August 2001

The Bergen Festival 2001: Festa Napoletana

Beginning a series from the annual music fest in Norway's beautiful coastal Haneatic town of Bergen with the Cappella della Pieta de'Turchini in a program of light music from early Baroque Naples.

Composer: FRANCESCO GRILLO (fl. 18th cen), LEONARDO VINCI (ca.1690--1730), GAETANO LATILLA (1711-1788)

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New Releases

After months of collecting, we'll finally get a chance to sample some of the best new releases in the field.

Composer: ALEXANDER AGRICOLA (c. 1446-1506), PALESTRINA , John Tuder (15th cen.), Giovanni Nasco (c.1500-1561), Mikolaj Gomolka, Jan Kochanowski 1580

CD Info: CD HCD-32011, CD CHR 77236, CD MA 20001, CD GB 5610, CD HMU-907269, Dux CD 0244

The Swiss Early Music Scene

An award-winnning performance of dance music of Praetorius by Zurich's Ricercare Ensemble.

Composer: Michael Praetorius

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Monteverdi at Utrecht II

Before the opening of the Holland Festival of Early Music at Utrecht 2001, we'll hear more from the complete performance of Monteverdi's "Selve morale e spirituale."

Composer: Claudio Monteverdi

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