February 2024

Guerrero

Ecce sacerdos magnus: Stephen Rice and The Brabant Ensemble return with another recording of rarely-heard works, this time dedicated to the Spaniard Francisco Guerrero.

Composer: Francisco Guerrero

CD Info: Hyperion label CDA68408

Oriente Lux

Jordi Savall’s latest project, subtitled “Dialogue of Souls,” is inspired by “the light from the East” and brings together musicians from troubled lands where refugees have been forced to leave their homes.

Composer: Riad Sombati (1906-1981), Marcel Khalife 1950

CD Info: Alia Vox label AVSA9954

Adriano! Part 3

The recently-formed Ghent-based ensemble Dionysos Now! has taken on another in one of those remarkable projects: the complete sacred music of Adrian Willaert. Volume 4 includes the St. John Passion.

Composer: Adriaen Willaert

CD Info: Evil Penguin label vinyl disc EPRC 0043

Las Huegas, Volume I

Brilliant Classics has begun a multi-volume set dedicated to music from the great Pilgrimage Way with the complete Las Huegas Codex. CDs 1 & 2 include the ensembles Armoniosoincanto and the Gruppo Vocale Garda Trentino.

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CD Info: Brilliant Classics label CD 96619