November 2000

Christmas Stocking Stuffers

--Our annual review of new recordings for the season.

Composer: HENRY VIII, MONTEVERDI, PHILIPP FRIEDRICH BOEDDECKER, MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER, PALESTRINA

CD Info: CD EC-9001, CD EC-9003, CDA-67177, CD CLASSCD 317, BIS CD 1135, CD ECCD-2041, Pro Organo CD 7114, CD 3-7507-2

Utrecht Festival: Charles V in France

NOTE: All of the music on this program is from the Holland Festival of Early Music at Utrecht, and features a performance by the Ensemble Doulce Memoire directed by Denis Raisin-Dadre. For information about the Festival in 2001, other cultural events in the Netherlands, or about travel to Holland, you may contact the Netherlands Board of Tourism at: www.goholland.com For more information about the Charles V Festival year, you may explore the Charles V web site: www.charlesv2000.com

Composer: JOSQUIN Des PREZ, SUSATO, NICHOLAS GOMBERT, JEAN MOUTON

CD Info:

Early Music in Switzerland, continued; Medieval Music in Switzerland: Early Recordings

NOTE: This program is made possible by a grant from PRS--Presence Switzerland, with additional support from Swiss Radio International, Switzerland Tourism, and the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, D.C.

Composer: NOTKER BALBULUS, TUOTILO of St. GALL, JULIUS SPERATUS, RUDOLF von FENIS, KONRAD von WURZBURG, MEISTER POPPE, PEROTINUS, BERNER CHRISTOPH PFAFFERLI, LUDWIG SENFL

CD Info: FONO EP FGL-25-4315, FONO EP FGL-25-4321, LP PSR 40. 627, LP 1-C.0630.104