July 2014

Three from Naxos

We traverse the centuries with this label from the middle ages (with music for the Holy Grail), the early Renaissance (the Glogauer Songbook), and the late 16th century with Gesualdo.

Composer: Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa,

CD Info: Naxos CD 8.572800, Naxos CD 8.572576, Naxos CD 8.573147/49.

John Dowland, Part 2

Continuing our look at new releases (plus a great re-release) dedicated to John Dowland: this week, John Holloway, La Nef, and Alfred Deller!

Composer: John Dowland, Henry Purcell, William Lawes, John Jenkins, Thomas Morley, Matthew Locke

CD Info: Atma CD ACD2 2650, ECM CD 2189, HMG 50244/45

Amorosi pensieri

The latest from Cinquecento looks at songs for the Hapsburg Court, including rarely recorded composers like Jean Guyot and Jacobus Vaet.

Composer: Philippe de Monte (1521–1603), Jean Guyot (?1512–1588), Jacobus Vaet (c1529–1567), Jacob Regnart (c1540–1599).

CD Info: CDA68053.

John Dowland, Part 1

This is the first of two programs looking at recent releases dedicated to composer John Dowland.

Composer: John Dowland.

CD Info: CDA68007, CD HMU 907515, CD PH14011