Early Music expert Kees Koudstaal serves up the most wonderful and recent classical and Early Music CDs. Featuring CDs by The Viadana Collective, Ensemble Castelkorn, Les Plaisirs du Parnasse, La Compagnia del Madrigale and The WIG Society.
Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (ca. 1560-1627)
1. From ‘Centum sacri concentus ab una voce sola’: O dolcissima Jesu
Thomas Schattenberg (ca. 1580-1622)
2. O dolcissima Jesu a 4
Performed by: The Viadana Collective conducted by Maximilien Brisson
(cd: ‘Sacri Concentus’, Passacaille PAS 1142, 2024)
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (ca. 1620/23-1680)
3. Sonata Quarta (A 572 – Sonatae Unarum Fidium)
Performed by: Ensemble Castelkorn conducted by Josef Žák, baroque violin
(cd: ‘Labyrint Garden’, Flora 5623, 2024)
Jean-Pierre Guignon (1702-1774)
4. Sonata for violin and basso continuo in c minor, Op. 1 no. 6
Performed by: Les Plaisirs du Parnasse conducted by David Plantier, baroque violin
(cd: ‘Les violons des lumières’, Ricercar RIC461, 2024)
Orazio Vecchi (1550-1605)
5. From ‘Le veglie di Siena’:
– Imitatione del Siciliano “Hor che la vegghia è numerosa”
– L’humor misto “La mia cara Licori”
Performed by: La Compagnia del Madrigale
(cd: ‘Le Veglie di Siena’, Glossa GCD 922812, 2024)
Hans Hinrich Zielche (1741-1802)
6. Quartet in B-flat major Op. 2a no 5 for traverso, violin, viola and basso continuo
Performed by: Matteo Gemolo, 4-valve flute. The WIG Society
(cd: ‘Galant Night Fever’, Arcana A563, 2024)
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (ca. 1620/23-1680)
7. Intrada & aria di durattini
8. Intrada & di Covielli
Performed by: Ensemble Castelkornconducted by Josef Žák
(cd: ‘Labyrint Garden’, Flora 5623, 2024)
