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renaissance music

  • William Tisdal Music for Virginal unusual fare

    Mar 2nd, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Charles Metz, early music, Navonna Records, renaissance music, William Tisdale

    There are plenty of Renaissance keyboard recordings floating around. So what makes this release special. Three things: the music, the performer, and the instrument. The music is mostly from Tisdales Virginal Book, supplemented with selections from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. Very little is known about William Tisdale, save that he was a composer and keyboardist […]

  • Porfeti della Quinta perfectly perform Philippe Verdelot

    Jan 11th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, choral music, Classical music, Elam Rotem, Pan Classics, Philippe Verdelot, Porfeti della Qunta, renaissance music

    Philippe Verdelot one of the composers credited with developing the Italian madrigal. Though French, he spent most of his professional life in Florence. His publications spread throughout Europe and set the model for this Renaissance vocal form. Verdelot wrote mostly five- and six-voice madrigals. This release features some of his less-common four-voice madrigals. They were […]

  • Ensemble Almara with the best of Carmina Predulcia

    Dec 16th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Almara Ensemble, CD Review, Classical music, early music, Naxos, Noteworthy Release, renaissance music

    There are collectors for everything — even information. Take Hartmann Schedel (1449-1514) for example. He amassed a collection of over 600 volumes comprising all the knowledge of his day. He compiled the Schedel Song Book not so much out of a love for music, but just to collect and record the information. The Schedel Song Book […]

  • Cantica Symphonia masterfully perform Josquin Desprez

    Oct 20th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Cantica Symphonia, CD Review, choral music, Classical music, early music, Giuseppe Maletto, Glossa, Josquin Desprez, renaissance music

    This is the fourth volume of music by Josquin Desprez that Cantica Symphonia has released on Glossa. Giuseppe Maletto and the ensemble released two volumes of Josquin’s motets, plus one of chansons. Their next release was a collection of Marian motets (compositions in praise of the Virgin Mary) by various Renaissance composers. This recording seems […]

  • Anonima Frottolisti demonstrate Humanism in music

    Jun 22nd, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Anonima Frottolisti, CD Review, Classical music, early music, renaissance music, Tactus

    I first fell in love with early music through recordings of David Munro. In many ways, the Anonima Frottolisti reminds me of those recordings. The ensemble performs with enthusiasm and energy. The album is a survey of music heard in 15th Century Italy. The Humanist movement grew out of a rediscovery of ancient Greek writings […]

  • Francis Cutting Lute Music – Tudor Treasures

    May 4th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Brilliant Classics, CD Review, Classical music, Domenico Gerasani, early music, Francis Cutting, renaissance music

    Little is known about the life of English lutenist Francis Cutting. He was a musician for the Howard family (Anne Boleyn’s peeps), and one his ten children, Thomas, also became a respected lutenist. What is known is Cutting’s music. He wrote “Packington’s Pound,” which has been recorded countless times by early music ensembles. He’s also […]

  • Paulo Biordi Revives Lyra Viol Music by Ferrabasco

    Feb 3rd, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Alfonso Ferrabasco, CD Review, Classical music, Dynamic, early music, Paulo Biordi, renaissance music

    Alfonso Ferrabasco (the younger) was –despite his name — an English composer and viol virtuoso. He was active in the courts of both Elizabeth I and James I and well-known in the London music scene. His father emigrated to England in 1592 and achieved fame as a madrigalist. The lyra viol is a member of […]

  • “Two Lutes with Grace” informative and entertaining

    Jan 27th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, early music, Grace Newcombe, Marc Lewon, Naxos, Paul Kieffer, renaissance music

    It’s a clever title. “Two Lutes with Grace” refers to Marc Lewon and Paul Kieffer (lutes), and Grace Newcombe (vocal). And it’s a valuable release. In the late 1400s, lute duos were one of the most common forms of professional ensembles. Lewen and Kieffer carefully reconstruct what music these duos may have performed, using current […]

  • Spielleyt delights with early Christmas music

    Nov 25th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Baroque music, CD Review, Christophorus, Classical music, early music, Holiday music, renaissance music, Spielleyt

    The early music ensemble Spielleyt serves up a fresh approach to classical music of the season. Weihnacht der Spielleyt primarily consists of selections from one publication: the Straßburger Gesangbuch of 1697. Technically, this collection came out in the middle of the Baroque period. But most of the songs are much older than that. And Spielleyt peels the […]

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