Early Music expert Kees Koudstaal serves up the most wonderful and recent classical and Early Music CD’s. This time, he chose Stile Antico’s new albums, Wroclaw Baroque Ensemble and Raphael Pidoux & Tanguy de Williencourt.
1. Josquin Desprez (ca. 1450/1455-1521)
– ‘Salve Regina a 5’
Performed by Stile Antico
(CD: ‘The Golden Renaissance’, DECCA no. 28948513406, 2021)
2. Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński (active from 1692-1713)
– ‘Completorium’ (evening prayer)
Performed by Wrocław Baroque Ensemble conducted by Andrzej Kosendiak
(CD: ‘Sazrsynński’, Accord no. NFM ACD 261-2, 2020)
3. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
– Sonata for violoncello and piano in G minor, Opus 5 no. 2:
I. Adagio sostenuto e espressivo – Allegro molto più tosto presto
II. Rondo. Allegro
Performed by Raphael Pidoux, cello (Guarnieri, 1734). Tanguy de Williencourt, fortepiano (Carl Gulius Gebauhr, 1855)
(CD: ‘Beethoven Cello Sonatas, Op. 5’, Stradivari no. 94190, 2020)
Highlighted photo: Raphael Pidoux and Tanguy de Williencourt
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