Program: #17-29, Air Date: 07/10/17
Three new releases: a boxed set of early Lutheran settings set by the liturgical year, an evocation of the crucial year of 1517, and an early Baroque master in Leipzig.
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Wondrous Mystery
Program: #15-51, Air Date: 12/14/15
The latest from the young Stile Antico ensemble gives us a Renaissance Christmas from Flanders to Bohemia and on to Germany .
Read more and hear this show…Music That Should Not Exist
Program: #13-47, Air Date: 11/18/13
Our recent look at English Renaissance Catholic church music left out a huge area of discovery--the madrigalian motet. Music by composers we may associate with secular works (Weelkes, Wilbye, Ravenscroft, etc.) have been reconstructed by tireless early music champion Ross Duffin, and with this new recording by his Quire ensemble from Cleveland, this music once again comes forth from the shadows.
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Program: #09-01, Air Date: 01/04/09
After we received all the recordings by this excellent ensemble, we decided to showcase their artistry with more of their performances; we also hear more Christmas music with the Norwegian ensemble Grex Vocalis.
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