April 2018

Crossing Over, More Examples

Geminiani and the Celtic Influence, Sea Songs with the Canadian Ensemble La Nef, and the devil’s music in the New World.

Composer: Turlough O’Carolan (1670-1738), Ruaidri Dáll Ó Catháin, Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762), James Oswald (1710-1769) , Lorenzo Bocchi

CD Info: Alpha CD 276, CD ACD2 2749, Alpha CD 507

And Three from Harmonia Mundi

A young ensemble in an Italian garden, sacred music of Monteverdi, and Charpentier’s journey into hell with Orpheus.

Composer: Banchieri, Cimarosa, Handel, Haydn, Sarro, Monteverdi, Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)

CD Info: CD HAF 8905283, CD HMM 902355, CD HMM 902279.

In Excelsis Deo: Music from the Time of the War of the Spanish Succession

While an unhappy series of battles, it was an enormous time of musical growth—and Jordi Savall’s latest book/CD compilation examines it in detail.

Composer: Francesc Valls (1671-1747), Henry Desmarest (1661-1741), Joan Cabanilles, Savall

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Yet Three More from Hyperion

David Skinner’s “De Profundis” Ensemble, the latest from the Westminster Cathedral Choir, and a look at English motets by the ensemble The Gesualdo Six.

Composer: Thomas Tallis (c.1505 – 1585), William Byrd (c.1540 – 1623), Thomas Tomkins (1572 – 1656, John Sheppard (c.1515 – 1558), Robert White (c.1538 – 1574), Orlando Gibbons (1583 – 1625), John Dunstable (1390 – 1453), Thomas Morley (1557 – 1603), John Taverner (c.1490 – 1545), William Cornysh (dc.1502), Robert Parsons (1535 – 1572), Tomas Luis de Victoria, Nicholas Ludford (c1490-1557))

CD Info: CD CDA 68256, CD CDA 30026, CD CDA 68192.

Divine Theatre—Giaches de Wert

While we know De Wert for his madrigals, the Stile Antico ensemble shows us the sacred side of this 16th century master.

Composer: Giaches de Wert,

CD Info: HMM 807620,