November 2023

Adriano! Part 2

The recently-formed Ghent-based ensemble Dionysos Now! has taken on another in one of those remarkable projects: the complete sacred music of Adrian Willaert. Volume 2 gives is the mass on the Benedicta theme and Volume 3 is the Missa Ippolito.

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La Reveuse: Three Recent Releases

This wonderful Baroque ensemble gives us a new of birds in music, and two in their ongoing study of the English 18th century: London c. 1720 (“Corelli’s Legacy”) and London c. 1740 (“Handel’s Musicians”).

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Marc’Antonio Ingegneri, Part 2

While almost exclusively know to us today as the teacher of Monteverdi, Ingegneri’s long-neglected sacred settings are part of a new series featuring the Choir of Girton College, Cambridge; this week, we are joined by their director, Gareth Wilson.

Composer: Marc’Antonio Ingegneri (c. 1535/136–92), PAOLO ANIMUCCIA

CD Info: CD TOCC 0630

Enigma Fortuna Part 1

In another in the extraordinary recent series of projects giving us the complete music by a relatively-unknown or neglected composer, the ensemble La Fonte Musica gives us the works of Zacara da Teramo (c.1360–1416).

Composer: Antonio Zacara da Teramo (c.1360-1416)

CD Info: Alpha label CD 640