Today, Kees Koudstaal presents the new albums by The Gothic Voices, Ensemble La Palatine, La Festa Musicale, Duo Pleyel and Ensemble Bonne Corde.
1. Anonymous composer
– Concupivit rex
2. Guillaume Dufay (c. 1397-1474)
– Du tout m’estoie abandonne (instr.)
3. Hayne of Ghizeghem (c. 1445-1497)
– De tous biens plaine
Performers: The Gothic Voices with Andrew Lawrence-King, harp
(CD: ‘The Splendour of Florence’, LINN CKD700, 2022)
4. Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
– Lamento d’Arianna
Performers: Ensemble ‘La Palatine’: Marie Théoleyre, soprano. Noémie Lenhof, viola da gamba. Nicolas Wattinne, theorbo. Guillaume Handenwang, harpsichord and musical direction.
(CD: ‘Il n’y a pas d’amour heureux’, Ambronay AMY316, 2022)
5. Gregor Joseph Werner (1693-1766)
– Miserere mei Deus, III/264
Performers: La Festa Musicale conducted by Lajos Rovatkay
(CD: ‘Werner – Requiem’, Audite 97.808, 2022)
6. Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782).
– Sonata piano four hands in G major. Opus 15, no 6
7. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
– Opening movement sonata piano four hands in D major. ‘Allegro’
Performers: Duo Pleyel: Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya & Richard Egarr, fortepiano
(CD: ‘Mozart’s Real Musical Father’, Audite 97.808, 2022)
8. Joseph-Hector Fiocco (1703-1741)
– Première Lamentation du Vendredi saint (B-Bc 33806)
Performers: Ana Vieira Leite, soprano. Ensemble Bonne Corde conducted by Diana Vinagre
(2-CD: ‘Joseph-Hector Fiocco – Lamentationes Hebdomadæ Sanctæ’, Ramée RAM2105, 2022)
