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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. […]

  • 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, […]

  • ¡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 […]

  • William Tisdale Music for Virginal unusual fare

    Mar 2nd, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Charles Metz, early music, Navonna Records, Noteworthy Release, 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 […]

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