June 2020

Renaissance Rarities

A rarely-recorded mass by Josquin, music for St. Catherine from St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge, and the almost unknown work of Johannes de Cleve.

Composer: Jacob REGNART (c.1540/45-1599) , Ludwig SENFL (c.1488-1543), Adrian WILLAERT (c.1480-1562), Jean MOUTON (before 1459-1522), Nicolas GOMBERT (c.1495-c.1560), Pierre VERMONT (c.1495-1532), Walter FRYE (fl.c 1460-1474), JACQUET DE MANTUA (1483-1559), Giovanni Pierluigi da PALESTRINA (c.1525-1594) ,  Richard FAWKYNER (fl.c.1480), Josquin Desprez, Johannes de Cleve (1528/9–1582)  

CD Info: Resonus CD RES10246, AR RE-SE CD AR2018-1, Hyperion CD CDA 68241

Latest from The Sixteen

The great English ensemble continues with Volume 8 of their Palestrina cycle, music from Rome in the 16th century, and the latest in the series of recordings dedicated to Henry Purcell.

Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), Josquin Desprez (c.1452-1521), Felice Anerio (1560-1614), Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652), Henry Purcell 

CD Info: Coro CD COR 16175, Coro CD COR16178, Coro CD COR16173.

Music from Spain

Josquin’s Spanish legacy, a new release of the music of Diego Ortiz, and the Sablonara songbook.

Composer: Diego Ortiz, Luis Milán, Antonio de Cabezón, Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548–1611), Josquin Desprez (c. 1450–1521), Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500–1553), Francisco Guerrero (1527/8–1599), Gabriel Díaz, Diego Gómes, Alvaro de los Ríos, keine Angaben, Mateo Romero, Juan Blas De Castro, Bernardo Clavijo Del Castillo, Miguel De Arizo, Manuel Rodrigues Coelho, Joan Pujol   

CD Info: Alpha CD 563, Signum CD SIGCD608, Brilliant Classics CD 95978

Latest from the Capella Romana

The superb West Coast ensemble gives us music of Renaissance Crete and Cyprus, plus music as it would have been heard in the Hagia Sophia.

Composer:

CD Info: CR-419-CD, CR420-CDBR

Music for Maximilian

The Christophorus label gives us three CDs showcasing the lively musical scene at the court of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I.

Composer: Paul Hofhaimer, Heinrich Isaac, Josquin des Pres, Johannes Ockeghem, Ludwig Senfl. Adrian Willaert, Antoine de Févin, Hans Neusidler

CD Info: Christophorus CD CHR 77439, Christophorus CD CHR 77438