November 2001

Christmas Stocking Stuffers

Our annual listen to new releases appropriate as gifts as we enter the Advent season.

Composer: MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER (c.1643-1704), NICOLAS de GRIGNY (1672-1703) , GOTTFRIED HEINRICH STOLZEL (1690-1749) , WILLIAM BYRD (1535/40--1623), PEROTINUS/PHILIPPE le CHANCELLIER (early 12th cen)

CD Info: CD E-8821, CD ADW-7451, CPO CD 999.735, CD GAU 224, CD V-4868

The Swiss Early Music Scene: Petrucci, Printer of Music II

More music celebrating the 500th anniversary of Petrucci's first printed music books.

Composer: LOYSET COMPERE, RAULIN, JOSQUIN DES PREZ, BARTOLOMEO TROMBONCINO, MARCHETTO CARA, JACOB OBRECHT

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Bergen International Music Festival 2001: Responde Mihi

Il Seminario Musicale in the Office of the Dead by Sebastien de Brossard and sacred motets of Alessando Scarlatti.

Composer: SEBASTIEN de BROSSARD (1655-1730), ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI (1660-1725)

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Utrecht 2001: Henry Du Mont

The Ricercare Ensemble with sacred motets by Henry DuMont and Marc-Antoine Charpentier.

Composer: Henry Du Mont (1610-1684)

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