The cumbersome title, translated into English, for this German Motette CD would be "Music for Organ and Cornetto from the Oldest Playable Organ in the World." This is an organ placed against the west wall of the church of St. Andreas in Ostönnen in Westphalia; it originated, as far as anyone can tell, at the Church of Old St. Thomas in Soest. ...
This collection of 17 Scarlatti harpsichord sonatas isn't compiled systematically, but includes the favorites of harpsichordist and scholar Skip Sempé, and it's a diverse and attractive selection. Citing the strong Spanish influences on Scarlatti's writing, Sempé describes "Duende" as a Spanish term that refers to the mysterious power of an event ...
Giovanni Rovetta was Claudio Monteverdi's successor at St. Mark's cathedral in Venice, a fact that by itself should have accorded him more attention than he has received from performers up to this 2001 West German Radio recording by the Cantus Cölln, reissued in an attractive budget-priced release by Harmonia Mundi in its Musique d'abord series. ...
Jacopo da Bologna is one of the earliest polyphonic composers about whom we sort of know something. We have his portrait in the form of a miniature, which reveals he was not a man of the cloth like the average fourteenth century musician, but a layman, and that suits the music Jacopo left us, almost none of which is sacred. We know of some of his ...
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