scholars (orig. scheduled in Nov.).

Composer: Jean Mouton (before 1459- 1522), Loyset Compère

CD Info: Gimell CD CDGIM047

The Monks of Chevetogne and the Songs of Light

The latest recordings by our friends from Belgium takes us through the church year with the theme of Light--a welcome to the new Year!

Composer:

CD Info: CD 104/312