This hour features new, special CDs with early music. This time, the focus is on two recently released CDs: ‘Terra Mater’ by L’Arpeggiata conducted by Christina Pluhar and ‘Symphonies oubliées’ by Le Concert des Nations conducted by Jordi Savall.
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704)
1. Sonata representativa: Nachtigal
John Bennet (ca.1575-ca.1614)
2. Venus’ birds whose mournful tunes
Tarquinio Merula (1594-1665)
3. Canzoni overo sonate concertate, op.12 (1637): La gallina
Thomas Arne (1710-1778)
4. When daisies pied and violets blue
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
5. Sonata representativa: Fresch (Kikker)
John Playford (1623-1686)
From ‘The dancing master’ (1651):
6. Wallom green
7. Mulberry garden
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
8. From ‘The Melancholy Nymph’ HWV.228: no.19 “‘Twas when the seas were roaring”
Pietro Torri (1650-1737)
9. Uit L’innocenza difesa dai numi, “Ismene”: Son rossignolo
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
10. O come sei gentile
Francesco Gasparini (1661-1727)
11. Senti quell’usignolo
Malena Ernman, mezzo soprano. L’Arpeggiata conducted by Christina Pluhar, theorbe
(cd Terra Mater, Erato 5021732533753, 2025)
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
12. Symphonie WoO.29 in G minor, “Zwickauer”
– I. Adagio – Allegro molto – Un poco Andante – Più mosso
– II. Andante quasi allegretto – Intermezzo quasi Scherzo: Allegro assai
Le Concert des Nations conducted by Jordi Savall
(cd Symphonies oubliées, AliaVox AVSA9963, 2025)
