March 2021

#21-14 (03/29/21)

A Suzi Digby Holy Week, Part 2

The director of the Ora Singers returns to share music from the Passion and into Easter; part 2 takes us from Good Friday to Easter day itself.

Composer: Thomas Weelkes, Thomas Tallis, Carlo Gesualdo, Thomas Luis de Victoria, Pergolesi, Bach, Antonio Lotti, John Taverner,

CD Info: Gimell CD GIM 025, Gimell CD GIM 015, Decca CD 425 078, Harmonia Mundi CD HMW906103, Collegium CD COLCD134, CD 466 1342, Soli Dei Gloria CD SDG 722, Gimell CD GIM046, Harmonia Mundi CD HMM90266970

#21-13 (03/22/21)

A Suzi Digby Holy Week, Part 1

The director of the Ora Singers returns to share music from the Passion and into Easter; part 1 takes us into Good Friday .

Composer: Thomas Weelkes, Thomas Tallis, Carlo Gesualdo, Thomas Luis de Victoria, Pergolesi, Bach, Antonio Lotti, John Taverner,

#21-12 (03/15/21)

Gesualdo Sacred

A new recording of the huge Tenebrae settings (in a three-CD set).

Composer: Carlo Gesualdo (1566 -1613)

CD Info: GCD P32116,

#21-11 (03/08/21)

New Views of Josquin

Views of the L’homme armé, rarely-recorded sacred works, and arrangements of Marian motets for lute.

Composer: Josquin des Prez (v. 1450-1521), Robert Morton (v. 1430-ap. 1479), Antoine Busnois (v. 1433-1492), John Dunstable (v. 1390-1453), Guillaume Dufay (1397-1474), Alexandre Agricola (1445-1506), Gilles Binchois (v. 1400-1460), Johannes Ockeghem (v. 1420-1497), Johannes Ockeghem (v. 1420-1497),

CD Info: Hyperion CD CDA 68321, Inventa CD INV1004, Atma CD ACD22807.

#21-10 (03/01/21)

Gesualdo Secular

Three recent releases trace Gesualdo’s madrigal writing from Book 2 (1594) to Book 6 (1611).

Composer: Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613), Pomponio Nenna (1556- 1608), Giovanni de Macque (c. 1548- 1614), Giuseppe Palazzotto Tagliavia (1583-before 1653), Sigismondo d’India (c. 1582-1629)

CD Info: Glossa CD GCD 922809, Harmonia Mundi CD HAF 8901268, Harmonia Mundi CD HAF 8905 309.10

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