January 2021

Three Baroque Instrumental Journeys

Dances from France, Italian double harp music, and “bizzarie” from 17th century England.

Composer: John Eccles (1668 - 1735), Daniel Purcell (1664 - 1717), Thomas Dunford (b. 1988), Nicola Matteis (1650 - 1714). Nicola Matteis Jr. (1670 - 1737), Henry Purcell (1659 - 1695), Henry Eccles (1680 - 1740), Francesco LAMBARDO (c1587-1642), Biagio MARINI (1594-1663), Giovanni DE MACQUE (1548/50-1614), Girolamo FRESCOBALDI (1583-1643), Ascanio MAYONE (c1565-1627), Ippolito TARTAGLINO (c1587-1642), Sigismondo D'INDIA (c1582-1629), Domenico MAZZOCCHI (1592-1665), Giovanni VALENTINI (c1582-1649), Gregorio STROZZI (c1615-after 1687), François Couperin (1668 - 1733), Robert De Visée (v. 1650-1665 - after 1732), Michel Lambert (1610-1696), Marin Marais (1656 - 1728), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), Jean-Henry D’Anglebert (1629- 1691), Antoine Forqueray (1672-1745), Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764).

CD Info: Harmonia Mundi CD HMM902305, Ars Produktion CD ARS 38-568,

South of the Border

Baroque songs and dances from the Amazon, Italian influences in Mexico, and Christina Pluhar’s South American Project.

Composer: Domenico Zipoli (1688-1726), LOCATELLI, Ariel Ramírez, Astor Piazzolla, Constantino Ramones, Hamlet Lima Quintana, Juan Bautista Plaza, Luis Mariano Rivera, Hilda Herrera, Adela Gleijer, Maria Elena Walsh, Otarolo Dominguez, Antonio Soler, Consuelo Velazque

CD Info: CD K617232, CD K617228, Virgin Classics/Erato CD 0709502

Music is the Cure!

Music from times of plague from the Middle Ages to the early Baroque, with some curative sounds added in.

Composer: Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1623 - 1680), Dario Castello (1590 - 1631), Giovanni Battista Fontana (1589 - 1630), Salomone Rossi (1570 - 1630), Michelangelo Rossi (1601 - 1656), Carlo Farina (1600 - 1639), Simone de Bonefont, Arnold von Bruck (1550 - 1554), Jacobus de Kerle (1531 - 1591), Orlandus Lassus (1532 - 1594), Nicolas Gombert (1495 - 1560)

CD Info: Atma CD ACD 2 2809, Cypres CD CYP1682, Perfect Noise CD  PN 1904

Wilde Roses

Anna Tam is a former member of the Mediaeval Baebes, and has created this ensemble to continue exploring music of ancient traditions.

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