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  • La Compagnia del Madrigale completes Gesualdo cycle

    Jun 15th, 2022 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Carlo Gesualdo, CD Review, choral music, Classical music, early music, Glossa, La Compagnia del Madrigale, renaissance music

    Carlo Gesualdo murdered his wife and her lover. That’s pretty much all most people know about this Renaissance composer — if anything. This release presents Gesualdo’s first book of madrigals. It was published around the time of the murders. There’s no question Gesualdo was a tortured soul. He abused both his first and second wives. […]

  • Classical Interviews – Jeanette Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire

    Mar 14th, 2022 | By WTJU
    Tags: Apollo's Fire, Baroque music, Classical music, early music, interview, Jeanette Sorrell

    Jeanette Sorrell is the Founder and Artistic Director of Apollo’s Fire which is a baroque orchestra with a vibrant, lively sound that has won awards, including a Grammy and a large, global following. She grew up playing the piano and listening to composers like Bach and Vivaldi -but when she heard Baroque music as a […]

  • Classical Interviews – Choral Evensong: Music of Heinrich Schütz, a Zephyrus service

    Feb 23rd, 2022 | By WTJU
    Tags: choral music, Classical music, early music, interview, Zepherus

    WTJU’s Chelsea Holt spoke with Music Director Megan Sharp about Zephyrus’ upcoming service, Choral Evensong: Music of Heinrich Schütz. The service will take place at St. Paul’s Memorial Church at 7:30pm on Sunday, February 27. It will be free and open to the public. More from Zephyrus’ website: The evening prayer service is one of the […]

  • The Dryades Consort deliver Caspar Othmayr’s Gifts

    Nov 30th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Capsar Othmayr, CD Review, Christophorus, Classical music, Dryades Consort, early music, Franz Vitzheum, renaissance music

    Caspar Othmayr was a theologian and composer of the early Protestant church. His 1549 Tricinia in pias offers a selection of musical virtues that address eight vices. The Dryades Consort uses this for a program celebrating both the vices and virtues. While Othmayr’s music provides the foundation, the consort pulls from other contemporary sources. There’s a significant […]

  • An Elizabethan Christmas – Fretwork’s gift to all

    Nov 8th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, early music, Fretwork, Helen Charlston, Holiday music, Noteworthy Release, renaissance music, Signum Classics

    Fretwork marks its 35th anniversary with this holiday release. Although “holiday release” hardly describes this album. The celebration of Christmas was quite different than it is today. In fact, it was quite different from the Victorian Christmas traditions that now define the holiday. Advent, the time leading up to Christmas, was a time for mediation, […]

  • Renata Dubinskaite Gives Luminuous Performances of Barbara Strozzi

    Oct 25th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Barbara Strozzi, Baroque music, Brilliant Classics, Canto Fiorito, CD Review, Classical music, early music, Renata Dubinskaite

    Renata Dubinskaite and the Canto Fiorito perform Barbara Strozzi’s solo vocal music. Strozzi was well-respected as a singer and composer in 17th Century Venice. Her father, Guilio Strozzi hosted salons of intellectuals and artists in his home. Barbara Strozzi performed at these salons, often singing her own compositions. Many of these works saw publication. Strozzi’s […]

  • Engaging performances of Barbara Strozzi by Aurata Fonte

    Aug 23rd, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Aurata Fonte, Barbara Strozzi, Baroque music, CD Review, Classical music, early music, Tactus

    Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) was a remarkable woman. This talented Venetian was a renowned singer and composer. She hosted gatherings in her father’s house for the city’s intellectuals and artists. This was her venue for performing. But she’s known today for something else — her music. Strozzi published eight collections of vocal music between 1644 and […]

  • ¡Sacabuche! Reveals Hidden Treasures from Bohemia

    Aug 2nd, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: ATMA Classique, CD Review, Classical music, early music, renaissance music, Sacabuche

    The early music ensemble ¡Sacabuche! presents a collection of music from the Habsburg Court. Giovanni Valenti, Antonio Bertali, and Pavel Josef Vejvonovsky may not be well-known today. But in the 1640s Bohemia, they were renowned for their instrumental virtuosity and composing skills. ¡Sacabuche! delivers some first-rate performances of this music. In addition to violin, theorbo, […]

  • Fiori Musicali Return to Renaissance Roots

    Jul 26th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, early music, Ensemble Mezzo, Noteworthy Release, renaissance music

    According to the liner notes, the purpose of this release is to “uncover the fine thread of cultural exchange between high art music and popular music tradition.” Sure, I could hear that. You can also enjoy this release as a great collection of early music hits. I use the word “hits,” because many of these […]

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