February 2021

Early French Baroque III

Love songs up to the early years of Louis XIV, and Charpentier’s journey to Rome.

Composer: Isaac de Benserade (1613-1691), Jean de Cambefort (c.1605-1661), Antoine Boësset (1587-1643), Louis Constantin (1697-1779), Michel Lambert (1610-1696), Luigi Rossi (1597-1653), Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), Etienne Moulinié (1599 - 1676), Michel Lambert (1610 - 1696), Sébastien Le Camus (1610 - 1677), Maurizio CAZZATI (1616-1678), Tarquinio MERULA (1594/95-1665), Francesco BERETTA (c.1640-1694), Giuseppe GIAMBERTI (ca. 1600-ca. 1663), Orazio BENEVOLI (1605-1672)

CD Info: Harmonia Mundi CD HMM 902603.06, Harmonia Mundi CD HAF 8905306, Harmonia Mundi CD HMM 902640

Yet Three More from Linn

A new recording of the much-discussed John Sheppard Media vita, Richard Egarr performing Sweelinck, and an Italian in Scotland.

Composer: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, John Sheppard, Francesco Barsanti, Handel

CD Info: Linn CDCKD 589, Linn CD CKD 632, Linn CD CKD 626

A Suzi Digby Valentine’s Day Special

The director of the Ora Singers returns to share music of love, sacred and profane.

Composer: John Farmer, Thomas Tomkins, Thomas Morley, Thomas Weelkes , John Wilbye, John Bennet, William Byrd, John Dowland, Giles Farnaby, Robert Jones,  Francis Pilkington, John Mundy, George Kirby, Lassus, Antoine Brumel (c. 1460-1512/13), Jacob Clemens non Papa (c. 1510/15-c. 1555/56), Gabriel Jackson (b. 1962), Rodrigo de Ceballos (c. 1525/30-c. 1581), Robert White (c. 1538-1574), Francis Grier (b. 1955) , Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495-c. 1560), Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), Jonathan Dove (b. 1959), Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1551-1622), Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/26-1594), Juan Esquivel (c. 1560-c. 1624), John Barber (b.  1980)

CD Info: EMI CD CDC 7 49265 2, EMI CD CDC 7 49158 2, Harmonia Mundi CD 905316.

Early French Baroque II: Airs de Cours

Picking up where we left off last February, we continue our look at the courtly love song from the time of Louis XIII.

Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704), Etienne Moulinié (1599 - 1676), Michel Lambert (1610 - 1696), Sébastien Le Camus (1610 - 1677), Antoine Boësset, Guédron, Constantin, Louis XIII, Louis Couperin, Champion de Chambonnières, Chancy.

CD Info: HAF 8905306, Ramée CD RAM 1206, Harmonia Mundi CD HMM 905320