Early Music expert Kees Koudstaal serves up the most wonderful and recent classical and Early Music CD’s
Today, we will be focusing on the new albums by Collegium Vocale Gent, Cappella Mediterranea, Arcangelo and Coro Ghislieri.
Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613)
1. ‘Languisce al fin…’
2. ‘Mercé grido piangendo…’
Performers: Collegium Vocale Gent conducted by Philippe Herreweghe
(cd: ‘Madrigali a cinque voce, Libro quinto’, PHI LPH 036, 2021)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
2. From L’Orfeo:
– Toccata & Proloog
– Act One (complete)
Performers: Valerio Contaldo, tenor (Orfeo). Mariana Flores, soprano (La Musica & Euridice). Chœur de chambre de Namur and Cappella Mediterranea conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón
(2cd: ‘L’Orfeo’, Alpha 720, 2021)
Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
3. Triosonate in C mionr kl. BUXWV262
Performers: Arcangelo
(cd: ‘Triosonatas Op. 2’, Alpha 738, 2021)
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
4. Kyrie:
– Kyre eleison
– Christe eleison
– Kyrie eleison
Performers: Coro Ghislieri. Francesco Corti, fortepiano 1 (Érard, 1838). Cristiano Gaudio, fortepiano 2 (Pleyel, 1856). Deniel Perer, harmonium (Alexandre, 1890)
(cd: ‘Petite messe solennele, Arcana A 494, 2021)
