March 2023

Tom & Will

The King’s Singers are back with a recording dedicated to two great English composers who died 400 years ago: Thomas Weelkes and William Byrd.

Composer: Thomas Weelkes, William Byrd, Roderick Williams , James MacMillan

CD Info: Signum label CD SIGCD731

Capella Intima, Part 1

This Canadian ensemble, founded by tenor and baroque guitar soloist Bud Roach, has an extensive set of recordings mostly of 17th century repertoire; this week we share three of them, including the remarkable “Music in the Time of Plague."

Composer: Alessandro Grandi (c.1575-1630), Carlo Milanuzzi (c.1590 - c.1647), Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (1567-1643), Giovanni Stefani (17th century), Giovanni Rovetta, Heinrich Schütz, Stefano Bernardi, Giovanni Rigatti, Antonio Cifra,Francesco Ratis (d. 1676)

CD Info: Musica Omnia CD mo 0805, Musica Omnia CD mo 0804, Musica Omnia CD mo 0701,

David & Salomon

The French ensemble Les Cris de Paris follows up its series on affect in the early Baroque (“Passions,” “Melancholia”) with an overview of sacred works by Heinrich Schütz.

Composer: Heinrich Schütz

CD Info: CD HMM 905346

Orpheus Records Returns Part 3

The famous sub-label under the Musical Heritage Society has been revived with some lost rarities. This week: “John Dunstable: Sacred and Secular Music" with the Ambrosian Singers, and “Henry Purcell: The 12 Sonatas in Three Parts."

Composer: John Dunstable (d. 1453), Henry Purcell

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