September 2021

Rinaldo Alessandrini, Part 4: Into the 18th Century

This time the Italian early music conductor and performer takes us from Alessandro Scarlatti to Vivaldi and on to Bach.

Composer: Alessandro Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Bernhard Bach, Johann Ludwig Bach

CD Info: Naive CD OP30446, Naive CD OP30, Naive CD OP 30578475

In the Lowlands

The earliest Dutch polyphony, Antwerp in the 16th century, and a journey in the footsteps of Herman Hollanders with his Parnassus ecclesiasticus.

Composer: Martinus Fabri, Hubertus de Salinis, Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376 - 1445),Pierre Phalèse, Jacobus Clemens Non Papa, Tielman Susato, Benedictus Appenzeller,Pierre De Manchicourt, Emanuel Adriaenssen, Lupus Hellinc , Orlando di Lasso, Andreas Pevernage, Herman Hollanders (c. 1595- c.1640)

CD Info: Muso CD MU-042, CD RIC 137, Etcetera CD KTC 1292

More on Josquin

Before we leave the Josquin 500th services, we hear three recent takes on his work, including a radical reassessment of the composer as a pop icon updating the musical accompaniment to his music (Ondes Martinot!).

Composer: Josquin Desprez, Joan Ambrosio Dalza, Gilles de Bins dit Binchois, Vincenzo Capirola, Hayne van Ghizeghem, Alexander Agricola, Jacob Obrecht,

CD Info: Calliope CD CAL 9441, Mignarda CD mp014, Aparte CD AP259

In Memoriam, 20 Years On

We presented an extensive set of memorial works after 9/11 in 2001; we remember 20 years later with Mozarabic chant, the Requiem of Simone de Bonefont, and New York Polyphony’s latest recording.

Composer: Simone de Bonefont, Loyset Cmèe (1445-1518), Josquin des Prez (1450-1521), Andrew Smith (b. 1970), Adrian Willaert (1490-1562), Cyrillus Kreek (1889-1962), Pierre de la Rue (1452-1518)

CD Info: Harmonia Mundi CD HMM 905319, Cypres CD CYP1682, BIS CD BIS-2277