January 2018

400 Years

Cistercian chant, music of Venice in the middle ages, and dances from Spain in the 1400s.

Composer: Marchetto da Padova, Johannes Ciconia, Gratiosus de Padua, Bertrand Feragut, Antonio Romano, Hugo de Lantins, Cristoforo de Monte, Montecassino, Bruxelles, Domenico da Piacenza, Siena L V, Francisco de la Torre, Hans Judenkünig, Joan Ambrosio Dalza, Guglielmo E. da Pesaro, Antonio Cornazano, M. Gulielmus,Giovanni Ambrosio, Venezia BNM

CD Info: CD D3168, CD TC 390001, CdM CD 1742

Palestrina

The latest in the great Palestrina series from The Sixteen, the Sistine Chapel Choir, and selections from Monteverdi’s sacred works.

Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594),

CD Info: CD COR16155, CD CDA 68210, CD DG 479 6131

Yet Three More from Accent

The tireless label of the Baroque gives us love songs of the 17th century, early Baroque Italian cello works, and suites by Johann Schmierer.

Composer: Johann Abraham Schmierer, Antonio Carbonchi, Biagio Marini, Michaelangelo Galilei, Angelo Michele Bartolotti, Girolamo Kapsberger,Francesco Corbetta, Domenico GABRIELLI (1659-1690), Benedetto MARCELLO (1686-1739), Giovanni BONONCINI (1670-1747), Alessandro SCARLATTI (1660-1725), Willem DE FESCH (1687-1761), Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741), Francesco GEMINIANI (1687-1762)

CD Info: CD ACC 24294, CD ACC 24330, CD ACC 24304

Back to the Middle Ages

Ars Subtilior, Hildegard von Bingen, and the remarkable III Millennio label with the idea of roses in the medieval imagination.

Composer: Alfonso X El Sabio, Wolfenbüttel, Codex Montpellier, Guillaume de Machaut, Bamberg Codex, Codex Engelberg, Hildegard Von Bingen,Thibault IV, Roi De Navarre, Rondellus, Le Châtelain De Coucy, Antifonario di Bobbio

CD Info: III Millennio CD 0144, Ricercar CD RIC 383, Ricercar CD RIC 386

The Gates of Glory and Ockeghem

The superb series from the Eton Choirbook with Christ Church cathedral continues, and excepts from a live concert by Blue Heron.

Composer: Walter Lambe, Hugo Kellyk, Robert Fayrfax, Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1420-1497), Robert Hacomplaynt, John Browne

CD Info: CDAV2376,