Early Music expert Kees Koudstaal serves up the most wonderful and recent classical and early music CDs. Today, we hear the new albums of The London Oratory Schola Cantorum, Théotime Langlois de Swarte & Thomas Dunford, Concerto Italiano, Les Timbres, and Lina Tur Bonet & Aurélia Visovan.
1. Thomas Tallis (1505-1585)
– ‘Videte miraculum’
Performing musicians: The London Oratory Schola Cantorum conducted by Charles Cole
(CD: ‘Sacred Treasures of Christmas’, brand Hyperion, no. CDA 68358, 2020)
2. Henry Eccles (1670-1742)
– Violin Sonata in E minor
Performing musicians: Théotime Langlois de Swarte, violin. Thomas Dunford, lute
(CD: ‘The Mad Lover’, brand Harmonia Mundi, no. HMM 902305, 2020)
3. Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
– ‘Rimanti in pace’ from the 3rd Book of Madrigals
Performing musicians: Concerto Italiano conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini
(CD: ‘Il terzo Libro de’ Madrigali’, brand Naïve, no. OP 30580, 2020)
4. Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
– Trio Sonata Op. 2, No.1 in B-flat major
Performing musicians: Les Timbres with Yoko Kawakubo, violin
(CD: ‘Sonate à doi, Violine & Viola da gamba con Cembalo, opus 1 & 2’, brand Flora, no. DDD4320, 2020)
5. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
– Overture Violin Sonata No.9 in A major Op. 47 “Kreutzer”
Performing musicians: Lina Tur Bonet, violin. Aurélia Visovan, fortepiano
(CD: ‘Sonata Lunatica’, brand Passacaille no. PAS 1086, 2020)
Supplement:
6. G. F. Händel (1685-1759)
– Fragment from ‘Music for the Royal Fireworks’
Le Concert des Nations conducted by Jordi Savall
(CD Label AliaVox, no. AVSA9860, 1993)
