April 2021

The Elfin Knight and the Queen’s Delight

Country dances from England with the Musicians de Saint-Julien, plus ballads from the same time both in England and over on our shores with the Phoenix Ensemble.

Composer: Solomon Eccles (1618-82), James Oswald (1710-69), Henry Purcel, Henry Lawes, Thomas Baltzar (c.1630-63), Christopher Simpson (c.1605-69), Davis Mell (1604-62), Jacob Van Eyck (1590,1657)l

CD Info: Harmonia Mundi CD HMC 901983, Alpha CD 636, Harmonia Mundi CD HMC 902085

Beauty Farm and Gombert, continued

In the latest release from the unusual Fra Bernardo label, Beauty Farm continues their Nicolas Gombert series with four masses, including two world-premiere recordings.

Composer: Nicolas Gombert(c. 1495-1560

CD Info: CD FB 2005329

A Medieval Trilogy

A minnesinger and his “vale of tears,” the third in the Mare Balticum series, and works from the Squarcialupi Codex.

Composer: Neidhart von Reuenthal (c.1185-1240), Walther VON DER VOGELWEIDE (c.1170-c.1230), Adam DE LA HALLE (c.1237-c.1288), Wizlav von Rugen (c. 1268-1325), Giovanni da Cascia (fl. mid 14th c.), Gherardellus de Florentia (c.1320/25-1362/63?), Laurentius d.a. da Firenze (d.1372/1373), Vincenzo da Rimini (fl. mid 14th c.), Nicolaus de Perugia (fl. 2nd half 14th c.), Bartolino da Padova (fl. c.1365 and c.1405), Andreas Horganista de Florentia (?-c.1415)

CD Info: Naxos CD 8.572449, Tacet CD S 261, Olive Music CD om 007.

Love is Come Again

In early spring of 1963, John Elliot Gardiner’s mother created an Easter play for their small church in Dorset; for the 55th anniversary, it was recreated for a special recording project we hear this week.

Composer: John Elliot Gardiner, Carlo Gesualdo 1566-1613, William Cornysh 1465-1523, John Taverner c. 1490-1545, Jean L’Héritier c.1480-1552, Thomas Morley 1557/8-1602, Heinrich Schütz 1585-1672, Wipo of Burgundy c.995-c.1048, Josef Gabriel Rheinberger 1839-1901, William Byrd c.1543-1623, Jacob Gippenbusch 1612-1664, Samuel Scheidt 1587-1654, Jean Tisserand d.1494, Leonora d’Este 1515-1575, Benjamin Britten 1913-1976, Thomas Tallis c.1505-1585, Giovanni Gabrieli c.1554/7-1612

CD Info: CD SDG 731