Early Music expert Kees Koudstaal serves up the most wonderful and recent classical and Early Music CDs. Today, new performances of Monteverdi by ensembles Lundabarock, Höör Barock and Altapunta, and Monteverdi once more by La Compagnia del Madrigale, Telemann by Gunar Letzbor and Händel by Van Diemen’s Band.
1. Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
– Toccate, prologue and first act from de L’Orfeo
Performers: Ensembles Lundabarock, Höör Barock en Altapunta conducted by Fredrik Malmberg
(SACD: L’Orfeo, BIS 2519, 2021)
2. Claudio Monteverdi
– Madrigal ‘Rimanti in pace’ (3e Boek)
Performers: La Compagnia del Madrigale
(CD: Lagrime d’Amante, Glossa GCD 922810, 2021)
3. Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
– Fantasia No. I for violin solo
Performer: Gunar Letzbor, baroque violin
(CD: 12 Fantasias for Solo violin TWV 40:14-25, Pan Classics PC 10429, 2021)
4. Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
– Concerto Grosso No. 2
Performers: Van Diemen’s Band conducted by Martin Gester
(SACD: 6 Concerti Grossi Op. 3, Bis 2079, 2021)
