March 2018

The English Consort, Part 2

The prolific Phantasm Ensemble gives us anthems by Tomkins, consorts by John Jenkins, and a new recording of the complete consort music by Christopher Tye.

Composer: Christopher Tye, Thomas Tomkins, John Jenkins

CD Info: CD CKD 571, CD OA CD9040 D, CD BKD 557

Three from Brilliant Classics

The art of the theorbo from the early 17th century, organ masses by Claudio Merulo, and the sounds of the medieval piper.

Composer: Angelo Michele Bartolotti (1615-1682), Estienne Le Moyne (1640-1715), Robert de Visée (1655-1732), Claudio Merulo (1533-1604)

CD Info: Brilliant Classics CD 95426, Brilliant Classics CD 95145, Brilliant Classics CD 95566.

Three from the Renaissance

From the Brabant Ensemble, sacred music of Obrecht; music of Loyset Compere for the Duke of Milan, and sacred music of Lucrezia Borgia’s daughter, Leonora d’Este.

Composer: Loyset Compère, Heinrich LÜBECK (c.1500), Gaspar van WEERBECKE (c.1445-1516), Alexander AGRICOLA (c.1445-1506), Johannes MARTINI (c.1440-1498), Jacob Obrecht, Leonora d’Este

CD Info: Arcana CD A436, Hyperion CD A68216, Obsidian CD717

The English Consort, Part 1

Consort anthems by Orlando Gibbons, a world-premiere of music by Christopher Simpson, and sacred vocal consort settings by Thomas Tallis.

Composer: Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Tallis, Christopher Simpson

CD Info: Signum CD SIGCD511, Obsidian CD716, BIS-2153