Early Music expert Kees Koudstaal serves up the most wonderful and recent classical and Early Music CD’s
The new CDs of Beauty Farm, Deutsche Hofmusik and keyboard players David Lively and Christophe Rousset.
1. Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
– Part 1 from Piano concert no. 1 op. 11: ‘Allegro maestoso’
Performers: David Lively, fortepiano. Quatuor Cambini-Paris
(CD: Concertos for Piano & String Quintet, brand Aparté, no. AP204, 2019)
2. Jacob Obrecht (1457/8-1505)
– Agnus Dei from the Missa Fortuna Desperata
Performer: Beauty Farm
(CD: Masses, brand Fra Bernardo, no. FB 1905157, 2019)
3. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
– From the cantata ‘Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen’, BWV 249a: Sinfonia, Adagio and aria ‘Hunderttausend Schmeicheleien’
Performers: Miriam Feuersinger, soprano. Deutsche Hofmusik conducted by Alexander Grychtolik
(CD: Celebration Cantatas, brand DHM, no. 19075936392, 2019)
4. Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
– Partite sopra l’aria di Folia
Performer: Christophe Rousset, harpsichord
(CD: Toccate e partite d’intavolatura di cimbalo, libro primo, brand Aparté, no. AP202, 2019)
