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Italian composer (1513-1574)
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2023-12-31 09:22:00
2023 in record reviews: 17th century Venice as a gay haven, Dichterliebe Reimagined, Elgar on viola, Ethel Smyth's first operatic success
Richard Boothby's Music to hear... explored Alfonso Ferrabosco's 1609 book of music for solo lyra viol. Jorge Navarro Colorado and Randall Scotting celebrated 17th-century Venice as a place of tolerance for gay artists. We know Bach, but what of the other applicants for his Leipzig post in 1723? Leipzig 1723 gave us cantatas by Bach, Telemann, and Graupner. Whilst for the next generation of the Bach family, Les Ombres took us back to the elegance of the Bach-Abel evenings in London.With Dichterliebe Reimagined, Koen van Stade and Neal Peres Da Costa brought creative freedom and musical rhetoric to bear on an historically informed account of Schumann's song cycle. Viola player Timothy Ridout seduced in his transcription of Elgar's Cello Concerto. Ethel Smyth's first major success, Der Wald, finally received its premiere recording in a terrific account from John Andrews and BBC Symphony Orchestra, making us ask, why the wait? A disc […]
2022-01-17 08:29:44
The Snetlzer organ case at King's Lynn Minster, installed during Charles Burney's time there as organist The King's Lynn Festival has announced its first Early Music Weekend, from 1 to 3 April 2022 they will be presenting a series of concerts celebrating musicians associated with the town and with West Norfolk.Charles Burney was organist at St Margaret’s Church (now King's Lynn Minster) in for eight years and promoted concerts in the town, and there will be a walk exploring Georgian King's Lynn and A Teatime Concert for Dr Burney where violinist Dominika Feher and harpsichordist Jack Gonzales Harding will be performing music by JS Bach, CPE Bach, Haydn and Mozart. The 17th century composer and viol player John Jenkins and his patron Sir Roger Le Strange lived in West Norfolk, and the Rose Consort of Viols will be performing music by Jenkins alongside that of Byrd, Robert Parsons, Tallis, Ferrabosco, Thomas […]
2021-03-25 08:08:39
From Monteverdi & Cavalli to Abba: 'Rebirth' from Sonya Yoncheva, Leonardo García Alarcón and Cappella Mediterranea on Sony Classical
Rebirth - Monteverdi, Cavalli, Strozzi, Stradella, Alarcón, Marin, de Torrejon y Velazco, Diaz, Gibbons, Dowland, Ferrabosco, Anderson & Ulvaeus; Sonya Yoncheva, Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón; Sony Classical Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 24 March 2021 Star rating: 3.5 (★★★½) The Bulgarian soprano collaborates with a period instrument ensemble for an intriguing melange of 17th century music spiced with some more recent itemsTen years ago, Bulgarian soprano Sonia Yoncheva sang the role of Poppea in a production of Monteverdi's L'incoronatione which Leonardo García Alarcón conducted at the Geneva Conservatoire where he teaches Baroque music. Yoncheva had an idea for a further project but it took last year's cancellation of existing projects to bring her and Alarcón together. The result is Rebirth a programme of Baroque arias and instrumental music which Sonia Yoncheva has recorded Leonardo García Alarcón and Cappella Mediterranea on the Sony Classical label. […]
2020-08-28 16:32:18
Thomas Tallis' 40-part motet and James MacMillan's contemporary reflection on the latest disc from Suzi Digby and ORA Singers
Tallis Spem in Alium, MacMillan Vidi Aquam; ORA Singers, Suzi Digby; Harmonia Mundi Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 28 August 2020 Star rating: 4.5 (★★★★½) Tallis'40-part motet with a contemporary reflection commissioned to pair with itOn this latest disc from Suzi Digby and ORA Singers on Harmonia Mundi, the choir pairs a pre-existing classic work with a specially commissioned 'reflection', something that they have done with great success on a number of previous discs. Only this time, the context is slightly different in the that classic work is Thomas Tallis' 40-part motet Spem in Alium, and the reflection is James MacMillan's new 40-part motet, Vidi Aquam. For the remainder of the disc, the ensemble (somewhat reduced in size) gives us music by Derrick Gerarde, Alfonso Ferrabosco, William Byrd, Philip van Wilder, and Thomas Tallis. We don't know much about Thomas Tallis 40-part motet, Spem in Alium. The […]
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