February 2019

England Around 1600

The lute book of the Dark Lord, transcriptions of Elizabethan works for gamba and accordion (!), and music for the 12-course lute.

Composer: Jakob Reys, Du Gast, Robert Johnson, Daniel Bacheler, Diomedes Cato, GauthierHenri de L’Enclos, Cuthbert Hely, Luc or Pierre Despond, Edward Lord Herbert, Tobias HUME (c. 1579-1645), John DOWLAND (c. 1563-1626), Orlando GIBBONS (1583-1625), Michael EAST (c. 1580-1648), Thierry TIDROW (b.1986), John BULL (1562?-1628), Philippe HERSANT (b.1948)

CD Info: CD MMC117, CD HMM 902610, Daphne CD 1061

Miserere mei Deus

Funeral motets and the Deplorations of Josquin Des Prez featuring the Cappella Amsterdam.

Composer: Josquin Des Prez

CD Info: CD No. HMM 902620,

The French Baroque

Jordi Savall shares dance music of Rebel, Les Arts Florissants and the “petits motets” of Lully, and the gamba of Antoine Forqueray.

Composer: Jean-Féry Rebel (1666-1747), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), Lully, Antoine Forqueray (1672-1745), Michele MASCITTI (1664?-1760), Jean-Marie LECLAIR (1697-1764), Mr DE VISÉE (1660 ?-1733 ?), Arcangelo CORELLI (1653-1713), Jean-Baptiste (-Antoine) FORQUERAY (1699-1782)

CD Info: Alia Vox CD ASVA 9929, Harmonia Mundi CD HAF 8901274, Harmonia Mundi CD HMM 902330

17th century Spain & Portugal

Sacred works of Manuel Cardoso, popular music for harp, and the Cappella Mediterranea with music of the Golden Age.

Composer: Joan Manuel SERRAT (b. 1943), Francisco VALLS (c1671-1707), Lucas Ruiz DE RIBAYAZ (1626-1677), Juan Bautista José CABANILLES (1644-1712), Mateo FLECHA

CD Info: Alpha CD 412, DUX CD 1359, Hyperion CD CDA 68252.