June 2015

Sacred Works of Jean Mouton, 1515

Two great French early music ensembles, Clément Janequin and Diabolus in Musica, come together to pay tribute to a superb composer and a fateful year.

Composer: Jean Mouton

CD Info: CD 308 437.2

Harry Christophers & The Sixteen

This great (and now prolific!) ensemble follows up their recent Monteverdi disc with recordings celebrating the Golden Age of Spain and courtly masques of the Restoration.

Composer: Henry Purcell, Daniel Purcell, Francisco Guerrero, Alonso Lobo, Handel.

CD Info: Coro COR16129, Coro COR16128, Coro COR16121

War & Peace 1614-1714, Part 2

We continue with Jordi Savall’s latest project, this week from the Treaty of Turin to the War of the Spanish Succession. NOTE: all of the music on these programs is from the new release/book by Jordi Savall.It is on the Alia Vox label and is CD ASVA 9908.

Composer: Joan Cererols (1644-1712), Johann Caspar Kerll (1627-1693), Vasily Titov (ca.1650-ca.1715), Georg Muffat (1653-1704), Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736), Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704), Marc Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)

CD Info: CD ASVA 9908

War & Peace 1614-1714, Part 1

The latest big boxed set from Jordi Savall looks at music from one of the most formative centuries in European history; this week, the 30 Years War to the Treaty of Nimègue.

Composer: John Blow (1649-1708), Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), Jordi Savall d’après Ambrosio Cotes (1550?-1603), John Jenkins (1592-1678), Johann Rosenmüller (1617-1684), Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654), Guillaume Dumanoir (1615-1697), Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630).

CD Info: CD ASVA 9908

La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc

Let’s keep the Orlando Consort on deck for a very special project—scoring the great Carl Dreyer film about Joan of Arc with music entirely from her short lifetime (Millennium exclusive).

Composer: Billart (fl ?c1400), Johannes Tapissier (b c1370; d before Aug 1410), Franchois Lebertoul (fl 1409–?1428), Gautier Libert (fl 1423–8), Johannes Franchois de Gemblaco (fl c1415–30), Johannes de Lymburgia (fl 1431), Beltrame Ferragut (fl 1415–49), Ronaldus Libert, Bosquet(fl late 14th century; d before 30 Nov 1406), Reginaldus Libert fl c1425–35), Johannes Reson (flc1425–35), Richard Loqueville (d 1418), Johannes Cesaris (fl 1406–17), Benoit (fl 1436–55), Guillaume Dufay (1397-1474), Richard Loqueville (d. 1418), Johannes Le Grant (fl c1420–40), Estienne Grossin (fl. 1418–1421), Hymbert Salinis ((b 1378–84; fl 1403–9), Gilles Binchois (b.c.1400-1460), Psalini.

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