Early Music expert Kees Koudstaal serves up the most wonderful and recent classical and Early Music CD’s.
For today: the newest releases of the Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam & Cristofori, Il Giardino d’Amore, Bach Collegium Japan and pianist Edoardo Torbianelli.
1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
From the Requiem:
– Offertorium
– Praefatio
– Sanctus
Performers: Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam, Cristofori conducted by Arthur Schoonderwoerd
(CD: Missa da Requiem, brand Accent, no. ACC24338, 2018)
2. Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
– Suite Battallia à 10
Performers: Il Giardino d’Amore conducted by Stefan Plewniak
(CD: The Heart of Europe, brand Ëvoe, no. 004, 2017)
3. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
From the cantata ‘Auf, schmetternde Töne der muntern Trompeten’ BWV 207a:
– Opening choir
– Duet bass and soprano
– Final choir and march
Performers: Joanna Lunn, soprano. Dominik Wörner, bass. Bach Collegium Japan conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
(CD: The Contest between Phoebus und Pan, brand BIS, no. SACD2311, 2017)
Frédérick Chopin (1810-1849)
4. Polonaise Phantasy in A-flat major Opus 61
5. Barcarolle in F-sharp major Opus 60
Performer: Edoardo Torbianelli, Grand Piano Pleyel, 1842
(CD: Late piano works, brand Glossa no. GCD 922517, 2017)
