July 2020

The Late Middle Ages

Florence around 1350, the Piae Cantiones collection, and a view of 15th century German songbooks with the remarkable Corina Marti.

Composer: PAOLO da Firenze (c.1335-c.1436), DONATA di Firenze (fl c.1350-1370), Francesco LANDINI (c.1325-1397), GIOVANNI da Firenze (fl.c.1350), BARTOLINO da Padova (c.1365-1405), ANDREA da Firenze (c.1415), VINCENZO da Rimini (fl. c.1350), JOHANNES de Florentia (c.1370), LORENZO da Firenze (c.1372), Guillaume Du Fay, Gilles Binchois, Antoine Busnois,

CD Info: Ambronay CD AMY 055, Ayros CD AY-CD04, Alia Vox CD AV9932.

Renaissance Devotion

Adrian Willaert and his circle at San Marco, the Lamentations of Morales, and sacred song from around 1500 with The Boston Camerata.

Composer: Adrian Willaert (1490-1562), Cipriano de Rore (c.1515-1565), Jacques Buus (c.1500-1565), Petrus Lupus (c.1590-after 1530), Heinrich Isaac (ca 1450-1517), Cristóbal de Morales (1500-1553)Alexander Agricola (1446-1506), Jacob Clemens non Papa (1510-1555), Hayne van Ghizeghem (ca 1445- after 1476), Arnold Schlick (1455-1525), Josquin Desprez (ca 1450 - 1521), Pierre Certon (d.1572), Jean Daniel (ca 1520), Adrian le Roy (1551), Pierre Moulu (1484-1550), Ludwig Senfl (1486-1543), Compère (1497-1543), Loyset Compère (1445-1518), Claudin de Sermisy (1490-1562), Clément Marot (1496-1544), Claudin de Sermisy (1490-1562), Eustorg de Beaulieu (ca 1495-1552)

CD Info: Concerto CD 2117, Music and Arts CD 1296, CdM CD 2048

Medieval Meditations

Chant for Emperor Heinrich and his wife Cunigonde, troubadour nights, and the live last collaboration between Jan Gabarek and the Hilliard Ensemble.

Composer: Jan Garbarek, Nikolai N. Kedrov, Arvo Pärt, Guillaume le Rouge, Pérotin, Hildegard von Bingen, Antoine Brumel

CD Info: Christophorus CD CHE 0215-2, Ricercar CD RIC 144, ECM CD 2625

Heroines of Love and Loss

More music by women composers (secular this time), including Barbara Strozzi, Francesca Caccini, and Julie Pinel.

Composer: Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger (c.1580 – January 17, 1651), Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), John Bennet (c. 1575 - c. 1614), Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677), Claudia Sessa, Francesca Caccini (1587 – after 1641), Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana, Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), Sigismondo d'India (1582 - 1629), Julie Pinel (fl. 1737), Mlle. de Bocquet, Mlle. Herault, Mlle de Herville, Mlle. Denis, Mlle. B***, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Mlle. Bataille, Mlle. ***

CD Info: BIS CD 2248, Ambronay CD AMY 020, CD  LA 07103