March 2024

Marc’Antonio Ingegneri, Part 4

We continue our series dedicated Monteverdi’s teacher Marc-Antonio Ingegneri and his long-neglected sacred settings with the Choir of Girton College, Cambridge and their director, Gareth Wilson.

Composer: Marc’Antonio Ingegneri (c. 1535/36–92), Orlande de Lassus

CD Info: Toccata Classics label CD # TOCC 0716

Sacred Treasure of Venice

The latest from the London Oratory Schola Cantorum gives us familiar figures from Venice (the Gabrielis, Monteverdi) as well as the less-often heard works of Giovanni Croce and Giacomo Finetti.

Composer: Giovanni Gabrieli (1554 - 1612), Giovanni Bassano (1560 - 1617), Claudio Merulo (1533 - 1604), Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), Giacomo Finetti (1605 - 1631), Andrea Gabrieli (1510 - 1586), Giovanni Croce (1557 - 1609)

CD Info: Hyperion label CDA68427

Madrigali Spirituali

Another in the superb series of release from the Alamire Foundation featuring the Capella Mariana features the spiritual madrigals of Philippe de Monte, published in the 1580s (world-premiere recording).

Composer: Philippe de Monte (1521-1603)

CD Info: Pasacaille label 1143

The Playhouse Sessions

Bjarte Eike and his Barokksolistene are back, this time with a look at how the raucous world of Restoration theater allowed the pent-up exuberance of the suppressed pub scene to explode (as tavern backrooms became music houses).

Composer: Henry Purcell

CD Info: Rubicon label RCD1096