July 2021

Rinaldo Alessandrini, Part 2: The Secular Monteverdi

Considered perhaps the finest Monteverdi interpreter of our time, the Italian director of the Concerto Italiano guides us through madrigal books 3, 5 & 6.

Composer: Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

CD Info: Naive CD OP 30580, Opus 111 CD OPS 30-166, Naive CD OP 30423

The Instrumental 16th Century

The Linarol Consort with music for "the richest man in the world,” Exquisite Noyse and the Italian violin consort, and Capella de la Torre with dances from Nuremberg sources.

Composer: Heinrich Isaac, Pierre de la Rue, Adam Rener, Josquin des Prez, Paul Hofhaimer, Antoine Brumel, Petrus Alamire, Ludwig Senfl, Vincent Kibildis, Jacques Arcadelt, Phillippe Verdelot, Clément Janequin, Die Kaiserburg, Robert Morton, Arnold von Bruck, Die Hauptkirchen, Salomone Rossi, Konrad Pauman, Das Fest, Guillaume Dufay, Gregorianisch, Humanismus, Adrian Willaert

CD Info: Inventa CD INV 1005, Perfect Noise CDPN 1501, Challenge Classics CD CC75244

Peter Phillips Part 5

This week, Peter Phillips returns with his latest project: a collaboration with the Spanish ensemble El León de Oro, with works by Morales, Guerrero, and the rarely-heard Dominique Phinot.

Composer: Dominique PHINOT (c1510 – c1556), Orlande de LASSUS (1530/32 – 1594), Nicolas GOMBERT (c1495 – c1560), Manuel CARDOSO (1566 – 1650), Tomás Luis de VICTORIA (1548 – 1611), Cristóbal de MORALES (c1500 – 1553), Giovanni da PALESTRINA (1525/6 – 1594), Francisco GUERRERO (1526-1599)

CD Info: Hyperion CD CDA68279, Hyperion CD CDA68347

Rinaldo Alessandrini, Part 1

The great Italian early music conductor and performer visits us as we hear some composers at the cusp of the Baroque: Luca Marenzio, Alessandro Striggio, and Don Carlo Gesualdo.

Composer: Luca Marenzio (1553-1599), Alessandro Striggio, Adriano Banchieri, Don Carlo Gesualdo, Filippo De Monte (1521-1603), Pomponio Nenna (1556-1608) , Giovan Domenico Montella, Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545-1607)

CD Info: Opus 111 CD OP 30245, Opus 111 CD OPS 30-137, Opus 111 CD OPS 30-238