Early Music expert Kees Koudstaal serves up the most wonderful and recent classical and Early Music CD’s
The first part of the Markus-Passion of Johann Georg Künstler by L’Arpa Festante, Schütz by La Petite Bande, Bach by Le Banquet Céleste and Boccherini by Pulcinella Orchestra.
1. Johann Georg Künstel (approx. 1645-1695)
– Part 1 of the Markus-Passion
Performers: L’Arpa Festante and the Ensemble Polyharmonique
(CD: Markus-Passion, brand Christophorus, no. CHR 77435, 2019)
2. Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
– ‘Weib, was weinest du?’, SWV 443
Performers: La Petite Bande conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken
(CD: Resurrection of Christ, brand Accent, no. ACC 24355, 2019)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
3. Aria ‘Schlumert ein…’ from cantata ‘Ich habe genug’, BWV 82
Performers: Le Banquet Céleste conducted by Damien Guillon, countertenor
4. Chorale ‘Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr’ BWV 664
Performer: Maude Gratton, organ
(CD: Cantatas BWV 169 & 82, brand Alpha, no. 448, 2019)
5. Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
– From the Stabat Mater, G. 532, the parts 6 ‘Eja mater, fins amoris’ and 7 ‘Tui nati vulnerati’
Performers: Sandrine Piau, soprano. Pulcinella Orchestra conducted by Ophélie Gaillard, cello
(CD: BOCCHERINI, brand Aparté, no. AP194, 2019)
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