March 2020

Early Sacred Italian Baroque Composers III: Born 1640-1675

Antonia Padoani Bembo, Giovanni Maria Sabino, Diogenio Bigaglia.

Composer: Antonia Padoani Bembo (c.1640-c. 1720), Giovanni Maria Sabino, Antonio Sabino, Francesco Sabino, Diogenia Bigaglia (1676-1745), Antonio LOTTI (1667-1740)

CD Info: LA CD 2005, Digressione Music CD DCTT82, Rondeau CD ROP 7023

Three Great Lutes

Paul O’Dette with music of Albert de Rippe, Nigel North and Francesco da Milano, and Jakob Lindberg with works of Jan Antonin Losy.

Composer: Albert de Rippe (1500-1551), Francesco Canova da Milano, Jan Antonín Losy (c.1650-1721)

CD Info: Harmonia Mundi CD HMM 902275, BGS CD 128, BIS CD 2462.

Early Sacred Italian Baroque Composers II: Born 1590-1640

Alessandro Grandi, Giovanni Legrenzi, Giovanni Paolo Colonna.

Composer: Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690), Tarquinio Merula (1595 - 1665), Luigi Battiferri (1600 - 1682), Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637 - 1695), Carlo Francesco Pollarolo (1653 - 1723), Venetian Alessandro Grandi, Giovanni Paolo Colonna

CD Info: Brilliant Classics CD  95006, Arcana CD A464, MSR CD MS 1437.

Three Dowland Discs

Hopkinson Smith with Mariana Flores, Phantasm and the Lachrimae, and the ensemble L’Archeron with a Greek take on the English composer!

Composer: John Dowland

CD Info: Linn CD CKR 527, Naive CD E 8941, Fuga libera CD FUG 753

Early Sacred Italian Baroque Composers I: Born 1550-1580

Orazio Columbano, Stefano Bernardi, Amadeo Freddi.

Composer: Orazio Colombano (c.1554 after 1595), Stefano Bernardi, Amadio Freddi (1570 - 1634), Ignazio Donati (1570 - 1638), Biagio Marini (1594 - 1663), Giovanni Gabrieli (1557 - 1612), Alessandro Grandi (1586 - 1630), Dario Castello (1602 - 1631), Andrea Gabrieli (1533 - 1585)

CD Info: Brilliant Classics CD 95839, Arcana CD A470, Resonus CD RES10245