August 2016

Oxford vs. Cambridge

Delphian gives us the latest from Merton College, while the Choir of Gonville & Caius recreates music from the lost Palace of Westminster.

Composer: Nicholas Ludford (c1485-1557), William Cornysh (d1502 or 1465-1523), John Sheppard (c1515-1558), Jonathan Dove (born 1959), Thomas Tallis (1505-1585) , Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Thomas Morley (1557/8-1602), John Rutter (born 1945) , Hubert Parry (1848-1918), William Byrd (1539/40-1623), Roger Quilter (1877-1953) , Gerald Finzi (1901-1956), William Harris (1883-1973), John Kenny

CD Info: CD DCD 34158, CD DCD 34174

Three from Harmonia Mundi

The early 17th century in France (both sacred and secular) and the amazing solo work by the English composer killed in the Puritan revolution.

Composer: Michel Lambert [1610-1696], Marc-Antoine Charpentier [1643-1704], William Lawes (1602-1645), Henry Du Mont

CD Info: CD HAF 8905276, CD HMU 907625, CD HMU 902241

The High Road to Kilkenny

The French Ensemble Les Musicians de Saint-Julien gives us a new and wonderful program of Gaelic songs and dances of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Composer:

CD Info: CD No. 234

Three from Hyperion

The wonderfully supportive label for early music gives us new releases from the 13th, 14th, and 16th centuries.

Composer: Guillaume de Machaut, Alonso Lobo, Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)

CD Info: CDA68115, CDA68103, CDA68106.

Barley Moon

Ayreheart’s latest is a celebration of the intersection of folk and so-called “art” music of the English Elizabethan and Jacobean eras; founding lutenist Ronn McFarlane joins us.

Composer: John Dowland

CD Info: DSL-92203