April 2020

Les Sacqueboutiers, Part 3

NOTE: All of the music on this program is from the ensemble Les Sacqueboutiers de Toulouse. The wonderful French ensemble takes us on a trip first to Golden Age Spain, then on to the New World, and finally back home for a celebration of Rabelais.

Composer: Mateo Flecha El Viejo (1481–1553), Francisco Correa De Arauxo (1584–1654), Juan Vasquez, Sebastián Aguilera De Heredia (1561–1627), Santa Eulalia, Gaspar Fernandes (v. 1565-1629), José Gimenez, Garcia de Zépedes, Santiago de Murcia, Juan Perez Bocanegra, Juan Aranes, Josquin Des Prez (ca.1455-1521), Claude Le Jeune (1528-1600), Clément Janequin (1485-1558), Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594), Claudin de Sermisy (1490-1562)

CD Info: Ambroisie CD AM 129, Flora CD FLO 4519, Flora CD 2410.

Three from Linn

Consort music of Matthew Locke, the theorbo old and new, and the Mystery Sonatas of Biber.

Composer: Alessandro Piccinini, Sir James MacMillan, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger, Benjamin Oliver, Robert de Visée, Nico Muhly, Matthew Locke, Heinrich Biber (1644-1704)

CD Info: Linn CD CKD 603, Linn CD CKD 5894, Linn CD CKD 501

Sacred German Music

Motets of Melchior Vulpius, sacred concertos of Rosenmuller, and rare choral cantatas by Johann Samuel Welter.

Composer: Melchior Vulpius, Johann Rosenmüller, Massimiliano Neri, Johann Samuel Welter (1650-1720), Paul Hainlein (1626-1686), Johann Michael Nicolai (1629-1685), Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Antonio Bertali (1605-1669)

CD Info: Querstand CD VKJK 1701, Coviello CD COV 91927, Christophorus CD CHR 77440

Three from Hyperion

Rare works of Lupus Hellinck with the Brabant Ensemble, Juan Esquivel with the ensemble De Profundis, plus the new recording by the Gesualdo Six.

Composer: Juan ESQUIVEL (c.1560-before 1630), Rodrigo de CEBALLOS (c.1530-1581), Lupus (Wulfaert) Hellinck (c1494-1541), Johannes Lupi (c1506-39), Thomas Tallis (c.1505 – 1585), Carlo Gesualdo (1566 – 1613), Jonathan Seers (b.1954), Owain Park (b.1993), Joanna Marsh (b.1970), William Byrd (c.1540 – 1623), Veljo Tormis (1930 – 2017), Nicholas Gombert (1495 – 1560), Christopher Tye (c.1505 – 1572/3), Alonso Lobo (1555 – 1617), Luca Marenzio (c.1553 – 1599) , Hildegard von Bingen (1098 – 1179), Sarah Rimkus (b.1990), Gerda Blok-Wilson (b.1955)     

CD Info: Hyperion CD CDA68326, Hyperion CD CDA68305, Hyperion CD CDA68285