Early Music expert Kees Koudstaal serves up the most wonderful and recent classical and Early Music CDs. Today, we focus on new CDS by The Academy of Ancient Music, Il Gardellino, Tiburtina Ensemble and Akademie für Alte Musik.
1. John Eccles (1668-1735)
– Overture and the first scenes from the opera ‘Semele’
Performers: various soloists and The Academy of Ancient Music and Cambridge Handel Opera
(CD: ‘Semele’, Academy of Ancient Music AAM 012, 2021)
2. Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
– Organ concerto in B-flat major Op. 7 No. 1
Performers: Bart Naessens, claviorganum. Il Gardellino
(CD: ‘Claviorganum’, Passacaille PAS 1060, 2021)
3. Anonymous
-1 ‘Cantio Věřmež v Boha jednoho’
-2 ‘Prosa Abychme hodně pamatovali’
Performers: Tiburtina Ensemble
(CD: ‘Jistebnicky Kancionál’, Supraphon SU4291, 2021)
4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
– Part III Adagio from the serenade KV 361 ‘Gran Partita’
Performers: soloists from the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
(CD: ‘Gran Partita’, Harmonia Mundi HMM 902627, 2021)
