Early Music expert Kees Koudstaal serves up the most wonderful and recent classical and Early Music CD’s
Three CDs released in 2020 by Graindelavoix, Les Basses Réunies and Clematis, two of them containing passion music.
1. Don Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (around 1566-1613)
From Responsories for Maundy Thursday:
– Lectio I & Responsorium I
– Miserere mei Deus (Ps. 50)
Performed by: Graindelavoix led by Björn Schmelzer
(CD: ‘Gesualdo Tenebrae’, label Glossa, no. GCD P32116, 2020)
2. Diego Ortiz (between around 1510-1570)
– VI Recercadas sobre el canto Ilano La Spagna
Performed by: Les Basses Réunies led by Bruno Cocset
(CD: ‘Trattado de Glosas’, label Alpha, no. 563, 2020)
3. Christoph Bernhard (1628-1692)
From Responsories for Maundy Thursday:
– ‘Aus der Tieffen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir’
Performed by: Julie Roset, soprano. Clematis led by Stéphanie de Failly & Brice Sailly
(CD: ‘Nun danket alle Gott’, label Ricercar, no. RIC 415, 2020)
