Renaissance Archive
The Topping Tooters of the Town = Music of the London Waits 1580-1650 — The City Musick / William Lyons — Avie
The Topping Tooters of the Town. Music of the London Waits 1580-1650 — The City Musick, dir. William Lyons— Avie, AV2364, 50:00 ****: This recording of 30 tracks is a compilation of pieces—dances really—from the likes of Anthony Holborne, John Adson, Peter Philips, Thomas Morley, Thomas Ravenscroft, and John Playford. These are names I haven’t […]
Back Before Bach: Musical Journeys = Music by 16th & 17th century German and Franco-Flemish composers – Piffaro/ Joan Kimball /Robert Wiemken – Navona
Back Before Bach: Musical Journeys = Music by sixteenth and early seventeenth century German and Franco-Flemish composers – Piffaro/ Joan Kimball & Robert Wiemken, artistic co-directors – Navona Records NV6106, 61:03 (9/1/17) *****: The six members of Piffaro—the Philadelphia-based, self-styled “Renaissance band”—return with four guests in an all-instrumental album designed to show the musical precedents […]
TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA: Works for Six Voices – Nordic Voices – Chandos
TOMAS LUIS DE VICTORIA: Works for Six Voices – Nordic Voices – Chandos SACD – 55:40, (6/16/17) : ****½ (Tone Elisabeth Braaten, Ingrid Hanken; sopranos / Ebba Rydh; mezzo-soprano / Per Kristian Amundred; tenor / Frank Havroy; baritone / Rolfe Magne Asser; bass) Sparkling a cappella one-voice-per-part performances of Renaissance polyphony at its zenith. This […]
Eric VLOEIMANS / Holland Baroque Society – Old, New and Blue – Channel Classics
Eric VLOEIMANS / Holland Baroque Society – Old, New and Blue – Channel Classics multichannel SACD 35613, 63:05 (12/10/13) *****: (Eric Vloeimans; trumpet/ Marc Constandse; bandeon/ Judith Steenbrink; violin and director) A spectacular collaboration between Dutch genre-hopping trumpeter and Holland’s leading early music ensemble. Dutch jazz has for a long time now distinguished itself from […]
Giaches DE WERT: Divine Theater: Sacred Motets – Stile Antico – Harmonia mundi
Giaches DE WERT: Divine Theater: Sacred Motets – Stile Antico – Harmonia mundi SACD 807620, 67:19 (2/ 24/ 17) [Distr. by PIAS] ****: (Helen Ashby, Kate Ashby, Rebecca Hickey, (sopranos) Eleanor Harries, Kate Schofield, Emma Ashby, (altos) Jim Clements, Andrew Griffiths, Benedict Hymas, Ashley Turnell, (tenors) Will Dawes, Thomas Flint Matthew O’Donovan (basses)) Late Renaissance […]
“Lamentations” – LOBO: Missa Maria Magdalene; Lamentations; Regina caeli; O quam suavis est, Dominie; GUERRERO: Maria Magdalene et altera Maria – Ch. Of Westminster Cathedral/ Martin Baker – Hyperion
A fine disc of second-tier Renaissance music. “Lamentations” – ALONSO LOBO: Missa Maria Magdalene; Lamentations; Regina caeli; O quam suavis est, Dominie; FRANCISCO GUERRERO: Maria Magdalene et altera Maria – Ch. Of Westminster Cathedral/ Martin Baker – Hyperion CDA6806, 68:37 (5/27/16) [Distr. by Harmonia mundi/PIAS] ***: Lobo (1555 – 1617) was considered by the great […]
Roma Aeterna (PALESTRINA, VICTORIA & Others) – New York Polyphony – BIS
“Roma Aeterna” [TrackList follows]- New York Polyphony – Works by PALESTRINA, DE VICTORIA AND GUERRERO; TIM KEELER; ANDREW FUCHS; JONATHAN WOODY – BIS multichannel SACD: BIS-2203 TT: 72:07 (6/3/16) [Distr. by Naxos] *****: Lovely music and a fine recording make this a most listenable disc. This is a lovely disc from BIS, featuring two masses […]
RESPIGHI: Sinfonia Drammatica; Belfagor Ov. ‒ Orch. Philharmonique Royal de Liège / John Neschling ‒ BIS
RESPIGHI: Sinfonia Drammatica; Belfagor Ov. ‒ Orch. Philharmonique Royal de Liège / John Neschling ‒ BIS multichannel SACD BIS-2210; 70:03 (7/8/16) ****: Respighi off the beaten track. Stimulating and enjoyable. Jean-Pascal Vachon’s useful notes to this recording lay out the complex history of Ottorino Respighi’s musical education by way of explaining why this great big […]
“Flight of Angels” = FRANCISCO GUERRERO & ALONSO LOBO Works – The Sixteen/ Harry Christophers – Coro
A great introduction to a magnificent period of music. “Flight of Angels” = FRANCISCO GUERRERO: Duo Seraphim; Missa Surge propera: Gloria; Laudate Dominum; Maria Magdalene; Missa de la batalla escoutez: Credo; Vexilla Regis; Missa Congratulamini mihi: Agnus Dei I; Missa Congratulamini mihi: Agnus Dei II; ALONSO LOBO: Missa Maria Magdalene: Kyrie; Libera me; Ave Regina […]
“Music from the Reign of Francis I” – a combination of a bound book and 2 CDs
Eight Christmas SACD and CDs of Interest
Eight worthwhile discs of Christmas music to brighten your holidays.
