Musicologist Kees Koudstaal presents the most beautiful and recent CDs of early and classical music. Today, the new albums of Accademia Bizantina Orchestra, soprano Marie Lys, Gli Incogniti, and Il Pomo d’Oro will be featured.
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1756)
1. Concerto Grosso Opus 6, No. 6 HWV330
Performers: Accademia Bizantina Orchestra conducted by Ottavio Dantone
(CD: ‘Handel – Concerti Grossi Op. 6’, HDB-sonus AB-ST-002, 2022)
Giovanni Alberto Ristori (1692-1753)
2. Aria ‘Oh Dio, mancar mi sento’ from the opera ‘Adriano in Siria’ (Naples, 1739)
Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1756)
3. Aria ‘Scaglian amore e sangue’ from the opera ‘Arminio’ (London, 1737)
Performers: Marie Lys, soprano. Abchordis Ensemble conducted by Andrea Buccarella
(cd: ‘Amate Stelle’, Glossa GCD923536, 2023)
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
4. From the Rosary Sonatas: Sonata No. 6 “Jesus in Gethsemane”
Performers: Amandine Beyer, baroque violin. Gli Incogniti
(cd: “Mystery Sonatas”, Harmonia Mundi HMM 902712.13, 2023)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Symphony No. 1 in E-flat Major, K. 16
Performers: Il Pomo d’Oro conducted by Maxim Emelyanychev
(album: ‘Mozart – The Symphonies – The Beginning and the End’, Aparté AP307, 2023)
In highlighted photo: Marie Lys (source: Highresaudio.com)
