Early music expert Kees Koudstaal presents the most beautiful and most recent CDs of early and classical music. Today, a large part of the Matthäus Passion by Ensemble Pygmalion conducted by Raphaël Pichon. Furthermore, attention for the new CDs by Auser Musici, Capricornus Consort Basel and Le Concert de la Loge conducted by Julie Chauvin.
1. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
From the Matthäus Passion, BWV 244:
1. Opening Chorus: ‘Komt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen’
2. Aria (contralto, choir II) ‘Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand’
3. Evangelist, Jesus: ‘Und von der sechsten Stunde’
4. Choir I: ‘Der rufet dem Elias’
5. Evangelist: ‘Und bald lief einer unter ihnen’
6. Choir II: ‘Halt, laß sehen’
7. Evangelist: ‘Aber Jesus schriee abermal laut’
8. Chorale: ‘Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden’
9. Final Chorus: ’Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder’
Performed by: Ensemble Pygmalion conducted by Raphaël Pichon
(3cdset: ‘Matthäus-Passion’, Harmonia Mundi HMM 902691.93, 2022)
2. Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
– Flute concerto in D major. Opus 10/3 RV 428 ‘Il Gardellino’.
Performed by: Carlo Ipata, traverso. Auser Musici
(CD: ‘vivaldi flute concertos’, Glossa GCD 923530, 2022)
3. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
– Cantate ‘Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen’ BWV 51
Performed by: Miriam Feuersinger, soprano. Capricornus Consort Basel conducted by Peter Barczi
(CD: ‘J.S. Bach – Ich bin vergnügt…’, Christophorus CHR 77459, 2022)
4. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
– From the Parisian version of the Stabat Mater: ‘Quando corpus morietur’.
Performed by: Jodie Devos, soprano. Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano. Maîtrise de Radio France and Le Concert de la Loge conducted by Julie Chauvin
(CD: ‘Pergolesi – Stabat Mater’, Alpha 784, 2022)
