September 2022

Heinrich Schütz, Part 1

November marks the 350th anniversary of the death of the great German composer, who famously introduced the Italian style to his native land. We will trace his life and work in a series of special programs featuring Fr. Jerome Weber as our guide.

Composer: Heinrich Schütz

CD Info:

Sigismondo d’India

The Cappella Mediterranea has a recent two-CD compilation of the complete madrigals for one and two voices by this composer who “broke the rules of counterpoint to express heightened emotion.”

Composer: Sigismondo d’India

CD Info: Ricercar label CD RIC 429

Johannes Martini

This 15th century Franco-Flemish composer who worked in Italy finally now has a new recording that explores his vast range of compositions, from psalms and mass movements to chansons and instrumental pieces.

Composer: Johannes Martini,

CD Info: Ricercar label CD RIC 430

Three English Ensembles with Renaissance Sacred Music

Recordings from the Choir of New College, Oxford, a two-CD set by Alamire, and the latest from The Gesualdo Six.

Composer: Johannes Ockeghem, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585), John Taverner (1944-2013), Heinrich Schütz, Antony Pitts, Dietrich Buxtehude, George Frideric Handel, Herbert Howells, Alexander L’Estrange, Neil Cox (b.1955), Donna McKevitt (b.1970), Howard Skempton (b.1947) , Cristóbal de Morales (c.1500-1553), William Byrd (1539/40-1623), Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Owain Park (b.1993), Douglas Guest (1916-1996), Eleanor Daley (b.1955), James O’Donnell (b.1961), Joanna Marsh (b.1970), Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012),

CD Info: Novum CD NCR 1392, Hyperion CD CDA68388, Obsidian CD 706