Early Music expert Kees Koudstaal serves up the most wonderful and recent classical and early music CDs. Today: new CDs of Ensemble Correspondances, The London Oratory Schola Cantorum, and trio Nihan Devecioglu, Friederike Heumann and Xavier Díaz-Latorre.
1. Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)
– Messe à quatre chœrs, H. 4
Performing musicians: Ensemble Correspondances conducted by Sébastien Daucé
(CD: ‘An Italian travel diary’, brand Harmonia Mundi, no. HMM 902640, 2020)
2. Traditional lullaby from Smyrna/Izmir:
– ‘Nani nani’
3. Diego Ortiz (ca 1510–ca 1576)
– Recercada segunda sobre el passamento moderno
Performing musicians: Nihan Devecioglu, singing. Friederike Heumann, viola da gamba. Xavier Díaz-Latorre, theorbo and guitar
(CD: ‘Nostalgia’, brand Accent, no. ACC 24367, 2020)
4. Melchor Robledo (ca 1510-1586)
– ‘Salve regina’
Performing musicians: The London Oratory Schola Cantorum conducted by Charles Cole
(CD: ‘Sacred treasures of Spain, brand Hyperion, no. CDA68359, 2020)
5. ‘Ah, nice bir uyursun’, Turkish (Sufi) hymne
Performing musicians: Nihan Devecioglu, singing. Friederike Heumann, viola da gamba. Xavier Díaz-Latorre, theorbo and guitar
(CD: ‘Nostalgia’, brand Accent, no. ACC 24367, 2020)
