March 2025

Rinaldo Alessandrini & Monteverdi, Book 7

The director of the Concerto Italiano guides us through the great Book 7 of madrigals by Claudio Monteverdi published as he arrived in Venice, including the ballet Tirsi e Clori.

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Maistre Jhan

Our friends from Dionysos Now! are back with a live concert dedicated to this early 16th century French composer, who spent his creative life with the Este family in Ferrara, and whose original fame has passed into obscurity.

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The Orlando Consort & Machaut, concluded

Angus Smith joins us once again to walk us through the last three recordings in the complete music of Machaut series by the wonderful (and now disbanded) Orlando Consort.

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Three from Makaris

The Celtic ensemble co-founded with Kivie Cahn-Lipman (of Acronym) and Fiona Gillespie, gives us music from the late 18th and early 19th centuries by famous composers; pieces associated with Mary Queen of Scots; and Allan Ramsay’s “The Gentle Shepherd."

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The Golden Renaissance: Palestrina

Stile Antico is back with their latest release dedicated to the great master Palestrina as the 500th anniversary celebrations continue; we are joined by two of the ensemble’s members.

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