The sources and mainstreams of European music from the thousand years before the birth of Bach.
Program: #15-04, Air Date: 01/19/15
NOTE: All of the program this month feature recordings that are part of the expanded Naxos Distribution family.
A new recording of Dufay’s masses written for the fateful year of 1453 is one example of recent releases..
Read more and hear this show…Program: #04-20, Air Date: 05/10/04
NOTE: All of the music on this program comes from a recording made of concerts by the Orlando di Lasso Ensemble conducted by Detlef Bratschke and the Brisk Recorder Quartet from the 2003 Holland Festival of Early Music at Utrecht.
Read more and hear this show…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.
Read more and hear this show…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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