The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #08-25, Air Date: 06/09/08
NOTE: Our friends the Suspicious Cheese Lords bring us the third album of previously-unrecorded material from the High Renaissance (following their work with Carpentras and Ludwig Senfl), celebrating the French master Jean Mouton (before 1459-1522) who served the court during the eventful first 20 years of the 16th century.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #13-03, Air Date: 01/14/13
Back to France, Jean Mouton set a chanson by his remarkable older compatriot Loyset Compère, and that rare an amazing piece is the theme of the new recording by The Tallis Scholars (orig. scheduled in Nov.).
Read more and hear this show…Program: #12-47, Air Date: 11/12/12
Another recent recording for which we wrote the liner notes features Gloria Dei Cantores in repertoire centering in the High Renaissance, including rare sacred works by Passereau and Dulot.
Read more and hear this show…Program: #10-47, Air Date: 11/15/10
Continuing our series working with the Embassy of France with our friends The Suspicious Cheese Lords in late medieval and Renaissance French repertoire, recorded as part of the Washington Early Music Festival.
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