May 2000

Flanders Festival: Laus Polyphoniae

NOTE: All of the music on this program is from a live performance from the 1999 Flanders International Music Festival. This program is from the "Laus Polyphoniae" series in Antwerp, and features the Concordia Ensemble with I Fagiolini. For more information on travel to Flanders, or about the Festival, you may contact the Belgian Tourist Office at www.visitbelgium.com.

Composer: ORLANDO GIBBONS, THOMAS TOMKINS, THOMAS RAVENSCROFT, RICHARD DERING, JOHN DOWLAND, HEINRICH ISAAC

CD Info: CD 1013

The Roots of Christianity

Ancient music from the Christian churches in Edessa, the first reconstructable music from one of the holy sites in modern day Turkey.

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Harmonia Mundi 2000, Part 2

NOTE: All of the releases on this program are from the Harmonia Mundi family of labels. You may order these or our own recordings at Amazon.com (come to: music:classical, and type in "Millennium of Music").

Composer: JAUFRE RUDEL, GUILLAUME DUFAY, JOSQUIN DESPREZ, GUILLAUME FAUGUES, DOMENICO MAZZOCCHI, CASPAR KITTEL

CD Info: CD HMU 907203, CD A-59, CD HMC 901700, CD OPS 30-222, CD HMC 901698, CD HMC 905247

CAROLUS MAXIMUS

NOTE: All of the music on this program is from the recording CAROLUS MAXIMUS: Music in the Life of Charles V. It is on the Glissando label, and is CD number 779.008. The performances are by the ensemble Pomerium directed by Alexander Blachly, with Dolores Costoyas, vihuela.

Composer: NICOLAS GOMBERT, JOSQUIN DESPREZ, LUYS de NARVAEZ, CRISTOBAL de MORALES, THOMAS CRECQUILLON

CD Info: CD 779.008

In Paradisum

NOTE: All of the music on this program comes from the new recording on the ECM label, IN PARADISUM. It is CD number ECM-1653 (or Universal Classics no. 289.457.851-2). The performers are the Hilliard Ensemble. You may order this as well as other Millennium of Music recordings on Amazon.com, by selecting Music: Classical: then typing in "Millennium of Music." This program is dedicated to Eva Printz and John Cardinal O'Connor.

Composer: TOMAS LUIS de VICTORIA, GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA,

CD Info: ECM-1653

Frank Albinder: An Audio History

NOTE: All of the music on this program features performances by our guest, Frank Albinder. Formerly with Chanticleer, Mr. Albinder is currently director of the Washington Men's Camerata.

Composer: CLAUDE GOUDIMEL, JEAN MOUTON, ALEXANDER AGRICOLA, CRISTOBAL de MORALES, PALESTRINA, ANDREA GABRIELI, IGNACIO de JERUSALEM, MANUEL de ZUMAYA

CD Info: CD 9-79134, CD CR-8803, CD CR-8808, CD CR-8809, CD 4509-99203, CD 4509-94561, CD 4509-96515, CD 4509-96353