Early Music expert Kees Koudstaal serves up the most wonderful and recent classical and Early Music CDs. Today, a regular broadcast with new albums of A Corte Musical, Jean Rondeau & Thomas Dunford and Jordi Savall.
1. Anonymous (trad. Mexico)
– ‘La Petenera’
2. Giovanni Giordani (17th century)
– ‘Piangi pena ed adora’
Performing artists: Alice Borciani & Annie Dufresne, soprano. Catherine Pillonel Bacchetta, mezzo-soprano. A Corte Musical conducted by Rogério Gonçalves
(CD: ‘Il Canto della Sirena’, brand Pan Classics, no. PC 10390, 2020)
3. François Couperin (1668-1733)
– Les Barricades Mistérieuses
4. Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)
– ‘Je vous revois’ from the first act of Les Fêtes d’Hébé
Performing artists: Lea Desandre, mezzo-soprano. Thomas Dunford, archlute. Myriam Rignol, viola da gamba. Jean Rondeau, harpsichord.
(CD: ‘Barricades, brand Erato, no. 190295269951, 2020)
5. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
– Symphony No.1 in C major, opus 21
Performing musicians: Le Concert des Nations conducted by Jordi Savall
(CD: ‘Révolution’, brand AliaVox, no. AVSA 9937, 2020)
