Early Music expert Kees Koudstaal serves up the most wonderful and recent classical and Early Music CDs. Today: CDs of Pluto-Ensemble & Hathor Consort, Café Zimmerman, Aurélia Visovan and Georg Nigl & Olga Pashchenko.
1. František Ignác Antonín Tůma (1704-1774)
– ‘Stabat Mater’ in G minor
Performing musicians: Pluto-Ensemble and Hathor Consort (CD: ‘Animam gementem cano’, brand Ramée, no. RAM 1914, 2020)
2. Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
– ‘O dulcis Jesu’
Performing musicians: Damien Guillon, countertenor. Café Zimmerman
(CD: ‘Lamento’, brand Alpha, no. 626, 2020)
3. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)/ Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
– Finale Beethoven’s Symphony No.1 in C major Opus 21, arrangement by Hummel: ‘Adagio – Allegro molto e vivace’
Performing musicians: Aurélia Visovan, fortepiano. Anna Besson, flute. Cecilia Bernardini, violin. Marcus van den Munckhof, cello
(CD: ‘Mozart Hummel Beethoven’, brand Ricercar, no. RIC417, 2020)
4. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
– ‘An die ferne Geliebte’, Op. 98
Performing musicians: Georg Nigl, baritone. Olga Pashchenko, fortepiano
(CD: ‘Vanitas’, brand Alpha, no. 646, 2020)
