August 2018

The Lily & the Rose

In another of the series of recordings matching choral works to alabaster statuary of the 15th century, the Binchois Ensemble celebrates music for the Virgin Mary.

Composer: Walter Frye, John Dunstaple, John Bedyngham, John Plummer, John(?) Cooke, John Fowler, John Forest

CD Info: CDA68228.

Italian Roots of the Baroque, vocal edition

A Sacred oratorio by Luigi Rossi, a world premiere of a Plague Mass by Orazio Benevoli, and the earliest use of the violin (with voice!).

Composer: Orazio Benevoli (1605-1672), BIAGIO MARINI, CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI, FRANCESCO CARUBELLI, INNOCENTIO VIVARINO, NICOLÒ CORRADINO, TARQUINIO MERULA, GIOVANNI BATTISTA RICCIO, GIOVANNI AMIGONE MANTOVANO, GIULIO BELLI, Luigi Rossi

CD Info: CD TC 600210; CD MCV 018-45; CD MVC 007-021

The Complete Heinrich Schutz, continued

The amazing series on the Carus label continues with a two CD set of part 2 of the Little Sacred Concertos (“My best musical things,” as Schütz said of these).

Composer: Heinrich Schütz,

CD Info: Carus CD 83.271.

Dominique Vellard

The performer/music director of the Ensemble Gilles Binchois has three recent projects: sacred music from the 13th century, forgotten polyphony of the 16th to 18th centuries, and a recording of his own compositions.

Composer:

CD Info: CD EVCD051, CD AP097, CD EVCD009