May 2011

Phillip Schoendorff, de Monte, and the Court of Rudolph II

The ensemble Cinquecento, which specializes in music of the renaissance Hapsburg Court, looks at the time of the "melancholy Rudolph."

Composer: Philippe de Monte (1521-1603), Philipp Schoendorff (1565/70-after1617).

CD Info: CDA67854

Live from la Maison Française: Le Poème Harmonique

Esperar, Sentir, Morir--The superb ensemble Le Poème Harmonique presents a program of street dances and courtly songs in 17th century Spain & Italy.

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The Hunt of Love: The Minnesang Tradition

It has been some time since we looked at the German courtly love tradition--this week we sample two recent recordings.

Composer: NEIDHART von Reuental (c.1190-c.1245), FRIEDERICH von Sonnenburg (2nd half of the 13th c.),WALTHER von der Vogelweide (c.1170-c.1230), Hadamar von Laber, OSWALD von Wolkenstein (1376/78-1445),HUGO von Montfort (1357-1423), HAWART (?von Antholz?, 13th c.), HAERMANN Damen (c. 1255-1307/09)

CD Info: CD PN-790, CD OC-519

Live from la Maison Française–Béatrice Martin

The French harpsichord soloist Béatrice Martin performs some familiar and rare French Baroque repertoire by Couperin, Forqueray, Royer and Rameau.

Composer: FRANÇOIS COUPERIN: (1668-1773), ANTOINE FORQUERAY (1672-1745), PANCRACE ROYER (1705-1755), JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU (1683-1764)

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The Borgia Dynasty, Part 3: Church and Power in the Renaissance

We conclude our look at Jordi Savall's Grammy-award winning disc dedicated to the rise of the Borgia family.

Composer: Johannes Cornago, Cristóbal de Morales, Lluís del Milà, Bartomeu Cárceres, Mateo Flecha, Joan Cabanilles, Gilles Binchois, Guillaume Dufay, Josquin des Prez, Heinrich Isaac, Claude Goudimel

CD Info: AVSA98745