October 2022

Heinrich Schütz, Part 3

November marks the 350th anniversary of the death of the great German composer; we are once again joined by Fr. Jerome Weber. This week, more Passion settings and the great Requiem

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Francesca Campana

We discover yet another early Baroque woman of the arts with this Roman performer and composer's collection of arias, which was published in 1629, when she was barely 20.

Composer: Francesca Campana, RINALDO DELL'ARPA (?-1603), Scipione STELLA (1558/59-1622), Ippolito TARTAGLINO (c1539-c1582) , Giovanni DE MACQUE (1548-1614), Francesco LAMBARDI (1587-1642),

CD Info: Brilliant Classics CD 96008

Heinrich Schütz, Part 2

November marks the 350th anniversary of the death of the great German composer, who famously introduced the Italian style to his native land. We will trace his life and work in a series of special programs featuring Fr. Jerome Weber as our guide. This week, the Passions and the Christmas Story.

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Three English Recordings from Signum

The Oxford Psalms, Naked Byrd Part 2, and the latest from the Tenebrae Ensemble, "When Sleep Comes."

Composer: William Lawes, Matthew Locke, Jeremiah Clarke, John Blow, Christopher Simpson, William Child, Henry Purcell, Frances Withy, George Jeffreys, Albertus Bryne, Hermann Contractus, Samuel Barber, John Tavener, Hildegard of Bingen, Jonathan Roberts, Antonio Lotti, Christopher Monks, Tomas Luis de Victoria, David Buckley, William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, Christian Forshaw, Thomas Tallis, Owain Park, Henry F. Lyte , William H. Monk, Antoine Brumel

CD Info: Signum CD SIGCD093, Signum CD SIGCD235, Signum SIGCD708

Seven Days at Prague University

The brilliant Schola Gregoriana Pragensis gives us the musical life of students there from 1360 to 1460, celebrating various feast days using rare manuscripts.

Composer: Petrus Wilhelmi DE GRUDENCZ (1392-c1480), Antonio DA CIVIDALE (fl 1392-1421)

CD Info: Supraphon label SU 4282-2.