Early Music expert Kees Koudstaal serves up the most wonderful and recent classical and Early Music CDs. Today: the CDs of Cupertinos, ensemble Ground Floor and Les Talens Lyriques.
1. Duarte Lobo (ca 1565-1646)
– ‘Missa Sancto Maria’
Performing musicians: Cupertinos conducted by Luís Toscano
(CD: ‘Masses’, brand Hyperion, no. CDA68306, 2020)
2. Nicola Matteis (ca 1667-1737)
– Suite in D minor
Performing musicians: Alice Julien-Laferrière, violin. Ensemble Ground Floor
(CD: ‘Il genio inglese’, brand Harmonia Mundi, no. HMM 916117, 2020)
3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
From the Oratorio ‘Betulia Liberata’, KV 118:
– Overture
– Act 1: Aria Ozia with Chorus ‘Pietà, se irato sei’
– Act 2: Aria Giuditta (Judith) ‘Prigionier, che fa ritorno’
– Act 2: Chorus/Judith/Final Chorus: ‘Lodi al grand Dio che oppresse’
Performing musicians: Teresa Iervolino, mezzo-soprano. Pablo Bemsch, tenor. Accentus (choir), Les Talens Lyriques conducted by Christophe Rousset
(2-CD: ‘Betulia Liberata’, brand Aparté, no. AP235, 2020)
