June 2022

Machaut: The Single Rose & The Lion of Nobility

Angus Smith of the Orlando Consort guides us through the two most recent recordings in the group’s ongoing multi-disc project of the complete Machaut.

Composer: Guillaume de Machaut (c1300-1377),

CD Info: Hyperion CD CDA68277, Hyperion CD CDA68318

Soleil noir: Arias for Francesco Rasi

Tenor Emiliano Gonzalez Toro joins us with his recent recording dedicated to the composer, singer, poet and maybe murderer Francesco Rasi (1574-1621).

Composer: Francesco Rasi (1574-1621), Giuseppino del BIADO ( ? – 1616), Marco da GAGLIANO (1582-1653], Giulio CACCINI (1551-1618), Jacopo PERI (1561-1633], Thomas DUNFORD (b.1988), Andrea FALCONIERI (1585/6-1656), Carlo GESUALDO (1566-1613), Sigismondo d’INDIA (c.1582- before 1629), Claudio MONTEVERDI (1567-1643)

CD Info: Naive V 5473,

Jean Mouton: Missa Faulte d’Argent

The incomparable Brabant Ensemble directed by Stephen Rice again brings us a world-premiere recording of works by the French composer whose life included work in the French court, the papacy, with the Medici, and his own home region.

Composer: Jean Mouton

CD Info: Hyperion CD # CDA68385,

Jesse Rodin, Part 3

The director of the Cut Circle ensemble (and director of the Josquin Research Project) shares with us his recent recording of the chansons of Johannes Ockeghem.

Composer: Johannes Ockeghem, Josquin

CD Info: Musique en Wallonie CD MEW 1995,