The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #08-01 , Air Date: 01/01/08
The Currende Ensemble and conductor Eric van Nevel begin a vast interpretation of Monteverdi's masterpiece of sacred music, the 1610 Marian Vespers. Instrumental interludes by Frescobaldi and Andrea Gabrieli are included.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #13-30, Air Date: 07/22/13
More from the compilation celebrating 66 years of great music-making: Masterpiece Theater, Monteverdi, and the Pro Cantione Antiqua.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #13-22, Air Date: 05/27/13
It's been a while since we surveyed recent recordings in the field. This week, music for the 400th anniversary of the death of Gesualdo, funeral services from England, and more!
Read more and hear this show…Program: #13-09, Air Date: 02/25/13
Alexander Blachly with his Pomerium Ensemble tackles some of the late-Renaissance Italian tradition of Mannerist motets on his latest recording.
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