Early Music expert Kees Koudstaal serves up the most wonderful and recent classical and Early Music CD’s. Today, new CD’s by Ronald Brautigam, The Brabant Ensemble (from 2020!), John Eliot Gardiner and La Boz Galana.
1. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
– Part III from 5th piano concerto, Opus 73: ‘Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo’
Performed by: Ronald Brautigam, fortepiano. Die Kölner Akademie led by Michael Alexander Willens
(cd: ‘The Piano Concertos’, BIS, no. 2274, 2019)
2. Johannes Lupi (ca. 1506-1539)
– Te Deum laudamus
Performed by: The Brabant Ensemble led by Stephen Rice
(cd: Lupi+Lupus, Hyperion, no. CDA 68304, 2020)
3. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
– Violin concerto in D Major, BWV. 1053
Performed by: Kati Debretzeni, violin. English Baroque Soloists led by John Eliot Gardiner
(cd: Violin Concertos, Soli Deo Gloria, no. SDG 732, 2019)
4. Anonymous/Giovanni Stefani (fl. early 17th century)
– Folía/Por los jardines de Chipre
5. Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger (ca. 1580-1651)
– Avrilla mia
Performed by: La Boz Galana
(cd: D’Amor mormora il vento, Ramée, no. RAM 1909, 2019)