![Andrew Bishop – De Profundis [TrackList follows] – Envoi](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/BishopAndrew.jpg)
Andrew Bishop – De Profundis [TrackList follows] – Envoi
Bringing the past to the present.
“Tintinnabuli” = PART: Seven Magnificat Antiphons; Magnificat; …which was the son of …; Nunc dimittis; The Woman with the Alabaster Box; Tribute to Caesar; I am the true vine; Triodion – Tallis Scholars/ Peter Phillips – Gimell
An outstanding release of music that defines the Part sound world.
BUXTEHUDE: Membra Jesu Nostri – Duke Vespers Ens./ Cappella Baroque/ Brian Schmidt – MSR
A fresh and vibrant performance from an unexpected source.
![“My Favorite Dowland” = JOHN DOWLAND: 23 selections [TrackList follows] – Paul O’Dette, lute – Harmonia mundi](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/FavoriteDowland.jpg)
“My Favorite Dowland” = JOHN DOWLAND: 23 selections [TrackList follows] – Paul O’Dette, lute – Harmonia mundi
The five-GRAMMY-winning lutenist.
MONTEVERDI: Madrigali Volume 2, Mantova (Excerpts from Books IV, V, VI) – Les Arts Florissants/ Paul Agnew – Les Arts Florissant
Though I’d rather have these folks give us all nine books, the offering is still a fine one.
VERDI: Otello (complete opera), Blu-ray (2014)ROSSINI: Otello (complete opera) (2014)
Two excellent performances of Otello that do both composers’ intentions justice.
VERDI: Otello (complete opera), Blu-ray (2014) ROSSINI: Otello (complete opera) (2014)
Two excellent performances of Otello that do both composers’ intentions justice.
![“Duende” – D. SCARLATTI Harpsichord Sonatas; “Pandora’s Box” Sampler of Skip Sempé & Capriccio Stravagante [TrackList follows] – Skip Sempé & Olivier Fortin, harpsichords/ Capriccio Stravagante – Paradizo (2 CDs)](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ScarlattiDuende2.jpg)
“Duende” – D. SCARLATTI Harpsichord Sonatas; “Pandora’s Box” Sampler of Skip Sempé & Capriccio Stravagante [TrackList follows] – Skip Sempé & Olivier Fortin, harpsichords/ Capriccio Stravagante – Paradizo (2 CDs)
A wonderful sampler of Skip Sempé’s work with Capriccio Stavagante as well as a prime collection of Scarlatti Sonatas for Harpsichord.
“The Victoria Collection” = The Call of the Beloved; Devotion to Our Lady; Requiem 1605; The Mystery of the Cross – The Sixteen/ Harry Christophers – Coro (1 SACD+3 CDs)
Once again Coro has grouped some outstanding discs together and reduced the price—and a nice price at that.
HINDEMITH: Konzertmusik for Brass and Strings; Symphony ‘Mathis der Maler’; Symphonic Metamorphosis after Themes by Carl Maria von Weber – BBC Scottish Sym. Orch./ Martyn Robbins – Hyperion
Great new rendition of the “essential” Hindemith.
“Times go by Turns” = BYRD: Mass for Four Voices; BENNETT: A Colloquy with God; PLUMMER: Missa sine nomine; ANDREW SMITH: Kyrie: Cunctipotens Genitor Deus; TALLIS: Mass for Four Voices; GABRIEL JACKSON: Ite missa est – New York Polyphony – BIS
New York Polyphony continues to claim a spot as one of the finest small vocal groups performing today.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
